12-Year-Old Applies To Be WVU Coach

[SportsWorld]

http://www.newsnet5.com/sports/15526423/detail.html

SOUTHINGTON, Conn. -- He's only 12, he doesn't have a car and he lives nearly 500 miles from campus.

But Joshua Irizarry's heartfelt plea and willingness to work around obstacles got him a brief consideration for the gig as head football coach at West Virginia University.

Insisting it was "a completely serious offer," the Connecticut boy outlined his skills in a letter to WVU President Mike Garrison when the job opened up in December. They included "making up new plays to fool defenses in local sandlot games."

And he showed a knack for public relations: "Consider the publicity your campus would receive," he wrote. "I understand this would be a move more suited for a team like Temple, but I am just asking for your consideration."

"Don't think of this as hiring a 12-year-old kid from a nowhere town, but think of this as hiring a dedicated football mind trying to help a team," he pleaded. "I would work for any conditions you would wish to provide."

[A.J.]

[PhilipNelsonFan]

This kid = awesome. So what if he doesn't get hired. He's already showing more passion than half the couch-burners in Morgantown.

[Wizards2Lottery]

He just wants the great Morgantown punani.