This week we’re focused on 45 year old Jake Harrison, a former high school football player and former high school coach who retired from coaching after two bad seasons in a row and moved on to selling real estate in pursuit of stabilizing his family. You see Texas, like Florida, is serious football country. You don’t just lay ball down there–it is a way of life. Harrison was a standout 5A DivisionII coach. He earned the job from a principal who believed in him and needed someone the school community knew to take over the program after the old HC passed away suddenly. While there were people all over the nation who wanted the job, Harrison was someone the community knew and trusted. After all, he was the man who quarterbacked their only state championship. So, they took a chance.
Harrison did well. In fact, he was a big time winner. His sudden departure from the team after a second straight early playoff exit stemmed from a number of factors, few of which he’s chosen to disclose. The party line is that the game took too much time away from his family. So he needed to step away from the game and focus on his business–the business of selling real estate.
Harrison is a stern man but known to break character and try to have a good time. He is a church goer and a volunteer. On the surface he ticks off all the boxes of the perfect Texan. The real question is: what lies beneath?