Even as he readies himself for his second NFL season, and one day hopes to succeed Eli Manning as the Giants’ starting quarterback, Davis Webb is not giving up on his first football dream: to be a coach.
Sure, he wants to play, he says, “for 15 years,” but after his playing career is over, he believes he will want to scratch his coaching itch.
“When I coach one day, if it’s in college I’m gonna run the Air Raid stuff with the principles of an NFL system,” he said. “I’m gonna combine a little bit of both with a run game.”
That is for the future. In the here and now, Webb receives his first shot at coaching kids at the Big Daddy Youth Football Camp at New Hyde Park Memorial High School on Long Island. The three-day camp runs from June 25-27, with proceeds going to the Big Daddy Foundation, which donates money to charities such as St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital and the Long Island Children’s Museum.
Webb will take the field with the youngsters (grades 1-8) and speak about his football experiences and his time with the Giants.
“He’s a football guy, he’s a junkie,” said Rich “Big Daddy’’ Salgado, entering his fifth year running his youth camp. “Shoot, we’ll let him run his own drills if he wants. This will be his first coaching gig.”
In addition to Webb, the camp’s NFL flavor will include Cris Carter, the Hall of Fame wide receiver, and other former players such as Roman Oben, Brian Baldinger, Erik Coleman and Marvin Washington. Current Patriots safety Devin McCourty also will be a guest instructor.
Salgado is a former football player at New Hyde Park Memorial High School and the University of Maryland. His brother, Jim, a defensive assistant for the Buffalo Bills, is the camp’s head coach.
More information on the camp can be found at bigdaddyfootball.com.