{"id":2998,"date":"2016-10-03T13:28:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T13:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/?p=2998"},"modified":"2017-03-22T14:50:03","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T14:50:03","slug":"beaton-brings-family-history-to-role-as-head-football-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/2016\/10\/03\/beaton-brings-family-history-to-role-as-head-football-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Beaton Brings Family History to Role as Head Football Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Coach B, ready for a high five<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Matt Liebowitz<\/em><\/p>\n

So much of what makes Coach Tommy Beaton tick, and what makes his players follow his lead, is evident in a quiet moment amidst chaos: Coach B standing in the gym during a school-wide event, his infant daughter asleep, her head in the crook of his elbow. Around him, students shuffle, scream, dance, but Coach B remains still. His daughter stays asleep.<\/p>\n

As Williston Northampton\u2019s new Head Football Coach, Tommy Beaton projects a steadfast, quiet confidence; he\u2019s commanding, but not in the scream-in-your-face way many top-tier coaches are portrayed in movies. This reserved power is what makes Coach B so effective.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know your guys get it when you don\u2019t have to say \u2018hustle,\u2019 they just hustle,\u201d Beaton said.<\/p>\n

Raised in West Newbury, Massachusetts, Beaton brings his own hustle to the field, a distinct pride for the game rooted in his own family tree\u2014his grandfather served as head football and baseball coach, as well as athletic director, at Milton Academy for 25 years.<\/p>\n

Beaton, however, does not rest on his laurels. After graduating from Bates College in 2010, Beaton pursued his master\u2019s degree in teaching (with a focus in history) at Tufts University. From 2010 to 2015, he served as an assistant coach at Tufts. The decision to move to Williston, Beaton says, was two-fold, and rooted in the same pedigree that\u2019s guided his life: family and football.<\/p>\n

His brother, Patrick, was a post-graduate at Williston last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI watched how much he grew up and matured here,\u201d Beaton said, \u201cand I realized this is a place that really has an influence on people\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course his newborn played a role as well; Beaton, his wife, and their baby are fixtures around campus, where they enjoy the quality of life Williston provides.<\/p>\n

And in such a setting, Beaton sees a unique opportunity to have a more meaningful impact on his players\u2019 all-around lives than he could at Tufts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always felt in college, kids came in pretty polished,\u201d said Beaton. \u201cThey knew exactly who they were. At the high school level, [kids are] still trying to figure themselves out, and I can have an influence in the class, community, and field.\u201d<\/p>\n

That three-tiered approach is where Beaton\u2019s strengths lie: \u201cI\u2019m always pushing them to be good people,\u201d he said. \u201cI always tell them to push yourself academically and handle yourself in class, because you never know who\u2019s watching.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Matt Liebowitz So much of what makes Coach Tommy Beaton tick, and what makes his players follow his lead, is evident in a quiet moment amidst chaos: Coach B standing in the gym during a school-wide event, his infant daughter asleep, her head in the crook of his elbow. Around him, students shuffle, scream, … Continue reading Beaton Brings Family History to Role as Head Football Coach<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[371],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coach-profile"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2998"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2998"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3273,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2998\/revisions\/3273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}