Wednesday night ended up being a lot of fun for our family. We had the unique opportunity of attending Coaches Tour 2009, sponsored by Armed Forces Entertainment. A group of college football coaches traveling to several U.S. military locations abroad made their way to NAVSTA Rota where we had the pleasure of meeting them. Among those on the tour were Mack Brown (University of Texas), Troy Calhoun (Air Force Academy), Jim Grobe (Wake Forest), Rick Neuheisel (UCLA), Houston Nutt (Ole Miss), Jim Tressel (Ohio State) and Tommy Tuberville (former Auburn coach). Check out some of our photos from the evening...
This is just one line of people waiting to meet Mack Brown. We felt honored that these coaches would take time out of their busy schedules to come visit with us.
All three of the men in my life took the opportunity to chat it up with Coach Troy Calhoun. You know we're just a little partial to those Air Force Falcons. Here Coach Calhoun signs the Air Force football pennant my oldest son had brought from home. D is all about getting autographs.
Coach Calhoun signs a hat for my youngest son. They were giving away lots of "freebies" to include T-shirts, hats, photos, etc. It was awesome!
What a genuinely nice guy! 
Coach Jim Grobe
Coach Rick Neuheisel
Coach Jim Tressel
Coach Houston Nutt
My girlfriend gets an autographed photo from Coach Mack Brown.
Behind the table, on the right, is former coach at Auburn University, Tommy Tuberville, acting as "Coach Emeritus" on the tour. He's the only returning coach that participated in Coaches Tour 2008. The gentleman next to Tuberville is an Under Armour representative.
All the coaches pose together with the gentleman holding the football. I never found out who that guy was.
Clowning around at the end of the event
My hubby (on the left) poses with friend, neighbor and also the Navy Skipper here. He's obviously a big UCLA fan. It was pretty cool that both the coaches of Skipper's and my hubby's alma maters participated in the tour.
My hubby (center) poses with two other former Air Force Academy grads.
I approached Coach Calhoun before the end of the night to ask if he'd mind posing for a photo with my fellas, and he graciously obliged. The boys left there fairly impressed. As a result I believe they'll be watching the Air Force games a little more intently this season, and every time they see Coach Calhoun, they'll remember meeting him and shaking his hand. Very cool!
2 comments:
Looks like you had a fun time. Noel and I have tickets to the Air Force/MN Gophers game in Sept. I can't wait. We have probably jinxed ourselves buying the tickets because Noel isn't suppose to get back from the Middle East until the day before the game.
We did have a great time, and to think we almost didn't go! My hubby had just gotten home from a short trip, the boys had baseball... So glad we decided to check it out. Hope your hubby gets home in time for the game in SEP!
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