DENVER — There was no real gameplan for the young Parker Hawks when Todd Davis decided to throw himself into coaching his kids’ youth-league basketball team a few years back.
They had no real philosophies. No book of strategy. His greatest task was simply to get his group to focus. And this was a task, because these were 5- and 6-year-olds who blew around like dandelion seeds.
This is where Davis, a Super Bowl winner and defensive anchor with the Denver Broncos, had his coaching trial-by-fire. It didn’t come on high school grass. It didn’t come on college turf.