For the debut episode, we solicited stories about Serra High football coach Patrick Walsh — a leader in the efforts to restart all youth and high school sports throughout California. Through 18 seasons in San Mateo, Patrick Walsh has been a highly decorated and successful coach for the Padres program (eight league titles, five section titles and a CIF Bowl title in 2017). And while there are many individuals involved in the statewide effort to get all high school sports back in action, few have been more present in spreading the message than Walsh.
Since this is SportStories — where the stories are the star — we set out to look for anecdotes about Patrick Walsh. We wanted to find tales that highlighted the origins of the fire that's driven him to his success, and the desire to spearhead his current quest for student-athletes across the state. So we dug into his past as a star two-sport athlete at De La Salle-Concord. We think these guys nailed it.
STORYTELLERS
• BOB LADOUCEUR, De La Salle head football coach (’79-’12)
• TERRY EIDSON, De La Salle assistant football coach (’81-present)
• NICK JONES, Monte Vista-Danville boys basketball coach (’13-present) who grew up around the Walsh Family as a Little League teammate and boyhood friend of Walsh’s younger brother, Nicholas.
Visit this episode's page at SportStarsMag.com for images of Walsh + video of some of the moments mentioned in the stories.
