my last babe for now, coach eli wolf; let me know what plots you need and want!
@tupeloextras
TW: injury
the facts:
- Elimu “Eli” Wolf
- Thirty-Two | Cismale | he/him | heterosexual
- Jr/Sr History Teacher and Offensive Line Coach
- Brighton, England
the story:
- Eli was born in Brighton, UK, near London, and is the only child of his mother and father. He spent the first 8 years of his life in Brighton until his father was offered a job at an American university that was offering nearly triple what he was making, so his family made the trip over the pond.
- Eli was able to adapt to US customs pretty easily, although the terms he used did tend to go over people’s heads, and he has since been able to keep his UK roots while also using American terms for things around him, without confusing them.
- Ever since he was young, Eli. has had an unusual love for sports - unusual because his father was an Astrophysicist and his mother was a mathematician professor. Eli, while highly intelligent and shared the love of math and science with his parents, tended to put more focus on history and sports.
- Thanks to his natural athletic abilities, Eli got into football and basketball at an early age, and spent his 4 years of high school on the Varsity football team as the starting linebacker. His Junior year of college, he was recruited by 12 universities, and shortly after his high school graduation, made the difficult choice of moving from Florida and UCF to Clemson University.
- Eli made sure to focus on his education while pursuing football, and he got his degree in Secondary Education with an emphasis in World History. He found history incredibly fascinating, especially the repeats in history and how humans never truly. learned from their history. He was grateful that Clemson gave him an opportunity to pursue both loves.
- [tw: injuries] In his final semester of university, at one of their final games, Eli’s worst nightmares came true. He was set to be in the first 12 picks of the draft, he had deals and sponsors, and his back gave out on him, breaking in 3 places and ending his career on the spot. His parents begged him to move back to Florida, but he couldn’t face the humiliation of going back there. That’s when Tupelo High reached out and asked him to coach the offensive line of their football team and fill their open history position for Junior and Senior history. While he loves his career and his kids, he feels like he’s become the epitome of a failed football player, and it eats him up inside.