Christian Swain has a proven track record of turning around a high school football program, and views his third head-coaching job much like his first.
When he became head coach of Portland’s Roosevelt High in 2009, the program hadn’t have a rich tradition of success, yet Swain quickly turned the North Portland school into a league champion that went to the Oregon state playoffs six consecutive seasons.
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