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As much as he hates to admit it, Fremont-Oakland football coach Terry Hendrix Jr. is on crutches these days. The 29-year-old partially tore the patellar tendon in his left knee a week ago.
“I was demonstrating how to run an obstacle course in PE class,” he explained. “I’ll be fine. Nothing keeping me down.”
The injury and his attitude are metaphors for Hendrix’s experience the past six years as the Tigers’ head coach.
Talk about an obstacle course: No football stadium. No lights. Bare-bones facilities.
“Our tackling sleds are ancient — like, from 1982,” said Hendrix, a 2007 Fremont graduate. “We turned an old shower area into a locker room.
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“I was demonstrating how to run an obstacle course in PE class,” he explained. “I’ll be fine. Nothing keeping me down.”
The injury and his attitude are metaphors for Hendrix’s experience the past six years as the Tigers’ head coach.
Talk about an obstacle course: No football stadium. No lights. Bare-bones facilities.
“Our tackling sleds are ancient — like, from 1982,” said Hendrix, a 2007 Fremont graduate. “We turned an old shower area into a locker room.
More...