Edwin McIntyre

Edwin McIntyre is a retired coach who coached high school football, basketball and track in both South and North Carolina for more than 30 years. Edwin attended N.C. State on a football scholarship and was an All-American sprinter in track. He qualified for the 1980 Olympic Trials (the year the United States boycotted the Olympics in Moscow). Edwin is now a public school teacher in living and teaching in Cary, N.C.

Articles by Edwin McIntyre

• Teaching your coaches — young and old

  Monday, November 03, 2014

  ​Every coach takes pride in coaching and preparing his team. Most coaches spend inordinate amounts of time preparing their players for a game or a season. However, how many coaches really take the time to coach or prepare their fellow coaches?

• 10 radical suggestions to improve football

  Friday, May 16, 2014

  Today's game is played much different from the game I first learned to play as a young boy. And I am sure that in 50 years, football will look completely different from the game of today — if it is not entirely banned and is still played. Since everyone now has an opinion on football, the safety of the game and how to improve the game, I — as a humble fan — propose a few changes for the sport.