After learning he was nominated for the Indiana Football Hall of Fame, Bruce Scifres had a surprising reaction: 'I just felt that they had kinda picked the wrong guy.' (via OnlyAGameNPR)
Bob Tully and Bruce Scifres coached Roncalli High School football to its fourth state title in 1994. "It said that I had been nominated to be inducted into the Hall of Fame," Scifres says.
“Bob [Tully] is an amazing guy. ... And he was one of the best football coaches I’ve ever been around.”Bob Tully is a pretty small guy. The guys tossing him around weren’t. They had played for Butler University. Scifres was a 6-foot, 200-pound running back. Two years later, while still an undergrad at Indiana University, Tully was offered a job at a new high school in Indianapolis called Bishop Chartrand. He took it.But, as far as Tully was concerned, he had moved to Indy for just one reason.Tully juggled his college studies with his new job. He lived on the top floor of the Bishop Chartrand building and made regular trips between Indianapolis and Bloomington.
"To motivate kids and relate to kids," Scifres says."Whether it’s in the classroom or in the cafeteria during lunchtime or Friday nights during games. So, just an awesome guy." “Nobody has impacted Roncalli football the way Bob Tully has. ... I just felt like he was the true Hall of Famer.”On paper, Scifres has the much gaudier resume. But he always attributes his success to what he learned from Tully.
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