SPORTSWRAP PODCAST – MARATHON FOOTBALL COACH & CULINARY MASTERMIND CARL ‘CHEF FLAVOR’ STANTON

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Carl ‘Chef Flavor’ Stanton, left, is a football coach at Marathon High School. But his story before arriving in the Florida Keys will blow listeners away. CONTRIBUTED

Carl “Chef Flavor” Stanton is best known around the Marathon community as an assistant football coach and one of the town’s foremost flavor authorities as he oversees the culinary program at Marathon High School. But as we find this week with coach Sean McDonald, there’s much more to Stanton’s story than most know, including his time at T.C. Williams High School as the brother of a famous football player from “Remember the Titans.” The two discuss Stanton’s memories and athletic career at T.C. and the University of Maryland, being a chef, and traveling and working with some of the biggest Hair Metal bands of the ‘80s. Listeners will barely believe the places “Chef” has been and some of the people he calls friends – including a video gaming showdown with the artist formerly known as Prince. He also discusses how he arrived in the Florida Keys and became a football coach at Marathon.

Carl ‘Chef Flavor’ Stanton, left, with Metallica’s James Hetfield. CONTRIBUTED
Sean Mcdonald
Sean Mcdonald grew up in Miami and moved to the Keys in 1997. He has spent the last 25 years teaching Physical Education and coaching virtually every sport to Florida Keys kids from ages 4 to 18. If you are reading this and live or lived in the Florida Keys, He has probably taught, coached, or coached against someone you know. You can email me any Podcast Ideas or Questions at sports@keysweekly.com

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