Coach Ralph Potter is seen in this file photo.As a sixth-grader with a brother who was a senior starter at McCallie, Casey Cook was both scared and in awe of then-coach Ralph Potter.
“I looked up to him, too,” said Cook, now a senior and one who finally is getting a chance to play for an old hero.
Potter returned to McCallie last spring after spending five years as head coach at Brentwood Academy in Nashville.
“When my brother was a senior, I remember Coach Potter taught them mental toughness,” Cook said. “In a lot of ways he’s different from other coaches. He spends a lot of time talking about being a man and building a brotherhood.”
Nothing’s changed. When asked about his return, Potter smiled.