2012 The Year of Destiny

2012 The Year of Destiny: Time to go back to work!

I think each day, each week, each month, and of course each year brings new and exciting challenges and expectations. The 2012 Eagle Football year is no exception. We have entered in to a new Conference, with many of our old friends from Tennessee, that will give us opportunities for success that we have not had before. We are attempting to build a new 11-man conference which will include teams that we have been playing from Indianapolis and Cincinnati, that again, we lend its' self for our success.

2012 promises to be an outstanding year in many regards. It looks very good for the success of our Senior and Junior teams, in that we have already had an influx of coaches and players show interest in those two teams. Locally, there is a new league which has formed that shows promise of sound structure and motivation in the 9 - 14 age group which will lend itself to our needs.

Spring Football begins on March 19th, and already we have many new faces at the younger ages that want to come out and take a look at what we offer. All in all I visualize Eagle Football becoming a platform for God's plan as it spreads beyond my expectations in 2012.

I can't wait to watch it all happen!

A Season To Remember

Eagle Football 2011,
was a season to remember, for many reasons. We, the players themselves, the coaching staff, and myself and the players and parents came together like never before and met challenges head-on. The players went from two-a-days, where they worked on football skills, (but also fed the people in need, helped mentor kids at a football camp, and washed cars for a church), to regular season with hopes and aspirations of success.
Together, the players worked hard, to get in shape, to hone skills, and to reach a point where team would be gained and individual would be lost. They were successful!
Through a season that witnessed "not so many wins" but many victories on and off of the field, our fans saw hard play, companionship, and a dedication to one another that showed the greatest of our players. Players, as well as the team, went through trials and tribulation but over-came the not so bright moments to stand tall and witness the greatness of what we achieved.
Together, with God's help, we withstood personal strive, family disorder, relationship testers, sicknesses and emotional soul seeking. Together, with God leading the way, we stood tall!
God has blessed us! He has blessed us as individuals and as a team and a program. God stands in front of us as a protector, as a mentor, as a leader, as a guide, and as our Father!
He told me this year, in a passing moment of fasting and searching, that it is our time to plant the seeds and He will choose the season for the blooming.
You know what? I believe Him.
HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD!

The Foundation of Which We Stand

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A multi-sport star at Covington high school, in Covington, Tennessee. He attended college at Murray State University, led the Racers in pass receptions during the 1976, 1977, and 1978 campaigns and earned Small School All-American honors as a Senior in 1978. Spent some time in the CFL and NFL and then began coaching in 1983. Began High School coaching at Henderson County High School in 1987, came to Louisville in 1990 and coached at PRP, from 91 - 93, at DuPont Manual from 94 - 01, at Doss High School from 02 - 04 and took the Head Coaching position at Evangel Christian School at the start of the school year in 2005. Dave Thomas’ commitment at Evangel Christian School (and now with the Eagle Football Program) is to raise young males up to a point where Christ may use them for His glory and honor. The football program that is God driven, in to the future, is built on a foundation of hard work, discipline, and Christian values, with an emphasis on service to others. “Our young men become leaders through commitment and dedication and I am very proud to be associated with each and every one of them.”

The Eagle Philosophy

Eagle Football 2012

Mission Statement: We will influence young men and women in Christ like ways, by using athletics as our vehicle, so that together we may build strong Christians, a strong educational system, and a strong Christian based community.

1. Build individual and program character.

2. Encourage players, parents, and staff to create positive goal oriented values and philosophies.

3. Develop student-athlete relationships.

4. Create within the program a sense of growth of all involved personnel.

5. Teach personal conviction and a high work ethic.

6. Lead members to understanding the scope of a purpose driven life.

7. Promotion of Pride, Team, and School and Community Spirit

8. Instill a Vision of success.

1. Build individual and program character

This program is and will continue to be built on the idea that character is acting in the appropriate way when no one else is watching. In other words, if we can learn and can teach every one in the program to be accountable for themselves, the team, the school, and Jesus Christ we as a program will be a success. The first thing we must teach and learn is, if everyone involved does what they are suppose to do, not only will everything be done in a wonderful manner but everyone will establish within themselves a pride and a honor for the commitment to all of the people involved in that commitment.

It goes without saying that every person involved has been introduced to a varying set of rules and ideas on the best way to live ones life. Within the understanding of this fact, it is necessary that we establish our team rules, that will predicate our team character.

We must also manifest the idea that this commitment to character be carried over to each and every persons own individual lives.

These ideas are manufactured by;

a. the common sharing of team tasks

b. team study hall

c. team dress codes

d. team discipline and action expectations

e. team practice schedules

f. team calendars

g. team itinerary

2. Encourage players, parents, and staff to create positive goal oriented values and philosophies.

We will schedule team and parent meetings so that every member of the program will have the opportunity to be an influence in the program.

Parents are invited to contribute to the goal setting, goal seeking, and goal reaching process. This is established through the scheduled meetings and through the ongoing student-athlete functions. The seniors are invited to participate in a one-on–one goal setting meeting between the player, their parents, and Coach Thomas.

Each player will establish annual goals and they will be evaluated as the student-athlete progresses through school and the program.

3. Develop student-athlete relationships.

The goal for all students should be to be successful. I think that one common thread runs through all adults. That would be that sometimes in life we need help. Our goal is to help students to learn how to be successful through gaining help in the team.

By teaching a student that the team consists of teachers, parents, coaches, and other classmates, we as a program can help the student-athlete gain understanding that help at being successful is all around them. Many times students do not thing that seeking help is a good thing but by sharing stories, gaining confidence, and by involving the students themselves in the process we can help them become the best they can be on and off of the field.

Through the organization of groups, visitation of colleges, and public service time we will insure each and every student has an opportunity to develop meaningful, positive relationships.

Do it Right the First Time.......Every Time!

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Two-a-Days

WOW!  Two-a-Days is over and the team goes into Long-a-days next week.

We, together have put in 25 practices, with 18 left before our first game.  Things are really on the move at EAGLE FOOTBALL.

The players have worked hard and so have the coaches.  It has been such a joy and blessing to work with kids that I have worked with before.  They understand the expectations and demand it of one another.
    We have learned much, as a team and as individuals.  We are so
far ahead of ourselves, a year ago, it is unbelievable.
It will be very apparent on the field.

        But most of all it is already apparent in the souls, minds, and 
hearts of the players.  These kids enjoy being around each other and
they enjoy it so much it spreads within the group.  And, believe me,
with 90+ temperatures and above 100 heat index's Coach Thomas
has not back off at all.


        The players have also had great opportunities for Community
Service.  We fed the needy, the hungry, and the less fortunate at "The City of Hope".  We helped young kids develop in to better football players and more importantly future strong Christian young adults at "The KJ Football fundamental Camp". 


These young men, (your sons) have responded in great ways to others that
they can help.  As their Head Coach I am so very proud of them, in so many ways!


I can't wait to watch these great young men compete, together as a unit, on
the football field.  They work hard and get better each and every day!

"Four Corners', is that special thing that we do each day, makes us grow physically and mentally each and every day.  Ask your sons about that; I'm sure they have great stories about that, but all kidding
aside Football is a physical sport, but it is also a very mental sport.

Players must learn to do what their heart tells them to do and not what their mind or body wants them to do.  Players learned, this last week, that the heart sets the boundaries for the brain, in our daily Bible study.


The players also were taught how special each and everyone of them are and how great the odds were, that had to be conquered, for them to have the life that they have.  The players were prompted to think about some really important questions, that led to a strong belief in God and a relationship with Jesus Christ. 

They also were introduced to the two-a-day training table and the 
infamous peanut-butter steak.  The most prized item are hot fires,
sweet tasting lemonade, and pop-sickles.  You would have thought it
was Christmas when we had "Say" sandwiches.  
Football, inspirational, films packed the rest periods (in the middle of the days) and the kids learned from others before them.  Stories (films) about success, hard work, dedication, pushing through tough times, and love, hope, and desire. 


Tired players sat through chalk talks and learned what makes us who
we are.  EAGLE FOOTBALL, is an all encompassing organization that aids in the growth of young men, on and off of the field.  Your sons are growing in ways I can not identify and they can not know, but God is taking hold of these young men by their dedication and work ethic that they are developing. 


So we sprint forth, toward the season before us, and we gain strength each and every day we spend time together, because we are becoming a TEAM.  We work, we laugh, we share, we pick each other up, and we get stronger together.


We are fulfilling our mission statement.  "Eagle Football will turn young boys in to great Christian men by using football as its vehicle."


I am very proud of these young men!
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