When USF football holds its annual "Salute to Service'' game in Saturday afternoon's American Athletic Conference clash against the Temple Owls, it will be a meaningful display of patriotism and respect for everyone with a military connection.
Including Michael Kelly, USF's vice president of athletics.
Kelly's father, Dennis, attended the U.S. Naval Academy and was a Naval officer who served in Vietnam. When Kelly grew up in the Washington, D.C. area, he attended St. John's College High School, an all-boys military institution, where he became a company commander.
"Learning time management, my whole approach to being organized and disciplined, it all began with my orientation to the military and the military way of life,'' Kelly said.