Influential coach and mentor Lonnie Hampton dies

Lonnie Hampton, who died in May, mentored countless South Side athletes as an assistant football and baseball coach at Simeon, among his many roles. (Courtesy of Dante Culbreath)

Coaches can change lives. Lonnie Hampton did it countless times over the years and Dante Culbreath is just one example.

Culbreath, Simeon’s football coach, reflected on Hampton after the latter’s death last month.