Gunzlingr
08-13-2003, 12:02 PM
FLAGSTAFF - Mike Devlin was big. As an NFL offensive lineman, he had to be.
But after he retired three years ago and got into coaching, big wasn’t so good anymore.
He had heard the stories that the life expectancy of a football player was short to begin with. He had watched 40 years of coaching football grind his dad down.
“Then I looked at my three kids,” Devlin said, “and thought, ‘I have to do something now.’ ”
Devlin, an assistant coach with the Arizona Cardinals, got winded too easily playing with his kids. He slept too much. He had seen his weight balloon to 415 pounds from his listed playing weight of 328.
more (http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=8355)
But after he retired three years ago and got into coaching, big wasn’t so good anymore.
He had heard the stories that the life expectancy of a football player was short to begin with. He had watched 40 years of coaching football grind his dad down.
“Then I looked at my three kids,” Devlin said, “and thought, ‘I have to do something now.’ ”
Devlin, an assistant coach with the Arizona Cardinals, got winded too easily playing with his kids. He slept too much. He had seen his weight balloon to 415 pounds from his listed playing weight of 328.
more (http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=8355)