Article updated: 9/13/2012 9:08 PM

It’s a complex time for the Monken, McNamara families

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Vernon Hills football coach Tony Monken, right, with his son, Anthony, who plays for Libertyville; and Stevenson football coach Bill McNamara, in green, with his two sons, Dylan (33) and Connor (12), who play for Vernon Hills.

Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer

Vernon Hills football coach Tony Monken, right, with his son, Anthony, who plays for Libertyville; and Stevenson football coach Bill McNamara, in green, with his two sons, Dylan (33) and Connor (12), who play for Vernon Hills.

Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer

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Vernon Hills football coach Tony Monken, right, with his son, Anthony, who plays for Libertyville.

Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer

Stevenson football coach Bill McNamara, center, with his sons Connor (12) and Dylan (33), who play for Vernon Hills.

Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer

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Football brings the Monken and McNamara families together - and also manages to keep them apart. The coaches of the Vernon Hills and Stevenson football programs have sons who play for other schools, making quality hard to come by during the fall.