White enjoys ride with 10-0 Cougars
Brian White always wanted to be the head coach of a high school football team, but after 20 years as an assistant he wondered if he'd ever get the chance to fulfill his dream.
He applied for the head coaching job at Cedar Rapids Washington when Paul James stepped aside to become the full-time athletic director after the 2005 season, but the Warriors hired a guy from the Chicago suburbs named Tony Lombardi.
Disappointed at not getting the position, White left the Warriors after 12 years and became an assistant coach at Cedar Rapids Kennedy in 2006. Tim Lewis was doing a good job as Kennedy's head coach and there was no reason to think anything would change.
White dug in and did his job with the Cougars.
"I was fine being a defensive coordinator for the rest of my career, if that's the way it was going to be," he said. "I had no problems with that."
Then things changed. Lewis announced after the 2013 season that he was stepping aside as Kennedy's head coach to become the strength and conditioning coach at the school, saying that he was his real passion in mentoring young student-athletes.
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