CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Somewhere between watching her husband sell cowboy boots, work in commercial real estate, coordinate music at his dad's church, and even contemplate the ministry that his father and grandfather made their life passion, Lizzy Canales realized in 2005 what others had known for a long time.
Dave Canales, then in his second season as the offensive coordinator of his high school in Carson, California, was born to coach football.
"Two years in, Lizzy goes, 'I think you're really good at this. We can take this as far as you want to go,''' Dave recalled in a June 2023 interview before his first season as the offensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.