Every parent that has raised children can attest to the fact that Sons and Daughters are as different as night and day. The same holds true when it comes to coaching Student Athletes in Middle School and High School 🏫.
Rick Nester was what we would call a Man’s Man¹ He raised his Sons that way, conducted his working that way and you can line up folks with a story about how Coach Nester made their lives miserable when he was their coach.
Naturally, the first time that his boss and friend, Principal Chuck Thompson asked him to cross the Boulevard and begin being a leader of Girls, he took it as a good natured bit of humor. Nester recalls the exchange taking place at Halftime of the weekly Varsity Football game.
It wasn’t until Mr Thompson asked a second time, a few days later, that Coach realized that he was being asked a legitimate question.
The initial conversation was with his lovely wife, Donna Nester. The next two talks came with long time Coaches, Howard Mayo and Marc Motley. The common thread there is both Hall of Fame coaches had made the transition themselves, from coaching Boys to coaching Girls. Both coaches gave glowing recommendations about their experience and that proved to be enough to make the decision easier….
A.S.P.N on The Hill 