One of my favorite high school football coaches called it a career this week. Brent DeBoer, the only head football coach Roosevelt high school has ever known, decided to retire.

You could tell, Coach DeBoer was one of those coaches and teachers, that the students loved to have. He was there for the kids.

He was quick with a smile, and a self depreciating humor, who loved to talk about a lot of things, other than football.

Through tough losses, and there were many of them, especially against westside rival O'Gorman. Brent would try to put a positive spin on things, and he usually still put a smile on your face with a funny quote.

His voice was always hoarse, probably from 33-years of yelling on the sidelines. But it was a voice you always knew.

One of the great things about the Roosevelt-O'Gorman rivalry that developed over the past decade. Was the personalities of DeBoer and O'Gorman head coach Steve Kueter. Their President's Bowl or Dakota Bowl press conferences were more like Dean Martin roasts.

When Roosevelt finally won a state football title in 2006, you could see the relief on DeBoer's face, that they had finally done it. They would go on to win another title in 2007.

He wanted his program to mentioned with the O'Gormans, and Yanktons, and Watertowns.

It is coach. And there wil be a long list of applicants to take over a strong Rider program that you built from the ground up . Enjoy retirement. I'll miss seeing you on Friday nights.