Earlier this week, I accepted an offer to become the next principal at TMP-Marian in Hays, KS. This move of course brings an end to my run as a wrestling coach. I also won't have the time needed to monitor the boards as much as I used to so the task of Big Brother will fall sqaurely on the shoulders of Coach Karjala. I have also taken great pride in being a member of the KWCA board as the academic chairman for the past five years.

Over the past 12 years I have made many great friends while coaching the greatest sport in the world at Tonganoxie and most recently Eudora. Hopefully, our enrollment improves and I will get the chance to see some of my friends in Salina. If not, I look forward to helping out at the state tournament in Hays, America. There is not enough time nor space to thank and include everyone who has made an impact on me as a coach and as a person over the years. There are many great Kaw Valley and Frontier League coaches that have become great friends (and opponents) and I will miss competing against your great teams.

I do want to personally thank Coach Doug Moore for being one of the greatest mentors and friends that a young coach could ever ask for. To all of you veteran coaches out there, never hesitate to encourage or share your wisdom with some of the young coaches in our state. Our programs need good young coaches and you never know what an encouraging word from someone who has been there might do for a young man that wonders what he has gotten himself in to!

Of course I'll still be around, just not as much as I used to be and oh yeah, some other sucker is going to have to do the rankings!!

Congratulations Bill! We'll miss your passion for wrestling as well as your much needed humor on this forum. Now that you are the boss, you should have MORE time to do the rankings!

Blessings to you in your new position!

- Chief

Coach,

We will miss you in our neighborhood! Good Luck out in Hays America. I guess we will see you at Oktoberfest.

Good Luck!

PS I agree, you should keep the ranking job!

Congrats on new job and best wishes as you relocate with your wonderful family! We will sure miss you in this area an. in the Frontier League. You are truly a class act person and educator, and you have done a fantastic job with your wrestling programs!

Keep in touch as you head West.

You will always be "Coach," regardless of what your official job title becomes.

Kit Harris
Baldwin City

Bill congratulations on your new position. You will love Hays, America and living in Ellis County. Good luck on the new position and best of all more time for family. I will send you application to become a FHSU wrestling booster club member. Who is going to beat the dead horse? Your friend in Manhattan, RMG

Who said, "You can't go home again"?

Bill, thanks for the gracious words.

I'm also going to invest in Taco Shop stock, I believe the number of sales is going to dramatically increase.

Nothing like a smothered burrito and CCQ with floor tortillas after a long night at The Home!

Man! That's one of the reason's I pushed for my oldest boy to go to FHSU....just so I have an excuse for Taco Shop but not The Home - I'm old-school so The Q is the place for me (although I still mourn the lose of Judge McGreavey's).

Coach I always considered you one of the good guys, best to you.

Bill:

It's Holmes. My congratulations on the new gig. Did you rumors and decide to head out before 2010? LOL Take care old friend, and maybe we'll see you soon! And tell Pat Lowry at the Daily News that I said hello!

JLH

A shift in paradigm is coming your way; things do look different from the other side of the desk. Good luck and congratulations.

Good Luck in Hays "Coach"... Any of the stories you hear about my relatives that attended in the past are probably true... Best of Luck

Congratulations on the new job coach. Thanks for everything you did while you were here in Tonganoxie, its great to see good people get the opportunities they deserve. Good luck to you and your family.
Scott Underwood