Good piece in the P&C for our bye week. Reminds me of another coach named Steve.
Twenty years after debuting at South Carolina, Steve Taneyhill still seeks victories
Across the football field, a female student delivered the Christian invocation. Here beyond the end zone, the Union County High players in black-and-yellow uniforms bowed their heads. As the girl spoke, Union County’s coach quietly pushed up his sleeves, revealing a black arm band with his plays on it. On the back of the arm band was “COACH T,” in white marker
The invocation ended, and the coach strode toward his players, a tin of Skoal chewing tobacco in the left back pocket of his khaki pants, a laminated and highlighted play sheet in the right, with “Victory” written on it. Steve Taneyhill would accept nothing less last Friday night, deep into the second act of a football life that, 20 years ago, made him forever famous in South Carolina. Taneyhill stepped into the shadows, under the green canopy tents borrowed from Holcombe Funeral Home. His players fell silent. (more)
Twenty years after debuting at South Carolina, Steve Taneyhill still seeks victories
Across the football field, a female student delivered the Christian invocation. Here beyond the end zone, the Union County High players in black-and-yellow uniforms bowed their heads. As the girl spoke, Union County’s coach quietly pushed up his sleeves, revealing a black arm band with his plays on it. On the back of the arm band was “COACH T,” in white marker
The invocation ended, and the coach strode toward his players, a tin of Skoal chewing tobacco in the left back pocket of his khaki pants, a laminated and highlighted play sheet in the right, with “Victory” written on it. Steve Taneyhill would accept nothing less last Friday night, deep into the second act of a football life that, 20 years ago, made him forever famous in South Carolina. Taneyhill stepped into the shadows, under the green canopy tents borrowed from Holcombe Funeral Home. His players fell silent. (more)