[Sandy Bressner - sbressner@shawmedia.com]

At first, nobody quite knew how to address him.

"I have a little kid," Melvin said. "When all the little kids play sports, [I'll be] 'Coach Brian'. I kept calling him 'Coach Dan'...in an offseason meeting, he's like 'I'm tired of people calling me Dan.'"During a later meeting, Chief made it clear: 'You can call me Chief."

So, Chief it was.

"[Chief] is my sounding board," Melvin said. "Whenever everybody is kind of going crazy and I just need some calm in the storm, I actually go to him...he's just consistent. He's always there. He's always there for all of us coaches, and of course, the kids."

Chief takes it to heart.

"I try to impress upon these kids [that] I'll do anything coach Melvin asks me for," Chief said. "In everything you're doing, if that's your boss, then that's your boss, and you put everything into it.""Nothing is beneath you if you're doing it for the guy on your left and right," Chief continued.

"Nothing is beneath you to serve your brother to your left and your right. If these guys can get into enough rhythm of doing that, the outcomes of the games won't matter."

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