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Volume 20, No. 4 SERVING MICHIGAN'S COACHES December 2016 MHSFCA Recruiting Nights Inside: Offer Excellent Opportunities Important Dates .............................2 Larry Merx, Executive Director, MHSFCA igh school football Region Contacts ............................2 coaches, if you are Newsleter Delivery .......................3 within an hour* of an MHSFCA Growing Ofciating Ranks ............5 Recruiting Night and aren’t atending, you’re miss- Winners Circle Clinic ....................6 ing an excellent opportunity to: Academic All State Teams .............7 1. Promote your aspiring players - sophomores, juniors and seniors Academic All State Individual .......8 to college recruiters. Regional Coach of the Year ..........10 2. Help parents of your aspiring players get frst hand knowledge Reading Awards ...........................10 of what’s required of their “future Crowley Award ...........................10 scholarship kids” (maybe a dose In the foreground, Jerry VanHavel, representing Mount Union College, talks fnances and programs ofered by the of reality). school at the best atended Recruiting Night held in the Assistant Coach of the Year ........11 cafeteria at Edsel Ford High School. 3. Promote yourself with those Women of the Year ......................11 same parents by helping their kids/your players understand the recruiting process. Leadership Awards .......................11 4. Enhance your relationships/establish your reputation with college recruit- State Coach of the Year ................12 ers. 2016 State Champions .................12 5. Renew/invigorate relationships with your high school colleagues. All Star Coaching Staf ................12 Continued on page 4 Numbers .......................................14 EXTRA Regional Director Elections .........16 POINT MHSFCA Membership runs Member Benefts ..........................21 January - December Lifetime Membership ...................22 visit: MHSFCA.com Membership Application ..............22 December 2016 MHSFCA NEWSLETTER Page 2 MHSFCA Michigan High DIRECTORS Meetings & Region 1 North - Andy Couch, Lake Linden-Hubbell Important Dates School Football [email protected] East - Fred Bryant, Newberry [email protected] Coaches Association South - John Croze, Calumet 45th Winners Circle [email protected] Clinic Region 2 Lansing Radisson at the Capital Tim Peterson - Lake City January 19 - 21, 2017 [email protected] Winners Circle Greg Vaughn, Traverse City West [email protected] Clinic Region 3 Odd REGION Tim Parker, Muskegon Oakridge Board of Directors Election Lansing Radisson [email protected] Online • January 2016 Monty Price, Reed City see page 16 at the Capitol [email protected] January 19 - 21, 2017 Region 4 Doug Haggart, Clare Registration information [email protected] East / West Bill Wheeler, Freeland All Star Game on Page 6 [email protected] Saginaw Valley Region 5 June 24, 2017 Dennis Hopkins, Linden [email protected] Jason McIntyre, Mt. Pleasant [email protected] Region 6 Noel Dean, Lowell [email protected] MHSFCA Gasper Giarmo, Zeeland-West The MHSFCA NEWSLETTER is the OFFICERS 2016 [email protected] ofcial publication of the Michigan High School Football Coaches Associ- Region 7 PRESIDENT Mark Blaesser, Vicksburg ation with the expressed aim of keep- Brad Bush, Chelsea [email protected] ing Michigan High School football [email protected] coaches informed of developments in Region 8 their profession. Lorin Granger, Batle Creek Central 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT [email protected] Drake Wilkins Shawn Grifth, Constantine [email protected] [email protected] Cindy Farley, Editor Region 9 Cell: (517) 927-4098 2ND VICE-PRESIDENT Mat Bird, Grand Ledge Home: (517) 589-5321 John Herrington [email protected] Fax (517) 589-5340 Farmington Harrison Bret Shrader, Fowlerville PO Box 67 [email protected] [email protected] Leslie, MI 49251 Region 10 email: TREASURER Dan Terryberry, Onsted [email protected] Grant Fanning, Chelsea [email protected] [email protected] Tom Walentowski, Ida [email protected] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Larry Merx [email protected] December 2016 MHSFCA NEWSLETTER Page 3 DIRECTORS Committee Chairs Past Presidents Dave Driscoll, Jackson Parkside ‘72-’73 Academic All State Region 11 Al Boydston, Caro Dutch Schrotenboer, Alpena ‘74 Lenny Dantinne, Millington Greg Dolson, Tecumseh Bud Breed, Portage Northern ‘75 [email protected] Chris Gilliam, Birch Run Adrenaline Reading Award Ron Holland, North Farmington ‘76 Mark Thomas, Brighton [email protected] Ivan Muhlenkamp, St. Joseph ‘77 All-Star Jef Smith, East Lansing ‘78 Jim Sparks, Clawson Region 12 Harley Pierce, Sturgis ‘79 Brian Lemons, Brighton Apparel Walt Braun, Marysville ‘80 [email protected] Tony Ceccacci, Ortonville-Brandon Mark Thomas, Brighton Jim Ooley, Traverse City ‘81 [email protected] Assistant Coach Award Tom Fagan, Ypsilanti ‘82 Pat Maloney, McBain Dick Harris, Harrison ‘83 Region 13 Clinic Arnie Besonen, Owen-Gage ‘84 Jerry Rabideau, Spring Lake Cory Parker, River Rouge Dick Look, Tawas ‘85 [email protected] Ethics Terry Rose, Stevensville-Lakeshore ‘86 Kent Sikora, Gibralter Carlson Wes Wishart, Walled Lake Western [email protected] Mark Covert, Fenton ‘87 Fran Herrington Award John Dean, Detroit Northern ‘88 Steve Robb, Tecumseh Region 14 Dan Lauer, Benton Harbor ‘89 John Callihan, Detroit Loyola Finance Jim Ahern, Ithaca ‘90 [email protected] Brad Bush, Chelsea Tom Moshimer, Plymouth Salem ‘91 John Goddard, Royal Oak Shrine Hall Of Fame [email protected] Jack Carlson, Holland West Otawa Bob Knight, Portage Central ‘92 Dave Woodcock, Jenison ‘93 Historian Region 15 Jack Carlson, Holland West Otawa Dennis Zbozen, Romeo ‘94 Andre Harlan, Detroit Western Bill Tucker, Flint Powers ‘95 Honorary Membership [email protected] Larry Rueger, Mona Shores/Fruitport ‘96 Rod Oden, East English Village Roger Bearss, Millington Larry Merx, Ann Arbor Huron ‘97 [email protected] Jim Crowley Award Larry Sellers, Traverse City St. Francis Jack Schugars, Muskegon Oakridge ‘98 Region 16 Larry Sellers, Traverse City St. Francis ‘99 Leadership Gary Grifth, Troy Jim Neumann, Flint Powers Tim Klein, Roscommon ‘00 [email protected] Keith Froelich, Okemos ‘01 Membership Steve Wilson, Fruitport Jim Clawson, Monroe St. Mary’s Catholic ‘02 Bob Scheloske, South Lyon ‘03 Region 17 MHSAA Liaison Jim Sparks, Clawson Jack Wallace, Okemos Mike Wojda, Alpena ‘04 [email protected] Pete Coll, Center Line ‘05 MHSCA Liaison Patrick Threet, St. Clair Shores Lakeview Larry Merx, Chelsea Jim Butson, Allen Park, ‘06 [email protected] Al Slamer, Batle Creek Central, ‘07 Newsleter Larry Merx, Chelsea Dave Larkin, Jenison ‘08 Region 18 Bill Brown, Deckerville Parlimentarian Brad Grayvold, Norway ‘09 [email protected] Doug Bess, Batle Creek Central Steve Wilson, Fruitport ‘10 Cody Caswell, Lawrence Playof Jack Wallace, Fowlerville ‘11 [email protected] Tom Barbieri, Jackson Doug Bess, Batle Creek Central ‘12 Political Action Keith Stephens, Southfeld Lathrop ‘13 Eric Redmond - Monroe Kelly Luplow, Clare ‘14 *** Region 18 includes all 8-Man football teams. Public Relations Ed Greenman, BC Harper Creek ‘15 John Herrington, Farmington Harrison Even number Regions elected in even years. NEWSLETTER Odd number Regions elected in odd years. Recruiting Marcus Dukes, Hartland Encourages Rules Pete Coll, Center Line Contributors Scholarship Deadline for Submissions Kelly Luplow, Clare for March Newsleter Youth Football — February 15— Scot Farley, Jackson Cindy Farley Web Site PO Box 67, Leslie, MI 49251 Steve Wilson, Fruitport (517) 589-5321 [email protected] December 2016 MHSFCA NEWSLETTER Page 4 MHSFCA Recruiting Nights Offer Excellent Opportunities continued from page 1 *Several of the coaches and prospects atending the Gray- College coaches, high school coaches, parents, and ling Recruiting Night drove over an hour (in some cases prospects - to a person - were very pleased with the well over an hour) to get there –and another hour to get experience. The MHSFCA got a lot of “Thank You’s” for home. Parents and their kids, who couldn’t schedule the organizing the events. So, why did the number of high Lowell event, drove to Carman Ainsworth. The benefts school coaches this year outnumber the college coaches at of atending were clear! just two of the eight Recruiting Nights. Remember in 2015 Our thanks to hosts of the 2016 Recruiting Nights: high schools outnumbered colleges in fve of the eight! Jerry Parker at Carman Ainsworth; Scot Farley at Jackson The number of high school coaches present was in some High; Tim Sanchez at Grayling; Noel Dean at Lowell; Dave cases embarrassing, especially at the six of eight events Howes at Escanaba High; Gary Grifth at Troy; Mark Tyler where college coaches outnumbered us and had to wait at Edsel Ford, and Mike Zdebski at Walled Lake Western. in line to visit with our members. The 2016 Recruiting Nights were held in the same Several prospects (and their parents) were present on eight locations as were utilized in 2015, Carman Ainsworth, their own at nearly every one of the eight events. Their Grayling, Jackson, Lowell, Escanaba, Troy, Edsel Ford, high school coaches, while not there, had at least let them and Walled Lake Western. In 2015 high school coaches know the Recruiting Nights were happening. How many outnumbered college