Brett Favre Coaching High School Offense in Mississippi

The New York Times ^ | Friday, October 26, 2012 | BRETT MICHAEL DYKES

[MinorityRepublican]

HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Warrior Field on Old Highway 11 here is flanked by the massive Temple Baptist Church on one side and a water tower with "Oak Grove Warriors" emblazoned across it on the other. Nearby are places with names like Lumberton and Purvis, towns that rest atop a local salt dome where nuclear bombs were test-detonated near the height of the cold war. The local radio features music by bluesmen with names like Ironing Board Sam and Honeyboy Edwards, though the dense forest of trees - the reason this area is called the Pine Belt - interferes with the signal every now and again. Once inside the stadium, ticketholders are greeted by the clanging of cowbells - the Warrior Field gift shop sells cowbells for $25, a dollar extra for one with an Oak Grove Warriors sticker - and the welcoming smiles of two young women eager to sell tickets for the 50-50 raffle drawing at halftime. For all its regional specificity, a fall Friday night at Warrior Field is a scene similar to the one played out in rural high school stadiums across the country each week. But flip to Page 13 of the game program and everything changes. There, in the upper right-hand corner, is a familiar face among the photos of the Oak Grove coaching staff. "Brett Favre Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks," it reads below the photograph. "We lost our offensive coordinator right before the season started when he took a job as a principal," Oak Grove Coach Nevil Barr said. "I thought, 'Shoot, let me check with Brett to see if he'd be interested.' " Favre lives in the area and has a daughter who attends Oak Grove High School, which has about 1,600 students.

[SuziQ]

Actually there WAS testing done in the Tatum Salt Dome. I remember feeling the effects of one, while in elementary school, in the early 60s. Our desks slid across the floor several inches. We had no clue what had happened; we only found out later about the explosions.

[SuziQ]

Hah! Cool! I didn’t know there was something out there I could read about the testing! I’ll go back and read about what I experienced almost 50 years ago!

[struggle]

>>Well, H’burg High apparently didn’t ask, and Brett’s daughter DOES attend Oak Grove. ;o) He also attends St. Thomas Aquinas Parish at Univ. of Sou. Miss, I have family members who are in that Parish and see him all the time.

Lol, one of my old assistant principals is now principal of Hattie High and is an all around good fella. I coached against Oak Grove and in all sincerity it’s good to see Brett do some local coaching.