Meet the Rams' 'stone-cold killer,' 'beast' and prep football legend -- coach Sean McVayAlden Gonzalez
LOS ANGELES -- The genesis of Sean McVay's renowned clairvoyance dates back to December of 2003, near the goal line of a state quarterfinal game, on third down, his high school team trailing by five with only a couple of minutes remaining. McVay, now the Los Angeles Rams' head coach, was a short, stocky triple-option quarterback for Marist School in Atlanta, which on this night continued to get stuffed by a powerful Shaw team while trying to punch it in on a power formation they called "Wham."
Timeout was called.
McVay, who had spent most of that week poring over film of his upcoming opponent, huddled the coaches together. He wanted to call a play the team had never run before -- a naked bootleg off "Wham," which involved McVay faking the handoff, hiding the ball, then rolling out and running with it all by himself, with no blockers in front of him.
"He just had this crazy ability to feel out plays," McVay's high school teammate and good friend, Chris Ashkouti, said. "He knew. I mean I’ve never seen anything like it. He walked in the end zone."
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