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even more determined to achieve the goals I had,” he said.
Deahn remembers Coach Quick and the entire team being
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extremely supportive at the time. This turn of events
changed his outlook — he felt that his father was always
watching and guiding him. “I never wanted to let him
down,” he said, proudly.
After graduating, Deahn worked at a bank outside of
Washington, D.C., in Northern Virginia.
“It was not my passion and it was too boring for me.
I did some soul searching and figured that if I was most
likely going to work for the next 40 years, I wanted it to
be doing something I loved.”
Deahn decided he wanted to coach high school football
and through reading a Sports Illustrated article, Deahn
reconnected with his mentor, Coach Quick.
“Coach gave me some advice, and the first piece was to
be ready for a pay-cut,” he said jokingly.
It just so happened that Deahn knew a Washington
Redskins player who had a summer camp at the Catholic
University of America.
“He let me work the camp to get my foot in the door
and meet local coaches,” Deahn said.
At the end of the first week of camp, Deahn was asked
by Rick Novak, head coach at Catholic University of
America, to join his staff for the upcoming season. Deahn
accepted and figured if practices were at 6 a.m., he could
still work at the bank. However, his manager had issues
with this and Deahn left banking to navigate the world of
college football.
“My foot was officially out the door and on the field,”
he said. “I coached football at C.U., bartended and was
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