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Rodeo Injury Propels Bullrider into College Coaching Career |
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CNFR qualifier Justin Caylor of Andalusia competes in the saddle bronc riding at a college rodeo.
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Education key to Chad Phipps finding new opportunity in the sport he loves
By Mary-Glenn Smith
No one seems to know the importance of a college education better than University of West Alabama (UWA) rodeo coach Chad Phipps.
Dalton, GA, native always felt sure he would make a living doing just what he had done for years: rodeoing. Phipps grew up in a rodeo family and spent his childhood surrounded by every aspect of the sport.
"My dad has been in rodeo his whole life and I have been around horses and in rodeos since I was born; I grew up rodeoing," Phipps said. "I got on my first calf when I was just five years old."
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