Thirty years after he coached his last game, Dick Atchison still spends his days helping others.
Last week, I had a chance to meet the former McAdory High football coach – Yes, the same man who coached Bo Jackson in high school – as we worked together on a project for the Christian Service Mission in Birmingham.
For the last 11 years, he’s worked as a part of this particular ministry. Since his wife Jody died of a rare brain disease in 2018, the coach has put even more time into his volunteer work. Atchison works daily with three other men in restoring houses in the Birmingham area. All four were professionals and worked together as an efficient team. My group clearly were not professionals. But the guys directed us on caulking and painting, and we certainly did our best to contribute. Most importantly, we were all doing what we were called to do. It was a special time; one this old sports writer won’t soon forget.
“He was in ninth grade playing junior high football the first time I ever saw him. He weighed about 160. I didn’t notice it in football, but I was the varsity track coach, too. He came out for varsity track and was just unbelievable. I could have entered him in 10 events, but the rules say you can only enter five. We finished second in the state his ninth-grade year. I also took him to the decathlon as a ninth grader.
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