GREAT NEWS: 49ers defensive coordinator wife has given birth to……

Take a peek at this summer’s fourth season of “Last Chance U” and the challenges Jessica Martin confronts while

following her husband around the JUCO level with three children.

In some ways, it becomes easier. Others may find it more difficult.

Jennifer Gase, the wife of Adam Gase, the first-year coach of the New York Jets, can certainly empathize. An very

thorough, dare we say eye-opening, profile on the coach by The Athletic’s Dan Pompei demonstrates how much

being an NFL head coach’s wife entails.

Gase has been an NFL coach since 2003, earning a reputation as a sharp offensive thinker during stops with the

Denver Broncos and Chicago Bears. From 2009 to 2014, he spent six years in Denver, most notably as

quarterbacks coach and later offensive coordinator.

It shared three years with future Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning. And that’s where the most “um, what”

stories occur.

The file from October 1, 2013, is quite interesting. Every Tuesday when Gase was in Denver, he met with Manning

at 2 p.m. Except on Tuesday, when Jennifer delivered Wyatt via caesarean section.

Gase instructed his wife to schedule the operation at 10 a.m. “So they pulled the baby out of me and said, ‘It’s a

boy,'” Jennifer added. “They didn’t even put my organs back in and sew me up before he said, ‘You good?'” I

answered, ‘Yeah, I’m fine. He said, ‘All right then, I’m out.’ They asked, ‘You want to cut the umbilical cord?’ He

replied, ‘No, I’m fine.'”At 2 p.m., Manning was stunned to find Gase waiting for him in the meeting

room.Manning: “You’ve got to be kidding me. Didn’t your wife just have a baby two hours ago?”Gase: “Yeah, but

did you really think I was going to let you win this one?”

The Broncos face the Dallas Cowboys in Week 5 on Sunday. With Gase as offensive coordinator, the offense

averaged 44.75 points per game, and the Cowboys defense was not particularly strong.

So a Tuesday afternoon meeting with one of the game’s best quarterbacks can wait at least a few hours. It appears

like he would understand, especially since he has children of his own.

Of course, even if it were a big game, none of it would matter because your wife had already done all the hard work

and delivered your child. That’s not an easy task.

No job should stand in the way of such significant family times.