He played football at Ponderosa and was an NFL offensive lineman for five years for for the Green Bay Packers. Some of the earnings from his pro career went to a refurbished weight room at Ponderosa. I'm giving back to a school that gave me a ton. Full time or not, a person can't run a football program alone. A football coach needs help to break down videotape of games, teach diverse moves at various positions, help organize fund-raising activities and booster groups.
Some schools have an army of on-campus coaches.
They tend to thrive at places such as Del Oro, Granite Bay, Elk Grove, Oak Ridge, Nevada Union and Jesuit. It's no coincidence that those programs annually challenge for league championships, in all sports. And the schools without full-timers, notably older schools within the Sacramento City or San Juan unified school districts, tend to have sports programs on life support. Even the leading programs worry about losing good coaches. At Bear River, football assistant coaches and teachers Dave Odem and John Grimes left the classroom and sideline.