The Pro Bowl took place this past weekend, bringing together some of the league’s best players to compete on the national stage, but it was about more than just the players on the field.
It was also a celebration of where many of those players began their careers just a handful of years ago - on high school football fields across the country.
That brought 33 coaches, each a nominee for the Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year award, to Orlando last weekend - including two on behalf of the Kansas City Chiefs.
The Chiefs were the lone team to send multiple coaches to the event due to Kansas City’s unique geography along the Missouri and Kansas border, with the other 31 teams all sending one nominee from each franchise’s state.