[Magdalen] Summerville Coach retires after 63 years

[Ginga Wilder]

Hey Jo.  Coach McKissick is a ledgend here and across the football world.
He won his 100th game during John's and my senior year at Summerville High
School - 1965.  He is a very good man who was a loving father figure to his
players.  Football is almost a cult in the Summerville school system.
Coach is 88 - it is time fro him to retire.  I do believe it will be the
end of him...football is his life.

We have attended only a few games since graduating and those were in the
first 10 years.  I did not say anything in the Pub because I am aware that
so many are horrified by football, and yes, as I am now also.  I did not
want to offend any sensibilities.  I have wondered in the last few years if
football is on the way out as a sport.  It is so dangerous.

Thanks,
Ginga

On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 9:10 PM, Jo Craddock <jocraddock at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ginga, I heard the story of the Summerville football coach, retiring after
> 63 years, on NPR as I drove home, this afternoon.
>
> I'm sure this has been a passion of yours (not!), but, nevertheless, he
> sounded like someone who has been part of major area life for quite a while.
>
> He did say that he may attend future games, but in the stands, and vowed
> to not interfere with his successor. Will they have an interim to help with
> this adjustment? Will his successor be subject to the similar complaints a
> new rector receives following a long incumbency?
>
> Peace,
> Jo
>