24 years to an overnight success: Trotter claims first title

If winning a high school state football championship in Alaska were easy, everybody would do it.
But it’s not. And they don’t.
Jeff Trotter finally did. He’d been part of the football staff as an assistant for 18 years in the Anchorage area, but Friday night marked his first as the head coach of a program. In his sixth season with East Anchorage High School, the veteran coach and father figure beloved by his players helped the Thunderbirds claim the crown with a