I really struggle with it. I had come a long way and made it back. To have a setback ... you're always hopeful that it won't happen.

Hopefully, the story will now be about Gilmer football.

His face looked kind of lifeless. It looked evil.

I'm looking forward to a normal life. This is the last step.

For lack of a better term, I'm just ready for some closure. This thing has run its course.

I always wanted to coach in college, and I always put it on the backburner and said I would do it someday. They were looking for someone with Baylor ties, and me being a player there in the late 80s and being a linebacker there helped.