What a small world it is.
Those of us who have coached for a couple of decades know that if you hang around long enough chances are that you will coach (or coach against) a pro athlete.
It’s amazing to think of the connectedness of life—-and how knowing one person can lead to knowing many more.
Back in the 1980s, Jack Johnson and I were teachers, dorm masters and football/basketball/baseball coaches at Avon Old Farms School, a private boating school for boys near Hartford, CT.
Avon Old Farms boasted one of the strongest athletic programs in New England.