Winter Haven's Thomson faces challenges ahead of Lakeland football game
James Thomson and his Winter Haven football squad are facing some very daunting tasks. On Friday, the first-year head football Winter Haven coach a...
James Thomson and his Winter Haven football squad are facing some very daunting tasks. On Friday, the first-year head football Winter Haven coach and his Blue Devils will take on highly touted Lakeland High School at 7:30 p.m. at Bryant Stadium. But there is another challenge. Thomson is about to face this caliber of a team while missing a practice for the first time since he's been a head football coach: Thomson began coaching high school football in Florida in 2004. The once Orlando Dr. Phillips football star went on to play at Weber State in Utah, the College of the Canyons in California and the National Indoor Football League before becoming a successful high school coach in Georgia for nearly two decades.