Las Vegas Raiders Coach Antonio Pierce is making a positive and significant impact on the legendary franchise, far greater than just in wins and losses.
HENDERSON, Nev.—When Mark Davis decided to make Antonio Piece his permanent head football coach, he knew what he meant to football, but perhaps he didn’t realize that the new man at the helm of the Silver and Black ship was going to change lives, as a father.
You know Antonio Pierce, the personality, star athlete, and coach, but the man who grabbed the hearts of Raider Nation has learned that all of that comes to an end. Pierce is a fierce competitor. He competes at everything, and unfortunately, people like him are rare. As much as he wants to hoist a Lombardi Trophy as the head coach of his beloved childhood franchise, he wants to win even more as a husband and a father.
The perpetually optimistic Pierce understands that the same relentless way in which he attacked football is how you must live. Make no mistake, the superstar father wasn’t giving him anything he didn’t deserve; it was earned, making hiring his son even more critical for the proud father.Feb 3, 2008; Glendale, AZ, USA; New York Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce after winning Super Bowl XLII at the University of Phoenix Stadium. New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots with a final of 17-14.
“It was cool,” as this proud father looked down to retain his composure. “The entire time I played, I couldn’t be that. The way I wanted to. Because I was playing, I never got to see his Pop Warner games.” Pierce added, “He was at the Pro Bowls, he was at the Super Bowls and it is cool to see your son one, reach his dream of going to college, and having a tryout with the NFL, had a tryout with the Raiders, obviously. Got to coaching. He went to Cal Poly, then to TCU, Boise State, and then there is opportunity.”
Put them in a difficult situation, in a spot where the only thing that can make them succeed is their work ethic, and they will win every time. The Pierce family genes are relentless. Ryan went on and echoed the player's sentiment about De’Andre. “He's a star, and then he's got a son that’s going to be brilliant. Right now, he's on offense. I'm sure he'll be switching to defense because that's where he probably belongs, but he's special. You see him. He's real. Like, oh, it’s coach talk. He ain't boring nobody. He is going to be himself, and he’s going to make us winners.
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