This past weekend (June 5-6) we held our first Ole Football Youth Camp at the Manitou Practice fields. The turn out was good for our first year and we are excited by the response that we received from the parents as well as the kids about how much the kids got out of their time with us. The Ole Football Staff did a great job of teaching basic football skills to the campers and the kids did a great job of picking up the skills during the weekend. This is going to be an annual event, held the first weekend of June, for a long time to come.
With the youth camp taken care of, the staff and I now turn our attention to the offensive, defensive and special teams playbooks. We wrapped up the special teams staff meetings last week and now the offensive and defensive staffs are in the process of cleaning up and improving what we ask our young men to do on the field. There are a lot of good discussions going on in both meeting rooms about the changes we are going to make in order to give our kids a better opportunity to succeed.
Circle July 19 on your calendar for the Ole Football Golf Tournament. Last year, we had record numbers and we hope to keep that trend going. Here is a link with more information about this great event:
http://www.oletouchdownclub.org/2010-golf-tournament-info/
God Bless & Go Oles
About Me
- ST. OLAF FOOTBALL
- I strive to be a servant leader. One of my firmly held beliefs is that God has put us on the earth to serve others. I am a Christian, husband, father and mentor in that order. On March 31, 2008, I was named the 11th head football coach at St. Olaf. It is both a blessing and honor to be associated with so many great Oles, past & present. Prior to joining St. Olaf, I coached at my alma mater, Wis.-Stevens Point, as defensive coordinator the last two seasons. I spent seven seasons as an assistant at Division II Minnesota State University-Mankato (1993-96, 1999-02) before a three-year stint as the CEO of the Mankato YMCA. I also spent one season as the offensive coordinator for the Green Bay Bombers of the Arena Football league (1999) and another as an assistant at California Lutheran University (1998) as defensive line coach. My wife Deana and I have three children, son Jett and daughters Jersey and J.J.
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