Head Coach Thompson High School Graduated from University of Alabama Married to Vicki Blessed!! Email: mark.freeman@acsboe.org. 12 time State Champion.
Joined December 2013
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Extremely blessed to win the UAB FG competition today with a 52 yarder!
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I am blessed to receive an 🅾️ffer from UAB. I am grateful for the opportunity to play where my dad played. Thank you for your words of wisdom @CoachKGarver. #GoBlazers @UAB_FB @coachmarkf @ChadSimmons_ @TDARecruiting @samspiegs @AL7AFootball @TomLoy247 @adamgorney @HallTechSports1 @ALLGASATHLETES
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None of us deserve anything! We are asked to be servants! We live in different worlds but God looks at us as a team! He looks for Servants! Keep Serving!!! God Bless!! # OUTWORKEMALL!!!
Lately I’ve realized that it’s ok to let my light shine, for years I’ve found reasons in my head to say why I don’t deserve things, but now I say “Why Not Me”! I was worried about how I’d make other people feel, but now I realize GOD blessing me to show others what’s possible!
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One of the greatest human beings you will ever meet or follow! If all things are going to be equal I put my 💰on Trent to have a great career and bring back to Bama what many are looking for! # OUTWORKEMALL!!!
Jun 11
Alabama QB Commit Trent Seaborn leads Thompson in prayer 🙏🏿 after their victory at the Auburn 7-7 event. @TrentSeaborn
This is what a true leader looks like. Great person on & off the field.
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After a great conversation with @CoachTimBanks I am Beyond Blessed to receive another Offer from Auburn University!!🟠🔵 #wde🦅 @RecruitWarriors @ScoutFball @JHaglerDBZ @CoachDChapman30 @ChadSimmons_ @TomLoy247 @CoachTyroneKing @HallTechSports1 @AL7AFootball @coachmarkf
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Jun 10
After a great conversation with @CoachOlaAdams I am Beyond Blessed to receive another Offer from the reigning National Champions, Indiana University!! 🔴⚪️
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Extremely blessed to receive an 🅾️ffer from The University of Miami after a great Legends Camp. 🙌🏾 #GoCanes @coach_cristobal @Kevin_Beard9 @dtrain2901 @coachmarkf @CanesFootball @ALLGASATHLETES @ChadSimmons_ @TDARecruiting @samspiegs @TomLoy247 @adamgorney @Coach_L @HallTechSports1 @ScoutFball
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Post @Elite11 eval from The Film Guy @BrooksAustinBA - really appreciate you sharing your thoughts. #KEEPWORKING 🙏🏽 @BrettGreenberg_ @AndrewJBone @HallTechSports1 @TomLoy247 @CharlesPower @recruitwarriors @AlafrigginBama @RecruitsBama
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Congrats!!! To a great young man!!!!! # OUTWORKEMALL!!!
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Another day I thank God for the opportunity to witness His favor in motion. 🙌🏾
Huge Congratulations to Jonah Winston on being named a 2026 Franklin D. Watkins Award Honoree! 🏆🎓
To God Be The Glory for this incredible accomplishment. The Winston Family truly appreciates the Watkins Award organization for recognizing Jonah among the nation’s elite scholar-athletes.
Watching the Winston legacy continue to shine at Hoover High School is nothing but a blessing. Jonah’s journey is a reflection of faith, discipline, sacrifice, and purpose all working together through God’s grace.
While excelling in athletics, Jonah also stayed committed in the classroom and graduated with a perfect 4.0 GPA. 🌟 That level of success comes from prayer, perseverance, consistency, and trusting God every step of the way.
Jonah, your humility, leadership, and work ethic continue to inspire so many people. You are proof that when God orders your steps and you stay focused on the mission, greatness will follow both on and off the field.
The future is bright, young King. Keep trusting God, keep serving others, and keep getting 1% Better Everyday.
#GodDidIt #FaithAndFavor #WatkinsAward #HooverHigh #ScholarAthlete #ClassOf2026 #WinstonLegacy #Blessed #1PercentBetterEveryday #ButGod 🙏🏾
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There is no pressure in my job! Just Joy and trying to Serve! @HallTechSports1 @ScoutFball @WARRIORNATION20 # TJJ!!!
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What a night !!! Trace Adkins! Alabaster Alabama! @TraceAdkins @cityofalabaster # OUTWORKEMALL!!!
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Congrats Wes!!!!! BIG 1️⃣0️⃣ here he comes❗️❗️❗️
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Mark Freeman retweeted
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One of the biggest misconceptions in high school sports is that coaching is primarily about practices, games, and wins.
The reality is that coaching has become one of the most challenging roles in education because coaches are expected to wear dozens of hats while being evaluated from every direction.
Every parent, player, administrator, and community member often has a different expectation of success.
One family wants college recruiting to be the priority.
Another wants playing time.
Another wants winning.
Another wants player development.
Another wants discipline.
Another simply wants their child to enjoy the experience.
The challenge is that those goals frequently conflict, and coaches are often expected to satisfy all of them simultaneously.
Most coaches are balancing far more than what happens between the lines. They manage team culture, player conflicts, parent concerns, academics, transportation, fundraising, budgets, equipment, scheduling, eligibility, social media issues, and the emotional needs of teenagers.
At the same time, every roster includes athletes with different abilities, goals, motivations, and commitment levels. Some dream of college athletics. Some are trying to make varsity. Some simply want to belong. Building one program that serves all of them is incredibly difficult.
Perhaps the greatest challenge is decision-making.
Who starts?
Who plays?
Who sits?
Who travels?
Who gets moved up?
Who gets cut?
Every decision creates opportunity for one athlete and disappointment for another. Even well-intentioned decisions can be viewed as favoritism or politics when seen through the lens of an individual family.
Recruiting adds another layer of complexity. Coaches are expected to help athletes pursue college opportunities while also managing the needs of an entire team. Supporting one athlete can sometimes raise questions from another family about their child’s opportunities.
Social media has amplified many of these challenges. One lineup decision, one difficult conversation, or one emotional moment can quickly become public discussion, often without the full context.
There are also pressures many people never see.
Pressure from administrators to represent the school well.
Pressure from parents to provide opportunities.
Pressure from athletes to help them achieve their goals.
Pressure from communities that often measure success by wins and losses.
Pressure to retain athletes in an era of increasing transfers and movement.
And all of this occurs while coaches are trying to develop young people, not just athletes.
What makes coaching difficult is not that people don’t care.
It’s that everyone cares deeply, but often about different things.
Parents focus on their child.
Players focus on their opportunities.
Administrators focus on the school.
Communities focus on results.
Coaches must somehow balance all of those interests while making decisions they believe are best for the team.
As a former college coach, athletic director, and high school administrator, I’ve learned that most coaches are not trying to hold athletes back, play favorites, or make life difficult for families. Most are simply navigating competing priorities, limited resources, and difficult decisions while trying to do what’s best for kids.
Because at its core, coaching has never really been about managing games.
It’s about managing people.
And that’s what makes it both incredibly challenging and incredibly important
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225 moving like butter 🧈 grind never stop 💪🏾
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Blessed to receive an 🅾️ffer from Troy University after a great 7v7 Camp today. #AGTG✝️ @TroyTrojansFB
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Proud of our guys!!!! # OUTWORKEMALL!!!
First 7-on-7 of the summer ✅
Troy Sweet 1️⃣6️⃣ Champs 🏆
Great showing by the Warriors ❗️❗️
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