Vince D’Adamo: What did you enjoy most about competing in athletics throughout your life?
Greg Meza: I always loved the feeling of going out on the field with my teammates and putting it all out on the line to win, and as an offensive lineman that is the pressure you always have on your back, which was always a good adrenaline rush.
D’Adamo: What have you been doing since graduating from high school?
Meza: After graduating, I went on to attend Foothill College and Western Oregon University, where I played four years of football and graduated with BA focused in Criminal Justice and Anthropology.. I'm currently living in Napa with my fiance Caitlin and working in the NVUSD as a Job Placement Specialist and as a Vintage JV assistant football coach.
D’Adamo: What was your favorite class at Vintage High?
Meza: I had a lot of great teachers at Vintage, but I really loved Mr Denney's Psychology class. I really enjoyed working with freshman students as a Senior in Peer Support portion of our class. I've always loved helping and relating to others.
D’Adamo: What was your favorite athletic moment at Vintage High?
Meza: Playing under coach Les Franco as nose guard in Big Game 2005, and we held Napa High to seven points, winning 28-7. Growing up in Napa, Big Games were the highlight of our year, win or lose it is always a fight for The Victory Bell.
D’Adamo: How much do you feel you have grown personally since graduating from high school and how much of that do you trace to athletics?
Meza: I've grown a lot in my years after high school, I'm trying to become more knowledgeable as a high school football coach, and help develop our local student-athletes, and a lot of my passion came from the coaches who coached me at Vintage. Now, I have the pleasure of coaching along some of them today, which is a huge blessing.
D’Adamo: Within your family, who have been the most influential people?
Meza: My parents, Robert and Cindy Meza, they have always been the most influential people to me, they have taught me the meaning of hard work and the importance of giving back to the youth in our community.
D’Adamo: Name a historical figure, dead or alive, in or out of sports you would most like to meet?
Meza: Winston Churchill, when I think of courage I think of him. I've always loved his never back down mentality.
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