Seniors Ending

That would be cool, but maybe a bit corny too, haha! There's a lot of things you can do. Have all the seniors say a few words to the team, have the underclassmen come up the "gift" pending coaches approval, plus many more I'm drawing a blank on right now!

Agree with what is said above. Not as much of a public show of appreciation, but I like to write letters to the seniors and give them to them at graduation. Only problem with it is those seniors that are a pain the a$$. sometimes hard to come up with something positive to say about them

We did this at college and I knew after the first time I participated in it as a freshman, that I would most certainly do it when I became a Head Coach. We've done this the past four years and it is always an emotional closure to the last practice of the season which for us has, unfortunately, been the pre-game practice before our last regular season game because we haven't qualified for the post season. But we're looking to try to change that this season.

Anyway, what we do is a team handshake where the coaches form a single file line. The players also a make a separate single file line with the freshmen at the start and the seniors in the back. The line of players converges on the line of coaches. The coaches shake the hand and say a few words to each of the players as they come down the line. When the first freshman in the player line is done shaking the hands of the coaches they fall in to the end of the coaches' line. The second freshman would shake the hands of each of the coaches and then his classmate, the first freshman. The process continues through the classes with players falling in to the coaches' line. Teammates shake the hands of teammates as they come down the line. This process continues until the seniors each get to the end, having went down the entire line of coaches, freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors (their classmates).

This is a very emotional farewell that I plan to do the remainder of my career as a Head Coach. Seeing what occurs throughout that line is what playing high school football and forming those relationships over a four-year span is all about. They'll never forget their experience and we just hope as a coaching staff, at that point, that we've done everything in our power to make their high school football experience a positive one.

Had probably the most athletic senior class this past season and it showed as we went deep into the playoffs. But as many of you know, those really good athletes can sometimes be a huge pain in the rear and this was extremely true for this class of seniors. In all honesty, I appreciate the work they did, but I don't think I'll be sheding any tears as they walk down the graduation aisle.

My sophomore year in high school we carried off the seniors on our shoulders after our final practice. Luckily it our last practice before the state championship so we knew there wouldnt be another chance. We all loved it. All of us were really close and I remember how much I looked up to those seniors when I was a sophomore.

I loved it but that was just my own experience.