TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - With over three decades of coaching under his belt, Alan Metzel is ready to help take Gilmer to victory this Red Zone season.

But outside of his busy career as Gilmer ISD's athletic director, Coach Metzel finds fuel in his faith, pastoring at a nondenominational church for the last 20 years.

Two decades is also the amount of time he spent teaching his other academic passion-world history.