Byron Evans will be more about building the character of the young men he will coach at his alma mater Phoenix South Mountain High School than concerning himself with how many wins he can achieve.
“If you’re just looking for a head coach just to win games, I’m not the guy,” Evans told the NBC affiliate in Phoenix, Channel 12. “There’s life after football.”
Evans, one of the best tacklers in Arizona history and an eight-year pro with the Philadelphia Eagles, was hired as the head coach at South Mountain on March 5.
He is one of the best to play at South Mountain and Arizona. He was such an athletic and gifted player with the Jaguars he played linebacker on defense and quarterback on offense — a rare combination. At Arizona, he emerged as a Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year by his senior season in 1986.
Evans recorded the second-most tackles in Arizona history with 552, trailing Ricky Hunley’s 566.
Here is the video interview of Evans:
BYRON EVANS SOUTH MOUNTAIN from Chris 'Big Show' Peterson on Vimeo.
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