THE MAKING
Sitting in his office in the field house at West Point High School last week, Chris Chambless got a call from his wife – Aeris Williams had just walked in the door and Chambless had better finish work soon and come home to see him. The three-time State Championship-winning head coach compares his relationship with the former Green Wave star and current Mississippi State sophomore running back to that of a father and a son, saying his children even consider Williams to be a brother.
“To this day, when he comes in, it’s like he’s coming back into his own house, going to the refrigerator, getting something to drink, hugging everybody’s neck and throwing the ball with the kids.