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Bret Bielema, A Buick Skylark and A Steak Dinner: 8 Coaches Discuss Their First Jobs
Bret Bielema, A Buick Skylark and A Steak Dinner: 8 Coaches Discuss Their First Jobs
The origin of Steve Spurrier's offense"Actually, my first year and my second year [at Georgia Tech],
the head coach allowed me to basically, about the middle of the year, be the offensive coordinator -call plays, put the offense in. My third year -- by the way, we got fired at Georgia Tech -- I went to
Duke my third year. The head coach said, 'You can make up the offense.' I said, 'Really?' He didn't
have a terminology, a numbering system, so me and the line coach made up the offense.
"I'm still making them up [today], still the same numbers as 1980, 35 years ago."
Butch Jones as a 'glorified van driver'"My first full-time job was the offensive coordinator at Wilkes
University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and my other duties were the intramural director and the
head men's tennis coach. And I've never played one tennis match, I couldn't tell you one thing about
tennis, and God bless the individuals on the team. I was basically a glorified van driver to matches.
But again, it was a way to get in the profession and continue to move up."
Paul Johnson, hitchhiking and caddying"First job I ever had was caddying at a country club back in
North Carolina, Grandfather Golf and Country Club [in Linville]. We actually have a house back
there now, which is pretty cool. When I was 11 or 12 years old, we'd hitchhike over and caddie. We
made $6 a bag. So if you carried double, the fee was $12 and you usually got $15 or $20."
Dave Clawson does the dirty work "I worked at a landfill in Lewiston, New York, for Modern
Disposal. That was my summer job, every summer from eighth grade all the way through college. It
helped pay for my college. I played Division III football and went to a good private school, which for
our family at the time was expensive. When the decision was made to go there, it was a family
decision to finance it. Every summer, I'd work in the landfill 60 or 70 hours a week. I was a
garbageman and painted garbage containers. One time, I had the job of going to a restaurant and
had to clean out the inside of their garbage container. If there's anything that motivates you to get a
college degree and do something else, that two hours probably was it."As told to Kyle Bonagura,
Chris Low and Greg Ostendorf
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