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Humble Beginnings Forge Little-Known Bonds Between Coaches

<You have now entered a college football coaches’ chat>

The coaches in this text group are all Division I guys. They don’t necessarily work together or even coach against each other, but they have one specific thing in common – they all started in small ball. While their stories are different, their experiences are very much the same, weirdly summed up by one perfect, unexpected image.

Pizza.

“These are dudes – they get it,” said Army Tight Ends Coach Matt Drinkall of his group text mates. “We all did the deal where we are on a three-and-a-half-hour bus ride home after a game sharing half a Dominos pizza with our backup quarterback – we all lived that.