BOULDER — Mike MacIntyre was a freshman Vanderbilt defensive back while his father was the Commodores’ head coach in the fall of 1984. George MacIntyre told his son: “You’re a player, I’m a coach, all the time,” except once a week when he called Mike into his office and locked the door. Off went the coaching hat. On came the dad hat.
“What’s going on? How are things in your life?”
Now, more than 30 years later, Mike MacIntyre has a greater appreciation for those talks.
“You never really get that time,” he said.