Testimonials

I went to the University of Miami, was a three-time All American defensive end, played in 4 Super Bowls, 8 Pro Bowls and 7 AFC Title games, and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1990. All of this would not have happened without the valuable experiences and lessons I learned during my early years in the Miami Springs Recreation program. Coach Caudle taught us teamwork, concentration, determination, perseverance, the payoff of hard work, and honed our skills to become better players.

Jim was the most honorable and deeply decent man I ever met in my life. He made life, and specifically sports, enjoyable for all of us. He never had to raise his voice. Integrity, civility, dignity, grace and humility — he was teaching us life lessons, getting young boys ready to become good men. Jim Caudle will live in my heart until my last day on earth.

We meet this morning to pay tribute, to recognize, to remember and to seal in perpetuity the selfless accomplishment in the life of one of our own. Jimmy was not a pretender; he was a doer. He took something he well knew — recreation and sport — and applied it toward the betterment of both.

In his passing on April 5, 2020, the outpouring of love that the family and community received served as proof that this creed instilled in him as a child touched others and created an environment that we all long for today.