Gold Rush
by David Purdum
In 1969, a 22-year-old college student, nine credit hours shy of graduating,
accepted an offer to become the head football coach at John Curtis Christian
High School – the school his father, John Curtis Sr., had founded
eight years earlier in River Ridge, La. It was a dream come true for the
young coach, and he eagerly arrived that summer to meet with players and
organize a weight program. The summer wound down, and on the first day of pract...Login to Read More