Coach Jackson is the defensive coach of the football team and he's a former NFL player Dewayne struggles with reconciling his past and letting go of his glory days, and he is fighting to be a better man for his team, his family, and for himself and Dewayne is fiercely loyal to his players and family, often putting their needs before his own and Dewayne is very headstrong and always puts 100% into what he does Dewayne tends to blame himself for other people's problems and choices and thinks that he can save everyone when he really can't.