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Volume 19, No. 4 SERVING MICHIGAN'S COACHES December 2015 December Recruiting Night Inside: Events Continue to Grow Important Dates .............................2 Region Contacts .............................2 Newsleter Delivery .......................3 Glazier Clinic .................................5 Mat King, Outside Lineback- ers Coach at Olivet College, Regional Coach of Year Voting ......6 describes the program at the Regional Directors Duties .............7 MIAA school for a group of prospects at the Carman Kids Should Play Football ..............7 Ainsworth Recruiting Night, All Star Game ................................8 Tuesday, December 8. Quick Lane Bowl ............................8 Academic All State Teams .............9 Academic All State Individual .....10 he MHSFCA fnished its December Recruiting Nights with the Assistant Coach Awards ..............12 “Night” at Walled Lake Western on Thursday, 10 December. WLW was the last of nine Recruiting Nights held across Michigan during Women of the Year Awards ..........12 the frst two weeks of December. The 2015 round of Recruiting Reading Awards ...........................12 Nights kicked of in Grayling on December frst. The Association’s frst “Recruiting Fairs” were held in December of 2011 and drew coaches from Leadership Awards .......................12 28 colleges and 65 high schools to seven events. This Fall, nine high school Regional Coach Awards ...............13 locations saw 127 high school coaches visit 34 colleges. While we didn’t keep State Coach of the Year ................14 track of prospects atendance in 2011, the number of prospects that atended the events was just a handful. This year’s Recruiting Nights saw over 530 2015 State Champs ......................14 prospects (and many of their parents) atend the nine events. Honorary Awards ........................15 The Recruiting Nights are designed to bring high school coaches together with college coaches in a relaxed, out-of-school atmosphere. In the frst part Detroit Lions Coach of the Year ...15 of the evening, high school coaches seat themselves at cafeteria or library Clinic Registration Form .............17 continued on page 4 Leadership Conference .................18 Wing-T Clinic ..............................20 EXTRA Youth Football Clinic ...................21 POINT MHSFCA Membership runs Lifetime Membership ...................23 January - December Member Benefts ..........................23 Membership Application ..............24 visit: MHSFCA.com December 2015 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 Coaches [email protected] 44th Winners Circle Clinic South - John Croze, Calumet [email protected] Lansing Radisson at the Capitol Association January 21-23, 2016 Region 2 Ed Schindler, Elk Rapids 2016 Leadership Conference Winners Circle [email protected] Lansing Radisson At the Capitol Greg Vaughn, Traverse City West Clinic [email protected] 8 February, 2016 Lansing Radisson Region 3 EVEN REGION at the Capitol Tim Parker, Muskegon Oakridge Board of Directors Election January 21 - 23, 2016 [email protected] Online • January 2016 Jerry Rabideau, Spring Lake [email protected] See page 6 Registration form on Page 5 Region 4 East / West Online at MHSFCA.com Doug Haggart, Clare All Star Game [email protected] Saginaw Valley State University Terry Hessbrook 25 June 2015 [email protected] Region 5 Dennis Hopkins, Linden [email protected] Jason McIntyre, Mt. Pleasant [email protected] Region 6 Noel Dean, Lowell [email protected] MHSFCA Andrew Pratley, Holland The MHSFCA NEWSLETTER is the OFFICERS 2015 [email protected] ofcial publication of the Michigan High School Football Coaches Associ- Region 7 PRESIDENT Mark Blaesser, Kalamazoo ation with the expressed aim of keep- Ed Greenman, Harper Creek [email protected] ing Michigan High School football [email protected] Mat Stephens, Matawan coaches informed of developments in [email protected] their profession. 1ST VICE-PRESIDENT Region 8 Brad Bush, Chelsea Lorin Granger, Batle Creek Central [email protected] [email protected] Cindy Farley, Editor Pete Schermerhorn, Portage Northern [email protected] Cell: (517) 927-4098 2ND VICE-PRESIDENT Home: (517) 589-5321 Drake Wilkins, Madison Region 9 Fax (517) 589-5340 [email protected] Bret Shrader, Fowlerville PO Box 67 [email protected] TREASURER Mat Bird, Grand Ledge Leslie, MI 49251 [email protected] email: Grant Fanning, Chelsea [email protected] [email protected] Region 10 Tom Walentowski, Ida EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [email protected] Dan Terryberry, Onsted Larry Merx [email protected] [email protected] December 2015 MHSFCA NEWSLETTER Page 3 DIRECTORS Committee Chairs Past Presidents Region 11 Academic All State Dave Driscoll, Jackson Parkside ‘72-’73 Al Boydston, Caro Lenny Dantine, Millington Kent Sikora, Gibralter Carlson Dutch Schrotenboer, Alpena ‘74 [email protected] Bud Breed, Portage Northern ‘75 Chris Gilliam, Birch Run Adrenaline Reading Award Grant Fanning, Chelsea Ron Holland, North Farmington ‘76 [email protected] All-Star Ivan Muhlenkamp, St. Joseph ‘77 Region 12 Jim Sparks, Clawson Jef Smith, East Lansing ‘78 Grant Fanning, Chelsea Apparel Harley Pierce, Sturgis ‘79 Tony Ceccacci, Ortonville-Brandon [email protected] Walt Braun, Marysville ‘80 Mark Thomas, South Lyon Assistant Coach Award Jim Ooley, Traverse City ‘81 [email protected] Pat Maloney, McBain Tom Fagan, Ypsilanti ‘82 Clinic Region 13 Jerry Rabideau, Spring Lake Dick Harris, Harrison ‘83 Cory Parker, River Rouge Ethics Arnie Besonen, Owen-Gage ‘84 [email protected] Wes Wishart, Belleville Dick Look, Tawas ‘85 Kent Sikora, Gibralter Carlson Fran Herrington Award Terry Rose, Stevensville-Lakeshore ‘86 [email protected] Steve Robb, Tecumseh Mark Covert, Fenton ‘87 Region 14 Finance John Dean, Detroit Northern ‘88 John Goddard, Royal Oak Shrine Brad Bush, Chelsea Dan Lauer, Benton Harbor ‘89 [email protected] Hall Of Fame Jim Ahern, Ithaca ‘90 Brian Lemons, Brighton Chuck Riter, Ann Arbor Pioneer Tom Moshimer, Plymouth Salem ‘91 [email protected] Historian Bob Knight, Portage Central ‘92 Jack Carlson, Holland West Otawa Dave Woodcock, Jenison ‘93 Region 15 Honorary Membership Andre Harlan, Detroit Southwestern Roger Bearss, Millington Dennis Zbozen, Romeo ‘94 [email protected] Bill Tucker, Flint Powers ‘95 Jim Crowley Award Rod Oden, East English Village Larry Sellers, Traverse City St. Francis Larry Rueger, Mona Shores/Fruitport ‘96 [email protected] Leadership Larry Merx, Ann Arbor Huron ‘97 Dave Lawrence, Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard Jack Schugars, Muskegon Oakridge ‘98 Region 16 Gary Grifth, Troy Membership Larry Sellers, Traverse City St. Francis ‘99 Steve Wilson, Fruitport [email protected] Tim Klein, Roscommon ‘00 Andy Paterson, Bloomfeld Hills Lahser MHSAA Liaison Keith Froelich, Okemos ‘01 Jack Wallace, Okemos [email protected] Jim Clawson, Monroe St. Mary’s Catholic ‘02 MHSCA Liaison Bob Scheloske, South Lyon ‘03 Region 17 Jerry Rabideau, Spring Lake Mike Wojda, Alpena ‘04 Jim Sparks, Clawson Newsleter [email protected] Larry Merx, Chelsea Pete Coll, Center Line ‘05 Patrick Threet, St. Clair Shores Lakeview Parlimentarian Jim Butson, Allen Park, ‘06 [email protected] Doug Bess, Batle Creek Central Al Slamer, Batle Creek Central, ‘07 Playof Dave Larkin, Jenison ‘08 Region 18 Tom Barbieri, Jackson Brad Grayvold, Norway ‘09 Cody Caswell, Lawrence Political Action Steve Wilson, Frutport ‘10 [email protected] Eric Redmond - Monroe Bill Brown, Deckerville Jack Wallace, Fowlerville ‘11 [email protected] Public Relations John Herrington, Farmington Harrison Doug Bess, Batle Creek Central ‘12 Keith Stephens, Southfeld Lathrop ‘13 Recruiting Rod Baker, Riverview Kelly Luplow, Clare ‘14 *** Region 18 includes all 8-Man football teams. Rules Pete Coll, Center Line NEWSLETTER Even number Regions elected in even years. Scholarship Odd number Regions elected in odd years. Kelly Luplow, Clare Encourages Youth Football Contributors Scot Farley, Jackson Web Site Deadline for Submissions Steve Wilson, Fruitport for March Newsleter — FEB 15— Cindy Farley PO Box 67, Leslie, MI 49251 (517) 589-5321 [email protected] December 2015 MHSFCA NEWSLETTER Page 4 December Recruiting Night Events continued from page 1 tables and college coaches come to them to get information Colleges attending one or more of the on potential prospects and to “network”. Even in years December Recruiting Nights when a high school may not have a viable prospect for a Adrian College particular college, the visit helps to establish a relation- Albion College ship between the coaches, something that’s difcult to do during the school day. In the second part of the evening, Alma College prospects - freshmen through seniors - and their parents Aurora University enter the facility and move between the colleges’ displays, Benedictine University meeting the college coaches or representatives and flling Blufton College out information sheets for those colleges in which they Concordia University - Ann Arbor have an interest. Prospects and parents learn about the football programs, but also fnd out about admissions Concordia University