HE'S NEW, BUT AN OLD HAND AT FOOTBALL

From: The Boston Globe | Date: April 8, 2001| Author: JACKIE COWIN | Copyright information

Drew Stephan was a little taken aback when he heard who his new football coach was going to be - but only for a moment.

Stephan, a junior at Algonquin Regional, knew Neil Burke as the school's long-time baseball coach and physical education instructor. He didn't know Burke also had a considerable football background until Burke was introduced as the school's new gridiron coach at a team meeting last week.

"I hadn't heard about his coaching experience so I was a little bit surpris...

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