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Hi folks!
My name is "Larry Harrison" and I'm a high school football
coach in the great state of Georgia. Inside these pages I
hope to have a little fun, and just throw some general
information around about football, the "double wing offense"
that I run as well as other football related things. This
site will also contain events of my football life, my
football history, and NOW I've been hired to return to the
home of my first head high school coaching job. After being
contacted during 2009 mid season by a NGA alumni and former
player, he put the wheels in motion for a return to the
beautiful country side of Greensboro Georgia to coach the
Patriots once again. Being in mid season with a great group
of young kids where I was, I dismissed the Idea to the back
burner and didn't think about
it further until the season ended. Immediately after the 2009 season ended, I
was contacted by Tim Brown, who was very instrumental in my
first hiring at NGA. We had several talks and Tim's Brother
Greg, Now Chairman of the board at NGA, also contacted me
about coming back. As fate always has it, things happen
in divine order for the change to happen. "I am
very excited about the challenge ahead, and getting to know
my new kids. Several of the players were water boys for us
the first go round at NGA and it's really something to come back 3
years later and see the young ones taking the reins.
Obviously with 14 kids on my present roster, I'd like to
encourage anyone interested in coming to NGA or even former
players that have left and possibly want to return to come
on out, for there is plenty of room and playing time
available for sure!
I'd like to
personally thank Tim and Greg Brown for keeping in touch,
keeping the fires burning, and making my return to NGA a
reality.
I'd like to thank all the NGA parents, players, alumni, and
fans for such a tremendous welcome back on Friday at
assembly. I was quite overwhelmed and humbled". Is it
football season yet?
This site
started as very small simple family site but with coaching,
and incorporating my football, it quickly became a full
blown football
site... I had noticed that many coaches and teams had a site
and the various football coaching sites so, hey, I figured I
had to get one too. So, this site works well in keeping in
touch with other coaches on all levels that do some of the
things I do. I think the main thing that launched it
into this football site is the learning and the teaching of
the offense, and defense I run. From the beginning of my
coaching life, I've had certain very ingrained ideas about
coaching and getting the most out of kids, and these ideas
were developed from having very good youth and high school
coaches and later having my ideas pan out in very successful
campaigns. I have learned to live with the criticism of
being a bit unorthodox, but believe me, everything I do
coaching is for a very good reason. No, it may not
look exactly like the NFL but what I do, and what I think
any good coach should do, is to give your kids the best
possible chance to be successful. I'm not real concerned
about how pretty it is, or if I'm preparing one individual
for a career or if I look like some big-time pro football
coach. I'm concerned about the team and all the kids as well
as our representation of our parents and school. I am
concerned about bringing success to our program and having
the kids have fun playing football. If we have a standout
athlete, he will stand out. If we don't, the team hopefully will still
stand out because of our preparation. This policy has never
failed me or any other coach I've admired over the years.
What I have learned is that with the right preparation and
approach to this game and a good communication with the kids
themselves, you end up with kids playing hard, having fun,
and many standout kids not just the one special kid, that is
going to be good anyway! |
