In an enlightening interview with Start Marriage Right, Jonna Chizik shared insights into her life as the wife of Gene Chizik, a very successful college football coach for over two decades. She admitted that the trip had been a frenzy of excitement and absurd turmoil. Within the first three years of their marriage, they joyfully welcomed three children. The experience, however, did not end there. Since their marriage in 1996, the Chiziks have faced the obstacles of migrating, and living in five different states.
They demonstrated the nomadic nature of a coach’s life by packing and unpacking 12 residences. The Chizik family’s experience in collegiate football includes some incredible accomplishments. They were a member of two national championship teams and watched three flawless football seasons in seven years. Jonna underlined, among the achievements, that life had severe highs and lows, with equal quantities of success and failure. Given the demands and unpredictability of their environment, the pair actively rooted themselves in God’s truth about who they were as a marriage.
