PEOPLE ON A Mission
THE CHOSEN
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ith a tenacious work ethic and a winning spirit all his own, Travis Macon has been selected to lead the Coahoma Football program. Macon’s experience at Northeast Mississippi Community College and Northwest Mississippi Community College, both perennial rivals of the Tigers, has prepared him to guide a group of hungry young men to the next level at Coahoma. Macon’s journey to Coahoma began many years ago in Starkville, Mississippi, with his early beginnings in football. Macon was a productive football player at Starkville High School. He shined as the starting tight end for a team that won two consecutive MHSAA state championships in 1994 and 1995. Chuck Friend served as the head coach and became a significant influence in Macon’s life. He arrived at Starkville High in 1994 when Macon was a junior. The team would lose only two games in Macon’s first two seasons at Starkville. He ended his high school playing career there with a bang by winning 30 straight games. “Coach Friend was a great coach,” said Macon. “A lot of things I do as a coach, I learned them from Coach Friend.” After graduating. Macon first spent two years at Northeast Mississippi. Then, Ole Miss Head Coach David Cutcliffe came looking to make Macon a member of the Ole Miss Football program.
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Macon played his last two years at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss). He was part of back-to-back bowl seasons bowl seasons and played with some of the greats at Ole Miss. Eli Manning (twotime Super Bowl champion), Terrence Metcalf (Chicago Bears), Charles Stackhouse, and Marcus Johnson were more than just his teammates. “Those guys took me under their wings and showed me the way,” said Macon. “Sometimes,
