Write your story here... School’s out for Cochrane High School’s Bruce O’Neil. But the Cochrane Cobras co-head-coach and defensive coordinator will be back on the gridiron next year.
“I have to come back to get the coat,” O’Neil quips, pointing to his black, hip-length coach’s winter parka with the red “C” on the chest. The 58-year-old physical education teacher, who started teaching and coaching at Cochrane High in 1981, is hanging up the classroom chalk at the end of the school year.
“Yeah, I’m retiring as a teacher/coach,” he confirms. But the dean of the Cobras defence will be back on the field after school.
“My wife wants me to continue coaching,” he relays. “It’s all about the kids (players), not me.”
