It's been a surreal year for McDonald, after leading Chandler Basha to its first Open state football championship. Honors keep coming in for him.
It's been a surreal year for Chris McDonald after leading Chandler Basha to its first Open Division state football championship. Honors keep coming in for him., McDonald was nominated by the Arizona Cardinals for the Don Shula NFL High School Football Coach of the Year Award.
Each NFL team nominates a high school football coach from their state to be a finalist. It is named after the former Baltimore Colts and Miami Dolphins coach who is the winningest coach in NFL history. Character, integrity, leadership, dedication to the community, commitment to player health and safety and on-field success all factor into honoring the coach, according to the news release. This year, two high school football coaches will be honored, one from the AFC and one from the NFC.
The winners will be invited to the Pro Bowl Games in Las Vegas on Feb. 5 and will be recognized. The winners also will reach receive $15,000 to go to their high school football program and a $10,000 cash award. All of the other 30 NFL club nominees will receive a $1,000 cash award, and will also attend Super Bowl 57 as special guests of the NFL. That won't be a far trip for McDonald with the Super Bowl being played in Glendale.
Basha made history this season by reaching the state final for the first time and then winning it in the eight-team elite division, capping it with a"It's a reflection of the program and a lot of time and effort people put into it," McDonald said."I'm very blessed, honored. It's kind of surreal.""There's a lot of people and players that obviously had a big part in it," McDonald said.
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