Former South Whidbey High School football coach Mark Hodson.
A Whidbey Island gridiron legend and his family are in need.
Mark Hodson, a South Whidbey High School social studies teacher, led the Falcon football program to great success through two tours of duty.
Sunday, he and his family returned from a day at the lake to find their Freeland home a complete loss after a fire.
The Hodson home on Spinnaker Drive was fully involved when firefighters from multiple departments arrived on scene.
South Whidbey Fire/EMS reported neighbors “were actively using garden hoses to help as much as possible.”
Firefighters from South and Central Whidbey stations used interior and exterior extinguishment tactics to keep the fire from spreading to nearby houses, but the Hodson home was a complete loss.
With the family gone, no one was injured and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
Friends of the Hodson’s have set up a GoFundMe to help the family of six, which has been left with little more than the clothes on their backs.
To help out, pop over to:
Coupeville Sports 