South Terrebonne football staff benefits from San Angelo clinic

San Angelo is surrounded by a barren desert that supports very little vegetation.

But for a few days each summer, the Texas town plays host to one of the most fruitfully informative football conventions in the nation.

Members of the South Terrebonne football staff made their seventh consecutive trip to the San Angelo Football Clinic last week, and for a seventh consecutive year, they returned with a true sense of growth and enlightenment.

&#8220I loved it,” said Gators defensive coordinator David McCormick. &#8220It was all football for three days straight. There’s no other clinic like it.”

McCormick made the 15-hour drive with head coach Richard Curlin, secondary coach Archie Adams and defensive line coach Rusty Price.

All four listened and learned from some of sharpest football minds in the country at Angelo State University’s Junell Center.

&#8220There were presentations from 8 a.m. to 9:50 p.m.,” McCormick explained. &#8220We can install the information we gathered from this clinic into our practices, and hopefully it will carry onto the field during our games.”

Guest speakers included LSU coach Les Miles, as well as Boise State’s Brent Pease, Texas A&M’s Dennis Franchione, Nebraska’s Bill Callahan and Auburn’s Terry Price.

&#8220It was really informative,” Adams said. &#8220The presenters would talk, but they would reinforce their talk with videos that break everything down for you.”

Adams particularly learned a great deal from speakers who focused on defensive backs.

&#8220I took away some drills and techniques college coaches use to get players ready to play defensive back,” he added.

In addition to the all-star lineup of speakers, the Gators brain trust was able to exchange information with other clinic attendees.

&#8220We learned a lot from talking to other high school coaches from different states,” McCormick said. &#8220It was a little like networking.”

South Terrebonne opens is season with its annual fall jamboree on Aug. 24 at The Swamp.