July 1st, 2011
High School Cover 2 has been following the accomplishments of the Bothell High School football program and, when head coach Tom Bainter agreed to speak with us, we jumped at the chance to learn why his team has had so much success It didn’t take us long to understand why Coach Bainter spoke about Bothell with passion and, as he described his coaching philosophy to us, we felt the years melt away and were ready to strap on the pads and hit the field to play for him This is a guy who is doing it for all the right reasons As he told us, he likes to think outside the box But, everything he does, he does for his players As Jim says in his article that preceded this one, “He’s a heck of a coach, and an even better man”
In the interview below, we hope that you can feel some of the passion and love for the game that we felt sitting there in his classroom listening to Coach Bainter wax poetically about Bothell and his football program As Coach Bainter riffed on and on about his theories for getting the school and community behind the football team and what he does to get everyone involved, it became abundantly clear why Bothell wins football games and continues to do so year after year
We started off the interview by asking him where he played his collegiate football Coach Bainter: I went to Western I was the first Bainter to graduate from college and I went to college because Western had an interest in me playing football
Where did you play your high school football?
Coach Bainter: I played at Evergreen High School Evergreen closed in 2007
How old were you when you began playing football?
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