Coaches Bibliography
Allan Sepkowitz was born on March 5,1940 in Amarillo, Texas. He went to Amarillo High School where he played football. He then went to New Mexico State on a football scholarship. He helped NMSU win the Sun Bowl in 1959 and 1960. He originally wanted to be a pediatrician while attending NMSU, but after graduating with a degree in Biology he wasn't sure he wanted to do that anymore. He always loved athletics and decided that maybe he would get into teaching. So, Coach Sep., the name his players and coaches affectionately call him, went back to NMSU, became a graduate assistant on a football team and got a degree in education. A former high school and college teammate of Coach Sep. got the head coach position at Andress High School in El Paso. He called Coach Sep. and offered him a job as an assistant coach. After his former teammate left Andress, Coach Sep. was hired as the new head coach.
Other Information (Interview of Allan Sepkowitz)
Once Coach Sep. became the head coach at Andress he would interview his coaches by looking at many different aspects of the coach. He would get a feel of how they would interact with the kids, look at their credentials, he would really look at how they would react to certain situations and if he thought the kids would go that extra mile for them, but most of all he said he would go with his gut feeling and experience. Coach Sep's. philosophies are to be open-minded, work with the kids making sure they are okay, open door policy, and if having problems talk to him. Coach Sep commented that a lot of the kids came from one parent family and that he felt the he and his coaches were the other parent figure these kids need. He also said he was flexible at times because you couldn't just have "black and white" there had to be some "gray". "Adjust to the problems, be loyal and positive, and always have the kids best interest in mind." He misses Coaching so much. He mainly misses the Friday nights, the lights, the referees, and the blow out victories. He also misses the relationships between the players and coaching staff, and him and assistant coaches. He has never missed the 90 degree plus heat at practices or the problems with the faculty and administrators, but then said the positives always outweighed the negatives.
Other Information (Interview of Allan Sepkowitz)
Once Coach Sep. became the head coach at Andress he would interview his coaches by looking at many different aspects of the coach. He would get a feel of how they would interact with the kids, look at their credentials, he would really look at how they would react to certain situations and if he thought the kids would go that extra mile for them, but most of all he said he would go with his gut feeling and experience. Coach Sep's. philosophies are to be open-minded, work with the kids making sure they are okay, open door policy, and if having problems talk to him. Coach Sep commented that a lot of the kids came from one parent family and that he felt the he and his coaches were the other parent figure these kids need. He also said he was flexible at times because you couldn't just have "black and white" there had to be some "gray". "Adjust to the problems, be loyal and positive, and always have the kids best interest in mind." He misses Coaching so much. He mainly misses the Friday nights, the lights, the referees, and the blow out victories. He also misses the relationships between the players and coaching staff, and him and assistant coaches. He has never missed the 90 degree plus heat at practices or the problems with the faculty and administrators, but then said the positives always outweighed the negatives.