Reported by: Noah Bond
Last Update: 2:34 pm
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MURRAY, Utah (ABC 4 News) - Cottonwood Colts High School football players are dedicating their season to their late head coach and his family.
His family suspects he died from a heart attack. His family found him dead in an Atlantic City Hotel during a vacation July 21.
Coach Teko worked with the Cottonwood football players for about a month and a half before he died. They say it was enough time to carry his legacy forward.
His absence is a big loss for the players. They wear his name on their uniforms. "When I look down to it I'm like he was a great man," said defensive end James Washington.
His greatness still guides the team. Coach Teko taught positive leadership. He told his team captains to lift others up with kind words and actions. "We're going to think about it and just go out there on the field and put it out there for him and his family," said Washington.
Coach Teko's family is still heartbroken over his death. The game is providing comfort for his family because it's where he would have been. "I just think about him and I feel like he's here with us and it's overwhelming all the people he know and all the lives he touched," said Coach Teko's Mom Karen Johnson.
He touched his players lives in the few short months he had with them. He continues to live through them, because they still remember what he taught and they're taking it to heart.
"It comes down to the seniors being leaders and coming up stepping up, captains play with passion doing exactly what he wanted us to do, which (is to) lead the team to a state championship, said team captain and linebacker Anthony Lewis.
Cottonwood is well on its way to reach its goal. It won its first game by beating Alta 28 to 21.
Reported by: Noah Bond
Last Update: 2:34 pm
MURRAY, Utah (ABC 4 News) - Cottonwood Colts High School football players are dedicating their season to their late head coach and his family.
His family suspects he died from a heart attack. His family found him dead in an Atlantic City Hotel during a vacation July 21.
Coach Teko Johnson worked with the Cottonwood football players for about a month and a half before he died. They say it was enough time to carry his legacy forward.
His absence is a big loss for the players. They wear his name on their uniforms. "When I look down to it I'm like he was a great man," said defensive end James Washington.
His greatness still guides the team. Coach Teko taught positive leadership. He told his team captains to lift others up with kind words and actions. "We're going to think about it and just go out there on the field and put it out there for him and his family," said Washington.
Coach Teko's family is still heartbroken over his death. The game is providing comfort for his family because it's where he would have been. "I just think about him and I feel like he's here with us and it's overwhelming all the people he know and all the lives he touched," said Coach Teko's Mom Karen Johnson.
He touched his players lives in the few short months he had with them. He continues to live through them, because they still remember what he taught and they're taking it to heart.
"It comes down to the seniors being leaders and coming up stepping up, captains play with passion doing exactly what he wanted us to do, which (is to) lead the team to a state championship, said team captain and linebacker Anthony Lewis.
Cottonwood is well on its way to reach its goal. It won its first game by beating Alta 28 to 21.
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