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There was a small boy from Greenbrae who arrived at Redwood High School wanting to play football. However, he was so tiny, they actually required a doctor’s note to let him play against everyone much bigger than him. He weighed just 110 pounds.

He would continue to grow and become a star, not just for Redwood, but also the excellent College of Marin football team. Over 40 years later, this man would win a Super Bowl as the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks.

Pete Carroll is instantly recognizable, from the silver hair to the high energy gum chewing on the sidelines. And since he is largely associated with some teams that are fairly despised here in Marin (USC and the Seahawks), most people don’t know that he grew up in Marin. Or if they do know, choose not to take credit…

Although he excelled at several sports at Redwood, given his small stature, the big college programs weren’t calling when he graduated in 1969. So he went about a mile down the road to the College of Marin.

You might not know it today, since COM hasn’t had a football team since 2008, but it was a standout team at the time. In 1970 the team won its first-ever division title with Pete playing defensive safety (he would have 12 interceptions across 2 years).

Unfortunately in 2003 the COM team would start a 51 game losing streak, with only 1 win the next 5 years before the program shut down. The football team was losing money at the same time the school was investing in a massive modernization, including the Science, Math, and Nursing Building.

ps. COM has a new Pink Owl coffee that we recently featured on Instagram.

pps. The Pieper Stadium that is currently at COM is significantly different than when the football team was playing. There were grandstands and a press box, whereas now it is a bleacher-less track and field. It was removed around 2008 in the campus renovation.

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The minimum rental is a month, with longer stays possible. $7k for 600 square feet is steep, but then again, this would be a pretty memorable month. What do you think?

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— Allison + Brian