Jan 1, 2013 9:06 AM
If he hadn’t gotten cut from the baseball team in his senior year of high school, it’s quite possible that Eddie Arnold never would have been the track coach at Southampton High School.
Arnold, who’s been coaching track at Southampton since the fall of 2002, had dreams of becoming a professional baseball player when he attended William Floyd High School in the 1980s, but that all changed when he was cut from the team his senior year. Surprised—to say the least—that he was cut, Arnold was urged by other coaches and his parents to go out for the track team. He eventually decided to run track, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Arnold, who graduated from Floyd in 1985, was inducted into the William Floyd Hall of Fame at the... more
Arnold, who’s been coaching track at Southampton since the fall of 2002, had dreams of becoming a professional baseball player when he attended William Floyd High School in the 1980s, but that all changed when he was cut from the team his senior year. Surprised—to say the least—that he was cut, Arnold was urged by other coaches and his parents to go out for the track team. He eventually decided to run track, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Arnold, who graduated from Floyd in 1985, was inducted into the William Floyd Hall of Fame at the... more
