Kai Jarmon’s playing career may be over, but the University of Texas at Austin senior isn’t leaving football behind. The next chapter in the Los Altos native’s life still revolves around the sport the receiver has loved since grade school.
It wasn’t just his performance on the football field and in the classroom that earned Austin Flax 13 college scholarship offers, from which he recently chose Drake University. The Mountain View High senior’s marketing skills proved instrumental as well.
Since graduating from Mountain View High in 2002, Trevor Hooper traveled as far as Buffalo to pursue his love for football before finding another passion – helping others.
The life of a football coach requires watching plenty of game film, and it’s something Mountain View High’s Shelley Smith dreaded after Saturday’s 20-10 loss to Burlingame in the Central Coast Section Division III quarterfinals.
“I’ve got to look at it,” he said, “but I’m going to hate watching that darn film.”
