Thanks Mr. H.

Lance and I attended the funeral this morning of a great man, coach and teacher. Mr. Heusser was mine and Cat's basketball coach while we were in high school leading us all the way to beat Pacifica for the 1999 league champions. My mom had called me just last week to tell me that Mr. H. had passed away while he was setting up for a basketball tournament at our high school. I could not believe he was still coaching! Mr. H. was a great part of Santiago High School and he truly had Cavalier pride. Mr. H. taught and coached at Santiago for 46 years, and had every intention of going for 50.

You could tell by the number of people who turned out for his funeral today, he was a man that was well loved and respected by all. Players, ASB members, students, staff and retired faculty joined together today to pay respect to a man who touched so many. His current girls basketball team showed up in their basketball jerseys to show off their purple pride. It was great to see so many of our teammates show up, some that we haven't seen since we all graduated in 1999.

Rachel, Cat and myself were all lucky enough to be taught by Mr. Heusser even though we were at Santiago 10 years apart. He was a great man, and his presence and Santiago is going to be greatly missed.

Mr. Heusser thank you for all you did for your students and players. You touched many lives and we are all going to miss you.