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By Bill Leffler
Correspondent
Marc Allmond called it "a proud moment" when he looked across the Wilson High School football field and watched younger brother Nick coaching the Presidents' junior varsity team.
Six years ago Marc was in that same position, the head coach of Wilson's jayvee team.
On Thursday, Sept. 22, Marc was on the other sideline, at the helm of the visiting Norcom team.
The Greyhounds registered a 22-6 victory over Wilson.
"We're very competitive and both of us definitely wanted to win," said 29-year-old Marc, in his fourth year on the Norcom football staff. "But it was just a very proud moment to look on the other side of the field at my brother calling the plays for Wilson."
Marc, a 2004 graduate of Virginia State, began his coaching career at Wilson that year. He then coached at Granby until joining the Norcom staff in 2007.
Nick, graduating this year from Virginia State, became a member of the staff that new Wilson head coach Curtis Williams put together.
A quarterback and free safety, 23-year-old Nick joined Williams in hopes of rebuilding the football program for the Presidents. Not since 1991 has Wilson reached the Eastern Region playoffs. In one lean season the Presidents scored only 13 points.
Williams formerly was an assistant tight ends and wide receivers coach at Norfolk State. He also played his college football at Virginia State.
The new coaching mates had immediate success at Wilson. They inherited a squad that went 2-8 and promptly reeled off victories in their first three starts. After a loss to unbeaten Norcom, the Presidents dropped an overtime decision to Maury.
Marc and Nick are graduates of Wilson themselves - Marc in 1999 and Nick in 2005. Marc was a tight end at Virginia State.
Their sister Nikita is Nick's twin and also a Virginia State grad. She played on the women's softball team there.
And how did the two brothers react after their first confrontation on the gridiron, which could become an annual affair?
"We didn't say much," Marc said. "We just hugged after the game."
Marc lives in Chesapeake and Nick resides in Portsmouth with their mother, Carrie.
"Mom sat on the Wilson side the whole game," Marc said with a smile. "Next year the game will be at Norcom and maybe she'll sit on my side."
Ken Easley, one of the all-time athletic greats at Oscar Smith High School who went on to become an All-American defensive back at UCLA and an NFL standout with Seattle, will speak at the Portsmouth Sports Club on Oct. 18.
The noon luncheon will be at Elizabeth Manor.
Bill Leffler, 488-2369
