Tuesday

King observes a part of ACCS that he is proud of — chapel. It’s something he said has been going on since he can remember.

“We have a different pastor from a church every week,” he said. “We like to spread it around and sometimes have youth ministers as well. It is a really good gathering, and we really incorporate God in this school. There is no doubt we are a Christian school, and we try to exhibit that everywhere we go. We’re very proud of that fact.”

A few hours later King’s players are knocking heads. It’s the most physical day of the week for ACCS, and King wants to see it.

“We’re going to hit, and we’re going to tackle,” he said. “Tackling at the high school level, we’ve got to keep up with the skills. You may risk injury, but you’ve got to be able to tackle come Friday night.”

Wednesday

King sits down for lunch, but his company isn’t his coworkers — it’s sixth grade students.

King talks to them just like he would talk to anyone else, a friendly tone asking how their day has gone and how junior varsity football is looking.

“I feel like it is my duty to know these kids,” King said. “It is nice too, to see football players take some of these younger kids under their wing. The little ones really look up to them.”

King looks around the cafeteria and points out one of the major reasons he loves his job.

“How often do you see a table of sixth graders sitting so close to the high school kids,” he said. “I’m proud of the lack of bullies in this school. It just makes for a good day.”

Things begin to scale back at practice for the Rebels as they enter the back end of the week.

“We hit special teams really hard on Wednesdays,” King said. “Then we’ll go team offense and team defense a lot more. Monday and Tuesday were more for individual training, now it is time to clean everything up.”

Thursday

King and his team are going through their pregame routine. Though he prefers it to be a laid back practice, King doesn’t expect anything less from players.

“Get your helmets on, mouthpieces in and listen,” he says as his team prepares to take the field.

The Rebels fine-tune their offense, while also doing a walk-through on defense before calling it a day after an hour of practice.

“I enjoy Thursday workouts,” King said. “We just want to sharpen our plan and plays and have a fun-filled day.”

After practice King heads to the ACCS junior high game, while his team takes off for their weekly team night, which usually consists of bowling.

“We’ve always had team night,” King said. “Gives them a chance to get away from us screaming coaches.”

Although practice is over, King still has football running through his mind. It’s too close to game day to let it slip.

“I usually go home and watch another two hours of game film,” he said. “I may catch a Thursday night college football game.”

Friday

The buzz is in the air around ACCS.

The Rebels get a weekly treat each Friday when the school hosts a pep rally.

“My daughters are all cheerleaders, so I really promote cheerleading and the pep rallies,” King said. “I think they are a good unifying thing for the school. The cheerleaders and Rebelettes (dance team) are really good and they put in a lot of hard work, which promotes the spirit.”

As the afternoon begins, King starts his Friday pregame routine, which he said makes him kind of an oddball.

At 3:05 p.m., the team has a pregame meal, but King isn’t present.

He eats in the coaches office and takes a 30 minute nap, which is a normal occurrence.

Because it is a home game, the team is not allowed to leave campus after the meal, so King takes them out to the field for another walkthrough.

“Sometimes I see some stuff on Friday morning that I need to make sure they know about or that I want to put in,” he said.

It’s pregame, and King stands outside of the locker room with nearly 15 minutes left until kickoff.

Handshakes come left and right for the headmaster as he smiles and talks to the ACCS faithful.

But King has his eye on the weather pushing through.

“I have to get this game in,” he said. “We have to play no matter what.”

King and the Rebels take the field.

“It is up to them now,” he said.

King manages every detail, but appears as relaxed as ever. He is in his element now.

“I want to see how we bounce back,” he said. “I’m ready to jumpstart our season.”

Jumpstart is exactly what the Rebels did, taking an early 26-0 lead against Central Private. But with the lead came the lightening and a delay.

After about an hour-long wait, King and Central Private coach Joey Sanchez meet with the officials and ultimately decided to suspend the game.

“I need everyone in this locker room at 8:30 tomorrow morning,” King shouts to his team. “White jerseys and white pants.”

Saturday

King and the Rebels easily handle Central Private, coming away with a 52-7 win, improving to 3-1 on the year.

And even though it is one for the win column, it’s already in the past for King, who is looking ahead to Friday.