Post by jonnyaztec94 on Jul 1, 2010 18:07:47 GMT -8
The city of San Diego lost a great person and great coach today. Don Coryell will forever be known as the head coach of head coaches.
I met Don when I was only 17 years old. I was attending an afternoon Padre game at the Murph. My friend and I stayed afterwards to get Padre autographs. Fortunately for us, the Chargers were practicing across the parking lot. So instead of just getting the Padres, we got over 30 Charger autographs including Fouts, Winslow, and Muncie. Half way through getting the autographs my pen stopped working. Who do you think gave me his pen? Of course - Don Coryell. I still have that pen today along with the signatures.
As a SDSU grad and football fan, I saw Don at several games. For some reason, I guess out of respect, I never bothered him. I would just tell my friend who was originally from out of town - one of the greatest coaches of all time is standing right next to us.
The only regret I have is I did see Don going into the Marriott in Carmel Valley (I work near by) about two years ago. I wanted to go up and tell him how special an impact the pen had.
As a San Diego football fan (both Chargers and Aztecs), there is no one more important than Don. God bless the Coryell family.
I met Don when I was only 17 years old. I was attending an afternoon Padre game at the Murph. My friend and I stayed afterwards to get Padre autographs. Fortunately for us, the Chargers were practicing across the parking lot. So instead of just getting the Padres, we got over 30 Charger autographs including Fouts, Winslow, and Muncie. Half way through getting the autographs my pen stopped working. Who do you think gave me his pen? Of course - Don Coryell. I still have that pen today along with the signatures.
As a SDSU grad and football fan, I saw Don at several games. For some reason, I guess out of respect, I never bothered him. I would just tell my friend who was originally from out of town - one of the greatest coaches of all time is standing right next to us.
The only regret I have is I did see Don going into the Marriott in Carmel Valley (I work near by) about two years ago. I wanted to go up and tell him how special an impact the pen had.
As a San Diego football fan (both Chargers and Aztecs), there is no one more important than Don. God bless the Coryell family.
