FOOTBALL FAN FAVORITE AND
AFTER A LONG AND WINDING
JOURNEY THROUGH SEVERAL
DIFFERENT STATES AND LEVELS OF
FOOTBALL. DJ HERNANDEZ
IS BACK HOME IN CONNECTICUT..
HE'S THE HEAD FOOTBALL
COACH AT LEDYARD HIGH SCHOOL.
AS ERIK DOBRATZ
REPORTS----HERNANDEZ IS BACK
WITH A NEW TEAM AND A NEW
NAME..
JUST BEFORE 6 THIS
MORNING---ABOUT 30 FOOTBALL
PLAYERS STARTED TRICKLING INTO
THE GYM HERE IN LEDYARD---FOR
MORNING WORKOUTS....
GETTING A TEENAGER OUT OF BED
BEFORE THE SUN UP---NOT AN
EASY CHORE...[INQ=6:26:41 ITS
HARD BUT WE ALL GOT USED TO IT
AND NOW WERE ALL COMING HERE
EVERYDAY.] LEADING
THE COLONELS THROUGH THIS FAST
PACED 75 MINUTES OF STRETCHING
AND WEIGHT LIFTING IS DJ
"JONATHAN" HERNANDEZ....
THE FORMER UCONN FOOTBALL
STAR NOW LEDYARD HEAD COACH.
[6:31:28 RIGHT NOW I'M LOVING
IT.] AFTER A COUPLE
YEARS AWAYS FROM THE GAME
WORKING AS A ROOFER IN
TEXAS----HERNANDEZ IS
BACK---DOING WHAT HE LOVES...
[6:33:05 I THINK THE GOOD AND
THE BAD THROUGHOUT MY
EXPERIENCE WHETHER IT WAS ME
OR ANYTHING, I'VE LEARNED A
LOT I THINK MY FIRST GO AROUND
AS A HEAD HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
COACH I THINK GUYS THAT WOULD
COME AND SEE ME WOULD SAY,
WOW, HE'S A DIFFERENT GUY. ]
DIFFERENT ON AND
OFF THE FIELD...
GROWING UP IN BRISTOL AND THEN
PLAYING IN STORRS-----
HERNANDEZ WAS ALWAYS KNOWN AS
"DJ." IT WAS A
SPORTS NICKNAME--- AFTER HIS
FATHER----DENNIS AND HIS
GRANDFATHER ---JOHN.....
NOW HE PREFERS TO GO
BY JONATHAN.[6:36:48 ITS JUST
SOMETHING THAT MEANS A LOT TO
ME, I THINK I'M A DIFFERENT
PERSON, I"M A DIFFERENT MAN
AND I THINK THAT'S HAPPENED
THROUGH THE EXPERIENCES
THROUGH MY FATHER, MY
GRANDFATHER AND ANYTHING ELSE
THAT HAPPENED IN MY LIFE."]
HIS JOURNEY IN LIFE
HAS TAKEN HIM TO LOTS OF
PLACES SINCE GRADUATING FROM
UCONN BACK IN 2008..
HERNANDEZ COACHED AT
SOUTHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL BACK
IN 2010 AND THEN TOOK COACHING
JOBS AT BROWN, MIAMI AND IOWA.
[6:33:20 THE BIGGEST THING I'M
FOCUSING ON THIS YEAR IS BEING
A TEACHER , THERE'S A LOT OF
COACHES OUT THERE THAT WILL
REACT AND YELL, I REALLY WANT
TO REACT BUT IN A POSITIVE
WAY.][INQ=6:26:01 AS A UNIT
WERE ALL BETTER CAUSE WERE ALL
MORE OF A TEAM AS OF MORE
INDIVIDUALS LIKE LAST YEAR SO
WERE LIKE WORKING ON OUR TEAM
AND LIKE FAMILY.][6:28:35
WE'VE LEARNED TO ADJUST OUR
ROUTINES BECAUSE WERE ALL NOT
USED TO WORKING OUT THIS EARLY
BUT ITS HELPED US AND YOU
LEARN MORE TIME MANAGEMENT
BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO
GET YOUR HOMEWORK DONE AND YOU
HAVE TO GO TO BED AT A PROPER
TIME AND WAKE UP AT A PROPER
TIME. ] HERNANDEZ'
FORMER HEAD COACH AT
UCONN---RANDY EDSALL--- IS
BACK COACHING THE HUSKIES AND
HE SAYS THE SKY IS THE LIMIT
FOR HERNANDEZ.[HE'S A GREAT
COMPETITOR, HE'S SMART,HE'S
PASSIONATE, HE'S DRIVEN, HE'S
ALL THOSE THINGS THAT YOU LOOK
FOR IN A COACH. I'M JUST GLAD
TO SEE HIM BACK IN THE AREA
BECAUSE I KNOW HE'LL DO A
GREAT JOB.]((YOU LOOK LIKE
YOU'RE GELING IN RIGHT NOW. IS
THAT GEL OR SWEAT? ALRIGHT I
LIKE IT, I LIKE THE SWEAT.))
[LIFE HAS TAUGHT ME TO
TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME,
EACH AND EVERY DAY I'M GIVING
THESE GUYS MY BEST EFFORT ALL
IM CONTROLLING IS WHAT I CAN
POSSIBLY CONTROL.] IN
LEDYARD----I'M ERIK DOBRATZ
FOR THE SPORTZEDGE.
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