By Ben Rossi – Staff Reporter

Senior captain Lucas Pincus-Coyle is the running back for the 5-2 Lawmen football team. Advocate Staff Reporter Ben Rossi interviewed Pincus-Coyle about being a captain and about the current season.

Ben Rossi: As a captain, how do you lead the team and keep the team thriving?

Lucas Pincus-Coyle: As a captain, how I lead the team and keep the team thriving is getting good grades, being respectful, and treating teammates fairly. I also show them that hard work will pay off, and I tell them to keep improving everyday.

BR: What has changed in the program since the last time there was a season?

LP: We have a great new head coach and staff, our lifting program, Volt, and the culture of our program.  The culture of our program has changed with each class being involved, dressing the same during games to look like a real program, more and more of the team being invested into what we are doing and the future of the program. Also, we are learning every day to hold each other accountable by speaking the truth, and learning the importance of loving each rather than just liking one another.

BR: What are the team’s goals for the remainder of the season?

LP: One of my goals for the remainder of the season is to keep trying to develop more future leaders that will continue to grow the program after we’ve graduated. For example, Matt Hagerty has really emerged as a man who cares so much about the program and will do anything for it. Our goals for the remainder of the season is to win our Division and move onto play after Thanksgiving, so we can stay together another week.

BR: Without a season last year how have the captains and coaches prepared the younger players who didn’t get a season last year?

LP: The captains and coaches prepared the younger players who didn’t get a season last year by working out through our summer conditioning program and weight room, attending passing leagues, and “Grip It and Rip It” during the preseason, then moving onto August Camp.  Each week we continue to prepare for our next matchup in the regular season. The younger players have proven to be a big help, because they have taken command of important positions and have made tremendous impacts. Those players are proving they belong on the field every day. Those that are not starting varsity are having a great season of their own at the JV level.

BR: How has playing football and being a leader affected you off the field?

LP: Playing football has been the only sport I have truly loved in my life.  It is teaching me how to persevere and to never settle for good enough. Football revealed to me who my true friends are, and how it creates bonds that no other sport can come close to.