Frank DeAngelis played baseball at Metropolitan State University of Denver and coached both baseball and football at Columbine High School from 19981-1994. He was the Principal of Columbine on April 20th, 1999, when 2 students killed 13 people and injured many others. He would go on to lead the community through the tragedy. He talks about growing up outside of Denver, playing many sports as a kid, his three-sport high school career, and playing some college baseball at Metro State. Frank describes getting to Columbine in 1979 as a teacher and a coach, the highlights of being the assistant football coach and the head baseball coach, the kind of coach he was, and having to stop coaching once he became the Principal. He discusses going to every event as Principal- athletics, plays, concerts, debates, etc. Frank then provides details of April 20th, 1999, saving 25 young girls' lives, and how his background in coaching helped him lead the community. He brings up his thoughts on the media at that time, making a promise to stay at Columbine until the youngest students in the school system graduated- and then staying an additional 2 years, helping other communities deal with similar tragedies, and writing the book, "They Call Me Mr. De- The Story of Columbine's Heart, Resilience, and Recovery".
