Football head coach says goodbye to Lincoln Christian after 21 years

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Kurt Earl, the Lincoln Christian School football coach, is officially saying goodbye to coaching.

Earl coached at Lincoln Christian for 21 years.

“I have been blessed to work with so many incredible young men, families, and coaches. Together, we have poured our hearts and souls into the football program,” Earl wrote in a social media post.

Kurt Earl’s wife, Da’Nelle is battling glioblastoma, a terminal brain cancer. She has been in partial remission for almost two years, and Kurt decided to step down in order to focus on family.

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The team rallied around their coach up until his last game, Kurt Earl saying he knew he was not alone.

“Now that my time as coach has come to a close, I am reminded that whatever we did or didn’t accomplish, and whatever impact we did or didn’t have, I am who I am by the grace of God,” Kurt Earl wrote. “It’s my prayer that, despite my imperfections and sins, my time as a coach mattered for eternity.”