Early Life
Novacek played high school football in Gothenburg, Nebraska, where he was an all-state quarterback. In 1980 he set the state record in the pole vault with 15-1. He won the state championship in the hurdles. He was also an all-state basketball player.
In 1996 he was inducted into the Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame.
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