Mountain Brook community holds memorial in honor of longtime football coach [Video]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – Monday the Mountain Brook community said goodbye to a man many say will be remembered for the impact he had. Mountain Brook high school football announced on social media, the passing of longtime Assistant Football Coach Michael Thorsen. During Monday night’s memorial there was plenty of love to go around for the marine veteran. Head Coach Chris Yeager calls him a man for the ages.

For the community, there’s no shortage of words for the late Thorsen.

“He always considered himself blessed. Because he got to do exactly what he wanted to do up until the very end. He was a coach and he enjoyed every single day of it from what he told me,” says Yeager. “

For players like Tucker Crawford, Thorsen was a coach who’s lessons and tough love went beyond the field.

“He was just stern with us to get his point across and …