2017 Snider Football Program Record
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TABLE OF CONTENTS School Information 1 Russ Bush Defensive MVP 45 Thank You 2 Mike Hawley Mental Attitude 46 Snider Football History 5 Norm Kramer Service Award 47 Coaches Past and Present 6 Tony Cole Memorial Award 48 Meet the Current Coaches 9 Special Teams Player of the Year 49 Caoch Ike and Coach Bush HOF 13 The #1 Jersey 50 Team Records 16 Marvin Arnold Perseverance Award 51 Points and Letters 18 All-SAC Players 52 Senior Night 21 All-State Players 55 Offensive Grades 22 All-American Players 58 2017 Final Statistics 23 Indiana All Stars 59 2017 Game Reviews 25 Academic All-State 61 Offensive Team Totals 31 Special Award Winners 63 Passing Stats / Passing Records 33 NEI GameNight Panthers Top 50 66 Rushing / Receiving Records 35 Panthers in College 67 All Purpose / Scoring Records 36 Panthers Continuing Football Careers 68 Defensive Totals 37 Panthers in the Pros 69 Tackling / Interception Records 39 Rod Woodson 70 Fumble Rec / Sack Records 40 Year by Year Results 71 Kicking / Punting Records 41 Records vs Opponents 76 Return Records 42 Player Letter Winners 77 Russ Isaacs Leadership Award 43 Managers, Etc. Letter Winners 85 Dean Fast Offensive MVP 44 Newspaper Articles 86 www.sniderfootball.org R. Nelson Snider 4600 Fairlawn Pass Fort Wayne, Indiana 46815 Enrollment: 1906 Nickname: "Panthers" Colors: Black and Gold Home Field: Snider Spuller Stadium Conference: Summit Athletic Class: 6A Superintendent: Dr. Wendy Robinson Principal: Nicole Chisley Athletic Director: Steve Ziembo ϭ THANK YOU! Helping the Snider football program in its constant pursuit of excellence are many people who spend countless hours supporting the Panthers and receive little or no recognition. We want to take this opportunity to thank all who helped. Superintendent: Dr. Wendy Robinson Principal: Nicole Chisley Assistant Principals: LeeAnn Thompson, Rolunda Suttle, Adam Russell, Jesse Webb Guidance Staff: Adrienne Shroyer, Jennifer Lutz, Todd Ruppert, Alex Harvey and Julie Stills Athletic Director: Steve Ziembo Athletic Department Secretary: Diann Solloway Director of Football Operations: Jeannine Logan and Tyler Sellhorn Team Doctors: SportOne Doctors, Dr. Brett Gemlick Athletic Trainers: Christina Ehle-Fails and Joe Gonzalez Athletic Trainer Interns: Rachel Brown and Ciara Maxwell Video Coordinator: Tyler Sellhorn Video: Eric Wilkens and Sam Sommers Video Crew: Mack Cole, Kurt Sanders Student Video: Cole Trammel and Adam Neubeck Statistics: Derek Plasterer and Adam Neubeck Transportation Emeritus: The late Maurice Bowser and Marilyn Cophenhaver Snider Booster Club: Lucy Swartz Special thanks to the parents who helped provided meals for the team on Monday, Thursday and Friday afternoons. Special thanks to the parents who worked the playoff team meals. Special thanks to Chris and Randy VanWaning and Starbucks Coffee for their generous contribution to the program Special thanks to The Flower Gallery for their donations Special thanks to Mrs. Nancy Tippmann for many hours spent sewing the holes in our jerseys. Special thanks to Mr. Gary Hale and Cody Keller for taking pictures for the Snider football website at all levels, freshman, reserve and varsity along with other special Snider football activities. Cheerleader Sponsors: Alisa Reber and Karen Shock Cheerleaders at all levels for their continual support Chain Gang: Seth Congdon, Dan Vought, Doug Kaiser, Mark Guitard, Mike Ester, Bob Jackson (Deceased), Norm Kramer (Deceased) Kevin Klee, along with The Mighty Panther Marching Band Ball Boys: Robby Bergeron, Jake Tippmann, Sawyer Tippmann, Max Mohrman, Jack Mohrman, Pete Mohrman and Brandon Logan, Jr. Tyler Sellhorn, webmaster of www.sniderfootball.org All faculty members who worked home games History Cover Design: Joe Baer, Sports Center Ϯ Strength Coaches: Seth Congdon and Doug Kaiser Announcers: John Todor, Jim Rousseau, Derek Plasterer and Doug Kaiser Galaxy Principals: Blackhawk Middle School: Kara Froning Lane Middle School: Matt Haren Adams Elementary: Federa Smith Croninger Elementary: Carolyn Kennedy Glenwood Elementary: Crystal Bush Haley Elementary: Brandon White Harris Elementary: Jana Ankenbruck Middle School Coaches: Blackhawk Middle School: Head Coach: Bruce Meyer Assistant Coaches: Jason Birkenbeul, Marc Skelton, Chad Wiechart and Chad Arens Lane Middle School: Head Coach: Rick Vance Assistant Coaches: Kyle Wehrkamp, Ben McIntosh, Brett Guenther, Nakia Royal, Pat Riley, Robert McCullough, Bryan Billingsley and Louie Aguirre Special thanks to Lucy Swartz and Amanda Kocks for organizing many of the team dinners Thanks to Chris Pezley for helping with the JV dinners Thanks to Rebecca Sayen for helping with the Freshman dinners. 2017 Team Dinner Sponsors: Lees Famous Recipe Chicken BW3 Subway Little Caesars Biggbys Coffee McDonalds Kroger Pizza Hut Wal-Mart Club Soda Goegleins Catering Bandidos (Georgetown) Zianos National Guard ϯ 2017 Snider Golf Outing Sponsors: Alvarez Vision Parkview Sports Medicine Biggby Coffee Professional Emergency Physicians BOD Financial Group, LLC Shawn's Lawns Canon Solutions America Snider Athletic Boosters Cap n' Cork SportONE- Brett Gemlick Class of 1987 SportONE- Ed Tinkel Craven Vapes SportONE- John Pritchard Hupe Insurance UAW Local 2209 KTI Cutting Tools, Inc. World Ventures, "You Should Be Here" Mitchel's Sports Bar Yellow Retirement Communities Neighborhood Health Clinic ϰ SNIDER FOOTBALL 2017 marked the 53rd season of varsity football competition for Snider High School. During the 53 seasons, the Panthers have compiled a 474-130-3 win-loss record for a 78% winning percentage, with only two losing seasons in this period. The Panthers have posted fourteen undefeated regular seasons: 1981, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2016 and 2017. The Panthers have won seventeen Summit Athletic Conference Championships (1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2017 ), one North Division SAC title (1976), and prior to the formation of the SAC, one City Series Championship in 1966. In addition, Snider ad- vanced to the IHSAA post season playoffs three times before the open tournament began. Snider was State Runner-Up in Class 3A in 1981, State Runner-Up in Class 5A in 1986, 2002, 2004 and 2012, and State Cham- pion in 5A in 1992 and 2015. The overall post season record for the Panthers is 104 wins and 34 losses, for a 75% playoff winning percentage. Snider's first football season was led by Don Bruick. This team competed at the Junior Varsity level in 1964. Snider has been led by five head coaches during the past 52 years. Bill Griffith was the initial varsity coach, heading the program from 1965 through 1970. Coach Griffith compiled a 34-16-3 record in his six years with the Panthers, including a City Series Championship. Gary Patterson was Snider's head coach from 1971 through 1975. Coach Patterson's record during those years was 25-20-0. From 1976-1990, Mike Hawley served as the head coach. He compiled an overall record of 124-41-0, includ- ing four SAC Championships, four Sectional, four Regional, two Semi-State and two State Runner-Up titles. Russ Isaacs became the Panthers' fourth head coach in 1991 and served in that capacity through 2008. He directed the Panthers to a 194-32 record. Under Coach Isaacs' direction, the Panthers won nine SAC titles, thirteen Sectional titles, seven Regional titles, three Semi-State titles and one 5A State Championship. Kurt Tippmann became the fifth head coach in Snider football history in 2009. During his nine year reign as the Panthers head coach, his teams have accumulated a 97-21 record, four SAC championships, nine sectional championships, five regional championships, two semi-state championships and one state championship in 2015. ϱ MEET THE COACHES Past and Present Head Coaches Coach Years Record Pct. Griffith, Bill 1965-70 34-16-3 67% Patterson, Gary 1971-75 25-20-0 56% Hawley, Mike 1976-90 124-41-0 75% Isaacs, Russ 1991-2008 194-32-0 86% Tippmann, Kurt 2009-Present 97-21-0 82% Totals 1965-Present 474-130-3 78% Past and Present Assistant Coaches Arnold, Marvin Asst Coach 1981-1998 Atherton, Mari Acad Coach 2004-2006 Bennett, Erik Asst Coach 2014– Present Bergeron, Bob Asst Coach 1998-Present Bowen, Quentin Asst Coach 2004-Present Brown, Rob Asst Coach 2010 Brown, Dustin Asst Coach 2012-Present Brown, Rachel St. Trainer 2017 Bruick, Don Hd JV Coach 1964 Burton, Demetrice Asst Coach 2004-2005 Burton, Terry Asst Coach 1989-92,1994-04 Burton, Willie Asst Coach 1999, 04, 07-13 Bush, Georjean Off Stats 1999-2007 Bush, Russ Asst Coach 1971-Present Chambers, Clark Asst Coach 2004-2007 Clevenger, Dick Asst Coach 1964 Cline, Roy Asst Coach 1964 Cline, Lance Asst Coach 1995-Present Cuson, Mary Ath. Trainer 2013-16 Danley, Mike Asst Coach 1995-2011 Danys, Matt Asst Coach 2000 Daugherty, Greg Asst Coach 2000-02, 2004-05 Davis, Neal Asst Coach 2009-Present Dickey, Dominique Asst Coach 2015-Present Dinan, Doug Asst Coach 1993-2009 Doerffler, Dale Asst Coach 1977-1978 Egley, Max Asst Coach 1971 Ehle-Fails, Christina Ath. Trainer 2000-Present Ellison, Dave Asst Coach 1986-1987 Fails, Craig Asst Coach 2003-Present Fast, Dean Asst Coach 1967-1990 Fisher, Mike Asst Coach 2016-Present Geocowets, Max Asst Coach 1965-1966 Geise, Kevin Asst Coach 1980 Gerbasich, Mike Asst Coach 1995-03, 08, 10 Habish, Jason Asst Coach 2014– Present Hawley, Mike Asst Coach 1969-1975 Herald, Mike Asst Coach 2002-2003 Hines, Andrea Equip Mgr 2002 6 MEET THE COACHES Past and Present Assistant Coaches (Continued) Hirschelman,