How Jets legend Nick Mangold began second football life
NY Post
While pacing Delbarton School’s Regan Stadium, Nick Mangold cracked a smile.
The legendary Jets center, now donning a backward gray Delbarton baseball cap, scanned the field before tweaking the blocking stance of an offensive lineman during a late October practice.
About a 45-minute drive from where he made a name for himself at MetLife Stadium, Mangold is now tackling the newest stage of his life — working as an O-line coach for the Green Wave.
The seven-time Pro Bowler sees high school football as the “sweet spot” of coaching after retiring in 2016 following a career where he cemented himself as one of the best centers in the sport and received a Jets Ring of Honor.
“You get to mold boys into men and teach the game of football — but also teach them a little bit about life as you go along,” Mangold told The Post. “Once you get to college, you start to become a little bit more business. And especially the NFL, it’s a straight business.”
“There’s still some purity in high school football, and that’s what I really enjoy about it.”
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