John Eakin

DC Natalia High School / WFHS / USAFA / Texas A&M

[Mike Hoffmann @MikeHoffmann]

Luke Falk shared a Mike Leach story that stopped me cold:

Two kids. One rich. One poor.

Every training camp, Coach Leach told his team about these 2 kids.

The rich kid has two choices.

Get soft. Get entitled. Expect everything handed to him because he was handed more.

Or take the resources, the coaching, the opportunities, and compound them into something greater.

The poor kid has two choices too.

Say nobody gave him anything. Blame the world. Make his circumstances the reason he never became what he could have been.

Or outwork everyone in the room.

Luke said the locker room had both. Kids from wealth. Kids from nothing. Kids with every advantage. Kids who scraped for every inch.

Same choice for all of them.

Ownership or victimhood.
Fuel or excuse.

The rich kid can waste the head start or build on it.

The poor kid can drown in the deficit or weaponize it.

Greatness doesn't come from where you start.

It comes from which kid you choose to feed.

Credit to @coachlukefalk for continuing to share golden nuggets about Coach’s legacy

[Matt Stepp @Matt_Stepp817]

Dub The Coyote
Coach Freeman when he was HC at Wichita Falls tried drawing his mascot at coaching school

This is his artwork a true masterpiece #txhsfb

[San Antonio Sports @SA_Sports]

. @Whataburger Watch - Week 10 Honoree
Highlighting some of the top talent in Greater SA!

Zack Peralta
OLB | Natalia High School
17 Tackles
11 Solo
4 TFLs

#WhataburgerWatch #txhsfb #SASAllStarGame
@NataliaSports & @CoachReynolds3

[Jonathan Hull @Hull_RRR]

Wichita Falls ISD athletic director Grant Freeman is leaving the district after accepting the same position at Burnet ISD. #txhsfb

https://t.co/IXxGhMBNEi

[Matt Stepp @Matt_Stepp817]

Poth and Natalia advance to @Texas7on7 State Tournament #txhsfb #tx7on7

[Matt Stepp @Matt_Stepp817]

Poth SQT State Qualifying Round

Poth vs. Santa Rosa
Natalia vs. Kenedy
#txhsfb #tx7on7 @dctf

[Dirk Nowitzki @swish41]

😳

[John Eakin @Coach_Eakin]

@Matt_Stepp817

[John Eakin @Coach_Eakin]

@Matt_Stepp817 Couple more, I found on some of our alumni groups

[John Eakin @Coach_Eakin]

@Matt_Stepp817 Might reach out to Joe Golding Jr or Coach Free in Wichita, they still have a ton of the old pictures in the school and they just put a lot in the new schools

[Matt Stepp @Matt_Stepp817]

Beach day

[John Eakin @Coach_Eakin]

Well for those that are not already aware, Abby Eakin and I are moving! I have accepted a job at Natalia High School outside of San Antonio next year. #AGNB 🐴

[Matt Stepp @Matt_Stepp817]

BREAKING Natalia has named Wichita Falls High (soon to be Wichita Falls Legacy) OC Jason Reynolds as their next AD/HFC
Congrats @CoachReynolds3 #txhsfb @dctf

https://t.co/Zv7YzctszV