JMU Football Alumnus | Coach turned Philanthropist | Glue Guy at @thebigmanfound | Supporting Coaches & Coaching Families | Driven by Legacy & Impact

Virginia, USA
Joined July 2014
A coach once told me that the beauty of college football is its human element. Unlike the NFL, where the better team usually wins, college football has always been shaped by the intangible: Emotion. Tradition. Pageantry. And sometimes, the truly inexplicable. It’s in those moments that the sport is at its purest, most beautiful form. My greatest fear for this new era of college football is that, in the pursuit of maximizing its commercial value, we’ll sacrifice the very soul that made it so special in the first place.
sure, expand it to 24 teams... but you'll NEVER take away our memories. 2006-2023 (the most MAGICAL era of college football)
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Next Stop: Paris 🇫🇷
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SMU Athletics to launch Texas' first NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse program. ➡️: tinyurl.com/45hezzbh
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How did a former all-women’s college - tucked amid the Virginia mountains, football-less until the 1970s - become one of the nation’s fastest-ascending athletic programs? From Curt Cignetti to Bob Chesney and now to Billy Napier, inside the “JMU Way.” bit.ly/4ea4tfo
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First year not biting on the ole ‘Virginia fake fall’ last week
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Love that @_willcompton mentioned Barbie. The coaching spouses behind the scenes keeping everything together deserve a lot more recognition than they get.
As part of The Big Man Foundation’s #ThankACoach campaign, @_willcompton gives a few well-deserved shoutouts 🤝 Coach Ekeler, his wife Barbie, and Coach Bisaccia. A reminder that coaching is a team sport for a lot of families. #NationalCoachesDay
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Too many great messages came in yesterday to share them all in real time — so we’re celebrating coaches all week. Hear from UCLA Football’s Bob Chesney on National Coaches Day and The Big Man Foundation. #NationalCoachesDay #ThankYouCoach
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People don’t fail, they quit.
HUGE shoutout to the boys for helping us spread the word 🤝 National Coaches Day is about recognizing the coaches whose impact reaches far beyond the scoreboard. Still time to thank a coach today. #NationalCoachesDay #ThankYouCoach
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HUGE shoutout to the boys for helping us spread the word 🤝 National Coaches Day is about recognizing the coaches whose impact reaches far beyond the scoreboard. Still time to thank a coach today. #NationalCoachesDay #ThankYouCoach
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One of my all time favorite people. Blaine understands why we do what we do better than most. Glad to have him on our team!
Coaches leave an impact that lasts far beyond the game. For #NationalCoachesDay, Coach Blaine Stewart shares a message of gratitude for the coaches who have shaped his life — and a reminder of just how much this profession means.
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Thank you @ODUSports for supporting our #NationalCoachesDay efforts! #ThankYouCoach
Happy National Coaches Day to all of our amazing coaches🤩 #ODUSports | #ReignOn | #NationalCoachesDay
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RT @MattRoanAD: As today is #NationalCoachesDay, want to say “thank you” to so many coaches I was fortunate to play and work for, as well a…
For the history buffs out there
National Coaches Day has been around since 1972. Congress asked for it, and President Nixon signed Proclamation 4157 naming October 6 the day. 🧵
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Tomorrow is National Coaches Day 🖤 Free graphics, templates and ways to thank the coach who shaped you are on our site. Link below 👇 #NationalCoachesDay #ThankYouCoach
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National Coaches Day is tomorrow. Coaches give a lot of themselves to the people and programs they serve. Tomorrow is a chance to recognize that. A message from Rhett Lashlee, Scott Nady and Kyle Cooper on why supporting coaches matters. #NationalCoachesDay #ThankYouCoach
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Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains 💙
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Least surprising thing I’ve seen today. Coach Chesney is a class act. He’s always taken the time and gone out of his way to help our @thebigmanfound. It meant a lot to us, and every time he showed up, it moved the needle.
Dan Lanning said on the Jim Rome Show today that UCLA coach Bob Chesney texted him on Saturday night and offered to help with Dante Moore any way he could. "He text me as they were traveling back to LA and said, 'Hey, if you need my help with Dante or anything and he's still in LA, I'll go check on this guy. I'm giving the team off tomorrow; let me know.' It speaks to the kind of person he is. I've got a lot of respect for him and his program."
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Dan Lanning said on the Jim Rome Show today that UCLA coach Bob Chesney texted him on Saturday night and offered to help with Dante Moore any way he could. "He text me as they were traveling back to LA and said, 'Hey, if you need my help with Dante or anything and he's still in LA, I'll go check on this guy. I'm giving the team off tomorrow; let me know.' It speaks to the kind of person he is. I've got a lot of respect for him and his program."
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The human drama of athletic competition
Justin Verlander says goodbye to his teammates And then holds his daughter’s hand as he leaves the mound 🥹
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