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Establishing the System
Central Kansas
HSSTM: Last fall was a banner season for the Goddard football program. After going 0-9 in your first season at Goddard in 2004, you led the Lions to Class 6A sub-state in 2007. What were some of the landmarks in the program’s progression to last season’s heights?
Roger Robben: The first year, we hit rock bottom by going 0-9, and there were a lot of things that were changing.... More 
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Adding some Hart
Central Indiana
John Hart has taken the head coaching job one of the highest profile football
programs in the state at Warren Central. He’s certainly no stranger to success, coming off a Class 4A title just last season. But now comes the bigger challenge: leading a Warrior team that seeks a return to prominence, both on and off the field. Dave McConnell
sat down with Hart to discuss several hot topics.
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Team Concept is Key to Success
Reading, Pennsylvania
VYPE: First of all, congratulations on
your induction into the PIAA Hall of Fame.
What type of feeling did you get after being
awarded such an honor?
Yocum: It’s a great feeling and
a great honor. It’s very humbling to
be placed in a group of guys
who have been so successful in coaching.
You know you don’t get an award
like this without having some other... More
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Matt Brown
Louisville, Kentucky
VYPE: Tell me about your background.
Brown: I decided to go to U of L for college and not play football. My high school football coach, Mike Jackson, had asked me to help coach the Oldham County team once I graduated. I studied political science, and then went on to receive my Masters in Education so that I could teach social studies in high school.
VYPE: What... More
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Another Option
Central Kansas
HSSTM: First, tell us a little bit about the sport, starting with its differences from American football.
Charles Ford: We have fifteen a side, football has eleven. We have no stoppages, except for injury or substitution. We don’t have specialty players who come in and off. Everybody plays offense, and everybody plays defense.
Britton Harper: No blocking, all passes are backwards, there’s an offsides.
If someone behind you kicks... More
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You’ve Been Served
Collin County, Texas
Frisco Wakeland made huge strides in just its second season. After finishing near .500 in 2007, the Wolverines won the 9-3A title with an 11-3 record, made the playoffs and finished the year with a 28-6-1 record. Wakeland went on to win two? Playoff series until its season ended at the hands of Pittsburg in the 3A Region II area round. We spoke with coach Paul Offill about the Wolverines... More
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Mr. Consistency
Eastern Oklahoma
Associate Editor Byron Beers took a few moments to talk with Owasso baseball head coach Larry Turner. Turner guided the Rams to their 10th state title in school history, following a 5-2 victory over Moore in the 6A finals in May. It was Owasso’s fifth state championships in the last eight years under Turner.
Byron Beers: What made the 2008 season and state championship so special and how... More
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Tiger Tales
Central Oklahoma
I always knew I would be a coach. I always loved sports growing up and tried to be a student of the game. I was always playing something. I played six sports in high school.
Baseball was my first love. I played one semester in college.
I was raised in a strict household. My dad was a minister and when I went to college I realized... More
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Bringing International Experience back to Stillwater
St. Paul, MN
VYPE: How did you get involved in the USATF?
Christensen: In 1998, I read about this new coaching education plan in the Track and Field News. I signed up for the Level 1 in Orlando that February and then proceeded through all the levels eventually becoming an instructor, then a Lead Instructor, and now Chairman of Endurance. It is, and should be, a life-long, career endeavor. The relationships... More
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Martha and Dr. Robert Todd
Louisville, Kentucky
VYPE: How did you get into coaching basketball?
DR. TODD: We both played basketball for Bellarmine University. When we graduated, I went on to medical school.
MRS. TODD: And I taught school. After I’d been teaching one year, one of the parents asked me if I would coach the middle school girls’ team. That was in 1976. Then I went to Holy Rosary and coached their high... More
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Rough Riders Hope For Smooth Transition
Fort Worth - Denton, Texas
Saginaw High School will play only its third varsity football season this year and will be under new leadership. Chris Wilde comes from 2A Hamilton to take over for Mike Lebby, who has laid the groundwork. After a 7-3 campaign last season, Wilde hopes to take the Rough Riders to the next level.
I spent the past eleven years in Hamilton, which is a class 2A school in Central... More
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Views From The Dugout
Central Indiana
The voicemail greeting on Pat O'Neil's cell phone is O'Neil asking a question that has plagued mankind for years: "Who let the 'Dogs out?" The eighth-year Brownsburg baseball coach bleeds purple now, but early on it was the orange of LaPorte High School, his alma mater. A Slicer from the Class of 1975, O'Neil played for and later coached under legendary coach Ken Schreiber, who in 38 seasons won an... More
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Staying on the Warpath
Fort Worth - Denton, Texas
This is my third head coaching position. My first head baseball coaching position was at Weatherford in 1990-’91. When they reopened Arlington Bowie, I went over with Mike Stovall and was there for eleven years. From Bowie I came here.
When I left Bowie I was basically just looking for a job. I wanted to stay in the area. My wife teaches at Bailey and my kids are engrained... More
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More To Come
Collin County, Texas
It was another rock-solid year for the McKinney boys’ soccer team. The Lions finished 22-3 overall, setting a school record for wins and were 16-2 in District 15-4A. They dominated their first two playoff games by a combined score of 10-0 but fell in a shootout to The Colony in the 4A Region II Quarterfinal. Coach Alan Pocock is disappointed with how their ’08 season concluded, but he knows that... More
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Coach Valdis Bole
Louisville, Kentucky
HSSTM: Tell me about your background.
Bole: I grew up outside of Chicago and started playing soccer when I was 9. I played collegiately at Aurora University. I have been coaching since I graduated from college back in 1980. I started at Atherton in the fall of 1990. My wife grew up here. I have two sons. One is a junior here [at Atherton]; he plays tennis. The other one... More
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