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  March 7, 2018 5:51 PM PST

  Former?South Carolina?All-America running back Marcus Lattimore was named the head coach of Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, a high school in Columbia, South Carolina, on Monday. Mark Stone Jersey . Lattimore replaces Steve Victory, who is returning to his home state of Louisiana to tend to family matters after serving as Heathwood Halls head coach for two years.This fall, Lattimore served as Heathwood Halls varsity running backs coach and was the head coach for the schools B-team coach in his first year with the school. Under Lattimores direction, the B-team won the South Carolina Independent School Association AAA Region I state championship after it had gone winless in 2014 and 2015.Heathwood Hall is a special community that I am thrilled to be a part of, Lattimore said in a statement. The kindhearted people make this place feel like home. The genuine care for our students is evident, and it all starts with great leadership from our Head of School, Chris Hinchey. The sport of football has provided me with a platform to motivate and inspire thousands of kids over the years, and this will give me an opportunity on a daily basis to continue to make an impact on the lives of our young men. Our coaching staff will immediately began to create a uniform system, developing the program from top to bottom, with the foundation built on an emphasis of accountability. Our young men will know they represent something bigger than themselves. Our players will work with pride to have people respect the name on the back of their jersey and more importantly, the name on the front.Lattimore was one of the SECs most outstanding players during his time at South Carolina. He rushed for 2,677 yards and had 41 touchdowns during his three years with the Gamecocks (2010-12). His football career was cut short by a pair of devastating knee injuries suffered at South Carolina, and while he was taken by the San Francisco 49ers in the fourth round of the 2013 NFL draft, his knee injuries kept him from ever playing a down in the NFL.Lattimore left the football field but continued to be heavily involved with the sport after his retirement through his foundation, which he was able to run directly out of Heathwood Hall this year. The Marcus Lattimore Foundation, started in August 2013 with $15,000 of Lattimores money from his NFL signing bonus, was created with the goal of helping high school athletes who might have trouble paying for treatment and rehabilitation for major injuries. It also provides college and life preparation.Lattimore and various speakers meet with high school students to discuss topics such as NCAA rules, preparation for the ACT and SAT, how to work with school guidance counselors, how to conduct job interviews, résumé-building and the importance of credit, debt and loans.Its fun being able to go to a city and see your work and feel the pride in what you do, Lattimore told ESPN earlier this year. I can tell you Ive never had that feeling on the football field. In addition to his head-coaching duties, Lattimore will serve as Heathwood Halls school advancement associate. He will begin both roles in January of 2017.We are extremely pleased that Marcus has accepted our offer to become our head football coach and a member of our staff at Heathwood, Heathwood Hall athletic director Jeff Whalen said. 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The achievement will be part of our history back home.After ensuring the victory that had been in the making since the International Olympic Committee in 2009 added Fijis national sport to the program for Rio de Janeiro, Kolinisau and his teammates huddled solemnly in the middle of the field and sang a hymn.The deeply religious Fiji captain told his teammates before the match that it all was all pre-ordained, that theyd been gifted the countrys best chance ever to end a six-decade medal drought at the Olympics.Its really emotional -- to lead ones country, especially to be the flag bearer, Kolinisau said. Coming into the final, I knew it was up for grabs. I told the boys, `We need to have fire in our heart, but have ice in our mind -- be cool-headed.They were smiling by halftime, leading 29-0, and the dominance wasnt just with ball in hand -- they didnt let the British players cross the halfway line while in possession.When these guys are on fire, its very difficult to combat, Britain captain Tom Mitchell said. Theyre very worthy champions.Leone Nakarawa created all kinds of trouble for the British players with his sheer size and brute strength. He played a part in the leadup to a try for Jerry Tuwai, and went within a meteer of scoring himself before he was dragged down in a desperate cover tackle. Adidas Erik Karlsson Jersey. Jasa Veremalua scored to make it 17-0 and the Fijians scored again directly from the kickoff when Semi Kunatani gathered the re-start and passed to Nakarawa, who sprinted away to score.The Fijians scored twice more in the second half -- the only blemish being Dan Nortons try. It seemed as if they could break the defensive line at will, and the British players were almost powerless to stop them.Ben Ryan, the Englishman who took over as Fiji coach in 2013 and applied strict discipline to mold a naturally-talented team into a consistent, professional unit, said it was almost perfect.We did say we wanted to show people the way to play the Fijian way, he said. And we were great that we delivered that in fairly spectacular fashion.Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama thanked the IOC for including rugby sevens at the Rio Games.We hope the brand of rugby we played today has justified the inclusion, he said. The gold props up little tiny nations like us. We dont have the money and the bucks and support that England has -- but we managed to beat them.Bainimarama declared a public holiday -- probably unnecessarily as nobody could work anyway.Everything stops back home, he said. Our productivity has been nil for the last couple of days, but hopefully the GDP will go up in the next couple of days.No. 2-ranked South Africa won the bronze medal with a 54-14 win over Japan, which produced some of the highlights of rugbys return to the Olympics with an early upset win over New Zealand.Britain coach Simon Amor was grateful to reach the final, having held off South Africa 7-5 in the semifinals and had a close call with a golden-point extra-time win over Argentina in the quarterfinals.There were a couple of single-digit winning margins, but nobody really got close to the Fijians.Wonderful that Fiji got the gold medal. Such a special team, Amor said. First time being in the Olympics, its probably right. ' ' '