Chasing Summerville's John McKissick: JT Curtis
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 11:53 am
Chasing Summerville's John McKissick: J.T. Curtis might become high school football's winningest coach
Gene Sapakoff | The Post and Courier
RIVER RIDGE, La. - The big-hearted drill sergeant who might break legendary Summerville head coach John McKissick's national record for victories by a high school football coach has complete attention from 80 players seated on the floor of a gymnasium two blocks from the Mississippi River.
It's already 9:21 a.m. on a steamy summer Monday. J.T. Curtis - preacher, headmaster, New Orleans TV personality, gourmet cook - won't waste another second. "We are here to teach you how to play this game correctly," Curtis, 67, says in a booming voice possibly carrying 10 miles down river to the French Quarter. "If you do not want to focus, that's fine. We will give you your money back and you can go swimming. We expect you to make progress from Day 1 to Day 2 to Day 3. I expect you to go over that progress in your mind when you go home."
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Gene Sapakoff | The Post and Courier
RIVER RIDGE, La. - The big-hearted drill sergeant who might break legendary Summerville head coach John McKissick's national record for victories by a high school football coach has complete attention from 80 players seated on the floor of a gymnasium two blocks from the Mississippi River.
It's already 9:21 a.m. on a steamy summer Monday. J.T. Curtis - preacher, headmaster, New Orleans TV personality, gourmet cook - won't waste another second. "We are here to teach you how to play this game correctly," Curtis, 67, says in a booming voice possibly carrying 10 miles down river to the French Quarter. "If you do not want to focus, that's fine. We will give you your money back and you can go swimming. We expect you to make progress from Day 1 to Day 2 to Day 3. I expect you to go over that progress in your mind when you go home."
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