My Dad Applied to the University of Alabama Athletic Department

Yesterday my Dad called me and asked me to help him with his resume. My Dad is 75 years old, but he apparently got a job with a company and they needed something for HR.

So, he tells me he's going to send over his resume and we need to update it. No problem, Pops. I'll call you when I'm eating lunch.

So he sends me his resume from 1998. Yes, it was a picture of his resume that he still had from 1998.

Objective: Seeking a role within the University of Alabama's Athletic Department

My Dad retired as a high school coach and athletic director at 47 years old. He had a full pension and insurance, so I guess he wanted to shoot his shot. He had four former players on the team at the time and a certain wide receivers coach was a family friend that had known my Dad since childhood. His resume was top tier and filled with accomplishments. If he had been on the recruiting trail, no door would have been closed. He had and still has that kind of reputation. I was a freshman in college and my brother and sister were both college graduates.

For whatever reason (although it being 98-99 we can all make assumptions) he didn't get the job. Nothing more to the story. He never mentioned it to me or my siblings. He shot his shot and it didn't go in and he moved on.

Just thought it was a cool little bit of Dad lore I never knew.