It’s not every day when you get a call saying you’re being considered as one of the all-time best at what you do.
For Claude Mathis, that day happened earlier this month.
Texas State’s all-time leading rusher and one of the most dynamic players in the school’s football history was preparing for another day as the head football coach at DeSoto High School, which is situated in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area.
Shortly before 10 a.m. on June 5, his phone lit up with the name “Don Coryell” across it.
Coryell, the Texas State Director of Athletics, had some news to share.