Toby Keith Takes Time Out To Help Coach His Son's Football Team

When Toby Keith isn't on the concert stage or in the recording studio this time of year, he can be found on the sidelines at his son Stelen's middle school football games. Toby is actually on the coaching staff of Norman, Oklahoma's Whittier Middle School seventh grade football team. He tells the Norman Register, "We teach them responsibility...[football] teaches you everything you need to know to go forward in life, as far as being a gentleman and good sportsmanship."

This is Toby's first year coaching for the middle school, but he's been working his way up to it for a while. "It's a love for me," Toby says, "The first thing I did when I got through playing with the Oklahoma City Drillers, I had tryouts with the Oklahoma Outlaws in the USFL. I found out right there what level of player it takes to get to that next level. Even though I didn't have a kid at the time, I ran right out and started coaching little league football. And then when my son came along, I said I will be there at day one. So I just routed my schedule around it." Since Toby makes his own touring schedule, he's been able to set up his shows around the football games. Toby's got two concerts coming up November 5th and 6th in Mashantucket, Connecticut. He'll head off for his first European tour starting November 9th in Scotland.