Why did Jake Plummer decide to coach at Sandpoint High in Idaho?”
The way Jake Plummer figures it, maybe the planets are aligning just right for his old team. His brother Brett told him the other day: “Can you believe it? We’ve got a black president, and the Cardinals are in the Super Bowl. Miracles do happen.” “And,” Plummer said Monday from his beloved Idaho, “a pilot just made a perfect landing in the Hudson River. Maybe it’s all an omen. Maybe it’s good news for the Cardinals. I hope so.” Speaking from Sandpoint, Idaho, in a rare interview since he disappeared from football two years ago, the man the Cardinals drafted to get them to a Super Bowl talked about how incredible it was that the star-crossed franchise finally got there. He talked about quite a few other things: the Bidwills, the sport (handball) he’s now passionate about, Pat Tillman, his odd post-Denver courtship by Jon Gruden, and his new job — at least for now — delivering meals-on-wheels to senior citizens in Sandpoint, a town of 7,500 in Idaho’s northern panhandle, 50 miles fr
Jake Plummer will be the quarterbacks coach at Sandpoint High School, in the scenic Idaho resort town where he lives. ————- SANDPOINT, Idaho — Former NFL quarterback Jake Plummer will be the quarterbacks coach at Sandpoint High School, in the scenic Idaho resort town where he lives. Head coach Mike Mitchell said the 34-year-old Plummer will be paid as a normal assistant high school coach, and joked that it probably won’t be what Plummer earned in his playing days. Plummer played for the Arizona Cardinals and Denver Broncos before retiring in 2006. He threw for more than 29,000 yards, 161 touchdowns and 161 interceptions in his decade-long pro career. Plummer is a Boise native and retired to Sandpoint, an outdoor mecca in the Rocky Mountains along the shores of Lake Pend Oreille. His brother, Eric, already lived in the town.
Former NFL quarterback Jake Plummer will be the quarterbacks coach at Sandpoint High School this season, head coach Mike Mitchell said. Plummer, who lives in the resort town, will be paid as a normal assistant high school coach, Mitchell said. “It will not be as much as NFL pay,” Mitchell said. A native of Boise, Idaho, Plummer played at Arizona State, and at Arizona and Denver of the NFL before retiring in 2006. He threw for more than 29,000 yards, plus 161 touchdowns and 161 interceptions in his decade-long pro career. Plummer retired to Sandpoint, an outdoor mecca in the Rocky Mountains along the shores of Lake Pend Oreille. His brother, Eric, already lived in the town. “He wants to help out as much as he can and help the kids of the community,” Mitchell said.
