FORT WORTH — Steve Trachier walks into the makeshift coaches’ office and surveys the surroundings: A third-down marker in one corner; a pair of shoulder pads in another; laptops, scouting reports and a loaf of bread on a large table.
“So this is where they’ve been living,” the Texas Wesleyan University athletic director says of his football coaches.
As colleges nationwide open preseason practice this week and next, the three-man full-time coaching staff at this small private university in Texas confront a more daunting task: the dizzying challenge of resurrecting a football program after a 75-year absence.