“The hardest part is going out 1-9, but one good thing is there will be eight back on both sides of the ball,” Weiss said. “I was there 22 seasons, and after 34 years [as a coach] it is not the way guys like me want to walk away. It was best to do for the program and myself.”
Typical coach, always thinking of the team, even though he won’t be the one in charge.
Weiss was also a head coach for three seasons each at two North Jersey schools, Voorhees and Phillipsburg Catholic. He was also an assistant for six seasons at two other schools.
Few realize the time that coaching high school football consumes, and the sacrifices both a coach and his family make.
“High school football is 13 months a year and eight days a week,” said Weiss, only slightly overstating the fact. “It’s not easy on a family, and you can’t be at three places at once.”
It meant that sometimes, he had to miss the football games of his sons Joe and Robert, who were standouts at Mainland.
What’s interesting is that in the memorable 1999 season the only Atlantic City loss was a 19-7 regular-season defeat to Mainland, where Joe was a fullback and linebacker and would earn honors as The Inquirer’s South Jersey defensive player of the year.
As a freshman in the fall of 2000, Penn State football player Adam Taliaferro suffered a severe neck injury while making a tackle during a game at Ohio State. Doctors feared he would never walk again.
He did.
And on Sept. 1, 2001, following a grueling rehabilitation regimen, Taliaferro walked onto the Beaver Stadium field before a game. His recovery proved an inspiration to teammates, fans and friends. In 2005, he graduated from Penn State. And in May 2008, he graduated from law school. Joe Paterno called Taliaferro a hero. “Adam has been an inspiration to everyone at our university and many others. He is courageous, dedicated and an example of being able to overcome extreme adversity.”
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