Aaron Paddock

Yes sir!!! So awesome @Hayden84Norwood Can’t wait to see you get after it this fall!!! #stvrainstorm #fightthegoodfight

🏆STATE CHAMPION SATURDAY🏆 Arrowhead (WI) WIAA Div 1 From Double Wing, the Warhawks hit a crease with this Fake Rocket Toss Super Counter. @ArrowheadFB | @CoachHarris28

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. ~Calvin Coolidge

Awesome stuff @nicomashkouri We are all so proud of you!!! You are going to be great 🦅🏈🔵🟡#stvrainstorm #fightthegoodfight

Nick Saban never talked about winning. He talked about the process. Show up. Do the job. Repeat. Outcomes take care of themselves. Watch. Share. Bookmark. 🔖

Happy Independence Day! There’s a story from the end of the Revolutionary War I want to tell as we celebrate America’s 250th Birthday, and it’s one everyone in the world can learn from. George Washington, at that moment, after commanding the American forces to victory, was the most powerful man in the new country. Many people talked about making him King of America. Across the ocean, King George was sitting with an American painter, and asked what he thought Washington would do now that the war was ending. The painter said he believed he would go back to his farm. The King said, “If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world.” As the war officially ended, Washington came to speak to Congress and said, “Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theater of Action.” He returned his commission they’d given him in 1775 - after more than 8 years of leading the Americans to victory without pay, and he was home at Mount Vernon for Christmas. Of course, he was elected as our first President a few years later, and after two terms, showed the same selflessness again when he willingly gave up his power and went back to Mount Vernon again. That’s true greatness. He had all the power in the world. But power, alone, does not make you great. Washington’s greatness came from being a true servant - to a cause much bigger than himself. His greatness was his complete lack of selfishness. The whole story of American Independence is a story of selflessness. It’s a story of people who set their self-interest aside and worked for each other. We’ve all heard the line about “We must all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.” Apparently, Ben Franklin might have actually never said that. But that’s fine, because the same mentality is right there in the last line of the Declaration of Independence, published on this day 250 years ago: “And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.” We mutually pledge to each other. No one was in this alone. No one was in it for themselves. This was a group of people with different backgrounds who were in it for each other. Today is a reminder: greatness comes from what we do for each other, never what we do for ourselves. That’s a lesson that applies no matter what country you call home. It’s a lesson that doesn’t require any law passed by a politician, because, let’s be honest, if you’re waiting for selfless politicians, I really hope you are not holding your breath. All of us have the power to be there for the people around us. For our families and friends. For our neighbors. For everyone. All of us can reach for greatness. It’s as simple as looking beyond yourself, seeing past the mirror, picking your eyes up from your phone, and pledging to be there for each other. Happy Fourth. May you all find your own version of greatness today by lifting each other up. Lift up your neighborhood. Lift up America. Lift up the World.

🚨 The Palio of Siena won by the Contrada “Eagle 🦅” after 34 years! This video gives you goosebumps A pure leap back through the centuries Tuscany, Italy 🇮🇹

Live by the creed. 🏴‍☠️ #AGapPower

Nick Saban - Responsibility as Coaches - "Leadership is all about helping someone for their benefit. If you're helping them for your benefit, that's manipulation." - "If you just think drawing up plays, running pass patterns, playing defenses, playing Cover 7, Cover 4 and running this blitz or that blitz and that's about winning... It's about getting the players to buy in to the accountability that it takes for them to be successful & for them to be accountable to the other players on the team."

Why High School Football is Important

These boys absolutely represented @FHS_GolEagle_FB today!!! So proud of everything they have accomplished and excited to see what the future holds!!! Congrats @sonnydelpizzo24 and @dj_waldo29 on a fantastic career as a Golden Eagle!!!

So excited to watch @sonnydelpizzo24 and @dj_waldo29 take the field one more time as @Frederick_HS Golden Eagles in todays @CHSCAAllState game 💙💛🦅🏈 #fightthegoodfight #stvrainstorm

Hills I will die on as someone who has coached high school football for over 29 years: 1. If you are not PASSIONATE about blessing, serving, and empowering those you are blessed to coach, this profession is not for you. 2. As much as we need to know our trade, getting to know (and to love), our players is far more important. 3. This is an INTENSE game, and it’ll never be “just a game”, but it IS a game. Remember that when you’re with your team, and more importantly, remember that when you’re with your family. 4. Just as we teach our athletes to “leave things better than they found them”, we need to leave our athletes better than they were when they first entered into our program. Never let a day pass without pouring into each and every individual. 5. Life is complicated enough, let’s not complicate the game in such a way that we take the joy of it away from others. In other words… Keep it simple. 6. Our words carry little (or NO), value, if we don’t practice what we preach. WE as coaches should be learning and growing each and every day, just as we expect our athletes to. 7. As much as we all want to win those championship rings for our athletes, make sure you don’t lose your wedding ring in the process. 8. The athlete that may be “difficult to reach/teach” (the one who may get on your last nerve more than you could ever imagine), is someone’s EVERYTHING. Get to know them as human beings, find out what motivates them, and do everything you can to help them to thrive. 9. Be where your feet are. Don’t fall into the trap of chasing logos and thinking that a higher division, a bigger school, or going from HS to college, or even college to the pros, is going to be more rewarding or fulfilling. 10. The legacy you leave as a coach will never be determined by your wins and losses, but by the lives you were able to change for the better!

It starts in the Weight Room! All 3 Levels are back in there and getting after it! 🦅💪🏾🏋🏾‍♂️ #FPV #TriTownFootball

Excited to see what we are building on defense @Tiger_Gridiron Discipline, Toughness, and Teamwork 🐅🏈

Super proud of how our young men competed this weekend! Varsity and JV played some great competition at CSU-Pueblo and C-Team stayed home and played a great team in Cheyenne Central! Now we transition back into the weight room! 🏋🏾‍♂️🦅 #FPV #TriTownFootball

🔴 vs 🟢 shorturl.at/OLWut

Before 🏈, there was Calcio Storico in Florence, Italy 🇮🇹 Played since the 1500s, watching Calcio Storico feels like seeing 🏈s ancient DNA on display The game is unique, but the toughness, teamwork, & physicality are unmistakably familiar. 🔵 vs ⚪️ shorturl.at/MK9VE

Odessa Permian (TX) running Toss Power with the QB Lead Blocking 😤

Had a great time competing at the @asugrizzliesfb camp yesterday. I enjoyed working with @CoachByrd916, @Coach_Todd75 and @Coach_Kizewski . Thank you for the new teachings coaches to be able to take that next step. @CoachDFrancis @CoachPaddock27