Flash forward three months and with his nomination for the Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year Award the Associated Press has taken Simmer's story national. Back home in Georgia the story has been localized with quotes from his high school coach. (LINK)
When I broached the idea of a story with Seth I told him, and I still believe it, that his story could save lives. To that end, I asked him what message he would like to share with others and this is what he said:
"Don't be stubborn when it comes to something medical. There's no point. There are medical professionals for a reason and they are important. Don't shy away from seeing somebody because you are too busy or think it's not important. You never know. Something that seems minuscule and didn't seem like a big deal to me turned out to be pretty serious."Literally, words to live by.
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In addition to bringing in two women as coaching interns, Dartmouth had a third woman on the practice field for a week during the preseason this year. Lori Locust now has landed a position as defensive line coach with the Birmingham Iron of the Alliance of American Football. A PennLive piece tells her story with a look at Callie Brownson's hiring at Dartmouth. The story includes this:Like Locust, Brownson attended the Women’s Careers in Football Forum. And while working at the Manning Passing Academy in 2016, Brownson met Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens, one of the most progressive minds in the sport.
