JACKSONVILLE, Ala. — Dustin Hill is jostling down two flights of stairs in quite a hurry.
Soon he’ll be the last one to arrive at the morning staff meeting and the first one, as it turns out, with the floor to himself. As the head athletic trainer at Jacksonville State, Hill’s responsibilities, especially this year, stretch beyond the injury report.
“I’m the COVID-19 expert and I’m the weatherman!” he says, shaking a printed weather report in his clenched fist.
For days now folks here have been buzzing about the impending winter storm. Even before Hill reads his report aloud, the entire football coaching staff seems aware of the elements awaiting them at the afternoon’s practice.