KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Jon Netherland strides into the conference room at Austin-East Magnet High School, a light blue suitcase (complete with Jessica Simpson logo) in tow. One by one, he pulls out the spoils of the previous year's boys' soccer season. There are the plaques commemorating the district, regional and Division I/Class A State titles. Then there are the proclamations from Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs and the Tennessee State Senate.
"These are my children," he says.
The trophies or his players?
"Both," he says with a gentle laugh, "I guess I can give them back now.