Don Creasy, who won a pair of state football titles at Colbert County, died Tuesday in a traffic accident. He was 79. 'He was a winner on the field,' BenThomasPreps writes. 'A true Hall of Famer in coaching but more importantly in life.'
That is one of the many glowing phrases Pell City coach Steve Mask – a Hall of Famer in his own right – used to describe his mentor on Wednesday morning.He won 186 games during a 23-year stint at four schools.“He was a good coach and a better man,” said Jack Wood, executive director of the Alabama Football Coaches Association. “Don Creasy was all that is right about our profession. He was a heck of a dog gone good football coach first, but also a total professional and a good guy.
In 1979, he hired a young coach who was so green that he used Xs for both the offense and the defense in scouting a future Colbert County opponent.“He was my mentor, basically my father,” Mask said of Creasy. “He raised me in everything since I first got into coaching. What little I know, he taught me all of it.”“Arthur Andrews was the basketball coach then , and he had raised me a little,” Mask said. “When my Dad left when I was 11, he took us under his wing.
Mask said one of the many things Creasy instilled in him was always have respect for the coaches and players on the other side of the field. Following the 1989 season, Mask and Creasy parted ways. Creasy took the job at Coffee High School. Mask became head coach at rival Bradshaw.Creasy spent two years at Coffee, then finished his career with four years at Mountain Brook. He was named Coach of the Year twice by the Alabama Sports Writers Association and was inducted into the ASHAA Hall of Fame in 1998. He also is a member of the Colbert County Hall of Fame.
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