Coaches and families learn to live under spotlight's glare
Published: Sunday, August 25, 2002  During football season,
which officially begins in early August and seemingly never
ends, Marty McClintock spends upwards of 14 hours a day at
Plainview High School.  When he's not on the field, he breaks
down film or assembles coach's meetings or examines his playbook
or analyzes film again. There's always something to do to ensure
his team will be better the next day. And the day after that.
Fourteen hours a day, seven days a week. A former math teacher,
even McClintock can lose track.  "We quit counting a long time
ago," said Jodie McClintock, Marty's wife of 14 years. "I don't
think you can add up the hours if you count the hours he spends
here (at home) thinking and coaching in his sleep.  "It pretty
much goes 24-7."  For Marty McClintock, and every other coach
across the state, coaching isn't so much a job as it is a way of
life. Heightened demands and expectations to win create unseen
pressure, which can so