New Football Coaches/Jobs

[Power_I_82]

For the sake of discussion because I'm bored at work. And let's keep this positive and not dog anyone!

From this list, who is the best hire this offseason? Why?

What do you consider the best job? Factor in school, tradition, participation, community/admin support, etc.

I'll go first.

Best Hire: I think its hard to argue with Scott Trimble's (Med Valley) track record. Won state at Arthur and Harvard. He knows what he is doing and I don't think he takes the job if the cupboard is bare. Med Valley has really struggled the last few years but does have a strong athletic tradition at the school. I would look for winning football in the near future as they acclimate to his system and the 6 man game.

Best Job: Not sure I can pick one. Several schools with strong winning traditions on there. York, Bishop Neuman, Kenesaw and Riverside have all had a ton of success. Probably hard to argue with Bishop Neuman. Don't know much about them but seems like they are always there at the end of the season.

 

[Power_I_82]

Arcadia-Loup City-
Bishop Neumann- Joseph Pavlik
Blair - Will Lansman
Blue Hill- Matt Carroll
Cozad- Jared Crick
Crete- Josh Littrell
Crofton- John Ostemier
CWC- Drew Kasselder
Deshler- Hayden Delano
Elkhorn- Wade McVey
Fairbury- Jeff Savage
Franklin- Chris Bode
Giltner- Phillip Mancuso
Grand Island- Jeff McQuinn
Heartland Lutheran (Grand Island Lutheran)- Kevin Liess
Homer-
Kenesaw- Parker Trumble
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge-
Lourdes Central Catholic- Rick Nordhues
Malcolm- Matt Coufal
Medicine Valley- Scott Trimble
Millard West- McEnaney
Minatare-
Norris- Trevor Sedlacek
North Central-
Ogallala-
Omaha Benson-
Omaha Bryan- Matt Storm
Palmer- Luke Thompson
Papio LaVista- Sean McLaughlin
Ponca- Casey McGhee
Riverside-
Shelton-Mike Lowe
Southern Valley- Coy Gideon
South Sioux City- Gray Peterson
Scotus- Roger Krienke
St Paul- Corey Valasek
Syracuse- Gabe Meints
Wausa- Jon Baue
Wakefield- Joe Kvidera
Wayne- Russ Plager
West Holt- Andy Osborne
West Point-Beemer- Dalton Tremayne
York- Matt Brackan

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[CB73]

I think Hayden Delano going back to 8 Man is intriguing. He had a lot of success at Cross County and Deshler is young and talented.

 

[tireman2]

The Jared Crick-Cozad reunion could be the perfect fit. He obviously has a ton of knowledge of the game with his experience. That being said, sometimes the best of players struggle to teach so it'll be interesting to see how he fills that role. Cozad has some really good young talent and it should be easy to get buy-in from those kids with the opportunity to learn from someone who has done it at the highest level.

As far as best jobs, hard to argue with Bishop-Neumann, Blair and York.

 

[Power_I_82]

I think Hayden Delano going back to 8 Man is intriguing. He had a lot of success at Cross County and Deshler is young and talented.

I hear you. That one will be interesting to see. Interested to see if he plays similar to what they did at Cross County. Power run game. Man he had some dudes when he was there

 

[hailvictors2]

Best Job in terms of opportunity- Grand Island. Its the largest school in the state and you aren't the coach that followed Tomlin. Nothing but up from here. Coach Tomlin had Grand Island humming. Last year sounds like things went astray pretty fast. It can be rebuilt. When Tomlin had GI bought in nobody wanted to play the Islanders. It can be built again.

Best job in terms of prestige- Elkhorn. It isn't close. Eleven time finalist and 6 time state champ.

I don't know that I can pick a single "best hire". Matt Brackhan at York will be a great head coach. Cory Valasek at St Paul is a fantastic man and coach. Russ Plager at Wayne has won in that same role before. Scott Trimble at Medicine Valley has won everywhere he has gone. Several other guys that will do a fine job.

This cycle there were/are several tradition rich programs looking for new head coaches.
A: Papillion-Lavista, Millard West, Grand Island
B: Elkhorn and Crete. That was class B football for about 15 years in the early 2000s.
C1/C2: Bishop Neumann, Ponca, Scotus
D: Wakefield and Giltner jump off the page to me. I remember a time when Wakefield was about unbeatable, though I think they were 11-man at the time.

 

[fasteddie76]

Wade McVey will do a Great Job at Elkhorn, has paid his dues as being D Coordinator and assistant coach in class A football and has been part of championship programs.. Coached Wade at Broken Bow where he was a tough hard working DB The future looks bright for Elkhorn HS Football

 

[CB73]

Best Job in terms of opportunity- Grand Island. Its the largest school in the state and you aren't the coach that followed Tomlin. Nothing but up from here. Coach Tomlin had Grand Island humming. Last year sounds like things went astray pretty fast. It can be rebuilt. When Tomlin had GI bought in nobody wanted to play the Islanders. It can be built again.

Best job in terms of prestige- Elkhorn. It isn't close. Eleven time finalist and 6 time state champ.

I don't know that I can pick a single "best hire". Matt Brackhan at York will be a great head coach. Cory Valasek at St Paul is a fantastic man and coach. Russ Plager at Wayne has won in that same role before. Scott Trimble at Medicine Valley has won everywhere he has gone. Several other guys that will do a fine job.

This cycle there were/are several tradition rich programs looking for new head coaches.
A: Papillion-Lavista, Millard West, Grand Island
B: Elkhorn and Crete. That was class B football for about 15 years in the early 2000s.
C1/C2: Bishop Neumann, Ponca, Scotus
D: Wakefield and Giltner jump off the page to me. I remember a time when Wakefield was about unbeatable, though I think they were 11-man at the time.

I think Wakefield was 8 man but was ineligible when they were having their run a few years ago.

 

[Power_I_82]

The Jared Crick-Cozad reunion could be the perfect fit. He obviously has a ton of knowledge of the game with his experience. That being said, sometimes the best of players struggle to teach so it'll be interesting to see how he fills that role. Cozad has some really good young talent and it should be easy to get buy-in from those kids with the opportunity to learn from someone who has done it at the highest level.

As far as best jobs, hard to argue with Bishop-Neumann, Blair and York.

I'd agree with you on Crick. Pretty cool for the Cozad kids to have someone with his resume leading the program. They will definitely be a team I'll keep an eye on next fall.

 

[Football4281]

I think Wakefield was 8 man but was ineligible when they were having their run a few years ago.

They had a heck of a run in C-2 in 06 & 07. Joel NIxon was a nightmare

 

[just_average32]

For the sake of discussion because I'm bored at work. And let's keep this positive and not dog anyone!

From this list, who is the best hire this offseason? Why?

What do you consider the best job? Factor in school, tradition, participation, community/admin support, etc.

I'll go first.

Best Hire: I think its hard to argue with Scott Trimble's (Med Valley) track record. Won state at Arthur and Harvard. He knows what he is doing and I don't think he takes the job if the cupboard is bare. Med Valley has really struggled the last few years but does have a strong athletic tradition at the school. I would look for winning football in the near future as they acclimate to his system and the 6 man game.

Best Job: Not sure I can pick one. Several schools with strong winning traditions on there. York, Bishop Neuman, Kenesaw and Riverside have all had a ton of success. Probably hard to argue with Bishop Neuman. Don't know much about them but seems like they are always there at the end of the season.

People don't realize how good of a job Coach Snodgrass did at York. He made that look like a great job. I think you will quickly find out that it very difficult to be successful there. If Coach Snodgrass stays there as S&C coach, they will have a shot, but there are a lot of variables working against that school being successful. Being towards the bottom in Class B enrollment does not help. If they could drop 20-30 boys or if there is a restructure of classification to get them in C1, that would change that job drastically.

Someone pointed out Grand Island. I'd argue the same for Grand Island. That's not a great job. Coach Tomlin worked his tail off to make them successful and tough as nails. it takes a special person to make that school competitive. Just because they have the most boys doesn't mean the demographics of that population lends itself to be successful at football. Look at their girls basketball program

Neumann will always be a solid job. Scotus is a great job. They have some great young kids coming up. Elkhorn is a great job. Malcom is another sneaky good job. Coach Amen slowly did great things and the district as evolved a lot. Lot of involved athletes with families who invest in their success. And i think Coufal is a tremendous coach and head coach in the making. I think Coufal is probably the best hire in possibly the best long term position for success.

 

[hailvictors2]

People don't realize how good of a job Coach Snodgrass did at York. He made that look like a great job. I think you will quickly find out that it very difficult to be successful there. If Coach Snodgrass stays there as S&C coach, they will have a shot, but there are a lot of variables working against that school being successful. Being towards the bottom in Class B enrollment does not help. If they could drop 20-30 boys or if there is a restructure of classification to get them in C1, that would change that job drastically.

Someone pointed out Grand Island. I'd argue the same for Grand Island. That's not a great job. Coach Tomlin worked his tail off to make them successful and tough as nails. it takes a special person to make that school competitive. Just because they have the most boys doesn't mean the demographics of that population lends itself to be successful at football. Look at their girls basketball program

Neumann will always be a solid job. Scotus is a great job. They have some great young kids coming up. Elkhorn is a great job. Malcom is another sneaky good job. Coach Amen slowly did great things and the district as evolved a lot. Lot of involved athletes with families who invest in their success. And i think Coufal is a tremendous coach and head coach in the making. I think Coufal is probably the best hire in possibly the best long term position for success.

The demographics of Grand Island most certainly does lend itself to being successful. Those kids are tougher than any other class A school. I don't think many metro kids would last at GI. I'll say it again...nobody wants to play the Islanders. You might win, but you will pay for it for several days.

100% agree that Malcolm is set-up for long term success. Coufal has a good situation there.

 

[tireman2]

Is Elkhorn still a good job? From an outsider's perspective, it looks like the two new schools (South & North) have taken most of the athletes lately. Wasn't sure if it's just a cyclical thing or if it is trending that way for the foreseeable future.

 

[hailvictors2]

Is Elkhorn still a good job? From an outsider's perspective, it looks like the two new schools (South & North) have taken most of the athletes lately. Wasn't sure if it's just a cyclical thing or if it is trending that way for the foreseeable future.

No question Elkhorn loses kids to Elk North and Elk South. That said, won't be long before Elkhorn North is class A and Elkhorn High is the only class B Elkhorn school.

Definitely a cyclical thing. Elkhorn dominated class B for a majority of the Wortman era. Elk South opened in 2010. Elkhorn won the title in 2011 and was in the finals in 2010 and 2014. Took Elk South about 5 years to get their program built. They won it in 2015 and 2016. As Elk South got stronger Elkhorn had to rebuild a little bit. Antlers won it again in 2020. Point of the story, these communities like Gretna, Elkhorn, Bennington, etc... that are tradition rich schools are never going away. Gretna will lose some games in various sports as Gretna East takes kids. But eventually Gretna will recover and end up back in the same place they were before East opened. The demographics of the community dictate that. More schools, but more kids to fill those schools.

 

[99SEMIFINAL]

Is Elkhorn still a good job? From an outsider's perspective, it looks like the two new schools (South & North) have taken most of the athletes lately. Wasn't sure if it's just a cyclical thing or if it is trending that way for the foreseeable future.

This has been alluded to and I'd like to amplify. When the Head Coach leaves, so does the culture. Look at how many times really good traditions disappears until the right guy is found. It's a mix, good athletes give coaches a chance, then you have to plug in your culture/thoughts to continue the tradition. The business of encouraging kids to go to your school in metro areas-well-you know. Look through the schools named in this thread--expectations are there and yet you can peak back and see they have had down times. Good Luck to All

 

[Hardwoodbeaver]

The Jared Crick-Cozad reunion could be the perfect fit. He obviously has a ton of knowledge of the game with his experience. That being said, sometimes the best of players struggle to teach so it'll be interesting to see how he fills that role. Cozad has some really good young talent and it should be easy to get buy-in from those kids with the opportunity to learn from someone who has done it at the highest level.

As far as best jobs, hard to argue with Bishop-Neumann, Blair and York.

Blair is a sleeping giant if the right person goes in there

 

[opinionated.old.fart]

I think Wakefield was 8 man but was ineligible when they were having their run a few years ago.

When the won 26 straight and back to back titles, Justin Smith was the HC (Been at Seargent Bluff-Luton for at least 10 years)... 2006 and 2007? And they were 11 man at that time. They had that crazy good option QB that made them go. Beat Blue Hill and Scott Porter (RIP) in the finals 2 years in a row.

 

[northeastNebraska]

The Jared Crick-Cozad reunion could be the perfect fit. He obviously has a ton of knowledge of the game with his experience. That being said, sometimes the best of players struggle to teach so it'll be interesting to see how he fills that role. Cozad has some really good young talent and it should be easy to get buy-in from those kids with the opportunity to learn from someone who has done it at the highest level.

As far as best jobs, hard to argue with Bishop-Neumann, Blair and York.

I really hope he can take it to the next level. Cozad is such an underrated town and it would be nice to have a strong, consistent power west of Aurora.