Northeast High School - Viking Log Yearbook (St Petersburg, FL)

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9 McLay Makes ci Winner! Quays 1251 emma inn A man with determination This fall, when the head football coach position was given to Coach John McLay, he resolved to turn his hand- ful of boys, known as the 'gmini team,'i into a Hmini mon- sterf' And that is exactly what he did. From the very be- ginning, Coach McLay stressed the importance of having the proper mental attitude, along with having top physical condition. To be a winner, you must think like a winner, and really want to be a winnerw was his philosophy. It was, and still is a philosophy taught and learned as gospel truth. From Coach McLay, the boys wanted to learn it as gospel truth because they wanted to Win. It was something about the new coach that made the team come back, day after day, to long, exhausting practices. In the end, it all paid off. Coach McLay had turned the many county-wide comments on Nehi's team of sissies,i' who had no gump- tion, into gasps of awe when he presented McLay's Boysi' in one outstanding performance after another. His Hmini team had grown to men-men willing to dedicate every part of themselves to every part of every game. Each was a man of McLay's making, an inspiration and guide that could turn any boy into a man. By the end of the season, the entire team, school, and county knew that it was Coach McLay who had made the Viking football team a winner- the biggest winner ever in Nehi history. But, like many great men, he accepted the praise humbly, and turned to a more important matter-next season.