<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-08-21/magazine/fall-2003/coach-commentator.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>From Coach to Commentator</title><excerpt>When Allen Hopkins ’95 sneaked out of bed to watch Monday Night Football as a kid, he was most interested in the announcers. “I always wanted to be a broadcaster,” he says. “I did my own running commentary and had a reputation for being a talker. I don’t think I knew how to turn it off!” Recruited to play soccer at Westmont, Allen started on two Warrior teams that went to the national tournament. He majored in kinesiology, covered sports for the Horizon, participated in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and thought about becoming a soccer coach.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            
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