Coaching Changes

Just wondering if there is going to be any coaching changes for the 2005-2006 season. What coaches were moving on, retiring and what teaching positions would be available?

Marysville has a coaching change (although it was abrupt)

Yes, I need a job. I teach Social Studies. I am currently subbing in Blue Valley and Olathe but would really like to have a full time job somewhere and maybe stay at the same school coaching.

Coach Peterman
(913)262-9656

hey come to our school!!! im tired of having the basketball coach as our teacher!!! j/k

Yep, I'll be looking.

As far as a challenge match, I'm a little bit bigger than Peterman. Granted, he could shoot low and do his patented "low level spider monkey knee/ankle bite," but I will be able to counter with my unstoppable, "hey-look-over-there Napolean Dynamite pimp slap knee high kiddie crusher" and get away.

I'll have to check my Magic cards, but I think there is no defense to my powers.

I'm usually going for the knees too, but most of the time I fall and can't get up, where's my medalert?

where you get them Magic cards, I need some.

Good Luck on the search Gibby.

Coach Peterman

Is Salina South looking for a coach, or do they have the position filled?

Brent Lane is doing a fine job at Salina South. If he's stepping down then it would be to focus on family time like most coaches do after a while. I hope he stays on for coach for many years there.

Gibby:
Will you be in Wichita? You'll have to teach me that one!

You can definetly check this move out while watching the new all time funniest movie with no point whatsoever we call Napoleon Dynamite. You will also learn several intimidation factors such as having USA Flag Pants and the rules of deception in the first mentioned move, worth a viewing

You may also learn a thing about hunting wolverines as well

Just so you all know, the writer of Napoleon Dynamite, Jarod Hess, is a Manhattan Middle School graduate (go Papooses), and spent his first two years of high school in Hat Town. Sadly, we lost him to Idaho. Even sadder is the fact that after the middle school split into Anthony and Eisenhower, the MMS Happy Hands club was discontinued.

Prant:

Is this true? The creator of Napoleon Dynamite is from the Hat? That is where you get your witty banter from! Were you a member of the happy hands club?

yes it is true that the creator of Napoleon Dynamite is originally from hat town.

Hess is a 174 lber on the UCO team!

Wrong Hess, Sweazy.

I'm pretty sure that Caney Valley will be looking for an assistant who will teach. I don't know about any open teaching positions at this time, but you could contact Criss Davis, the AD and he could fill you in.

Hey Coach Peterman give me a call! If you want.

I heard Wellington's Coach (Keiswetter), talking to a bunch of coaches about getting out of Wellington, is this true??

Rose Hill Head Coach Wendell Woolum resigned Monday night.

Wendell has been the only Head Coach Rose Hill has known, he started the program in the 1980-1981 season.

I just want to say thanks to Coach Woolum for all his hard work and dedication to the program and Good Luck in the future.

Coach Lent of the North Redskin Wrestling Program announced at the end of the Awards banquet to his Wrestler's, Parent's and Assistant Coaches that as of July 1st he will be retiring from wrestling so he can watch his own son compete and start his masters.

it is a tough lose for salina south to lose their coach he was a very good coach and i had the opportunity to offciate with him he will be missed not only by salina south but by other wrestlers

Does anyone know if Topeka Seaman has named who their new head coach will be.

Prant: was that happy hands or crappy hands? Just wondering.

I heard that the SM East coach has left.

Add Eureka to the list of schools needing a coach.

Is it my imagination or does Eureka go thru a lot of coaches?

Caney is another opening besides Eureka in the TVL. Both those guys did a great job in their first year. I really hate to see them go, but the best of luck to both of them. Looking from the outside, both jobs look like they have alot of potential for a coach that likes some pretty tough kids. The numbers were not too bad for 3A but we could all use more.

I could be incorrect,but I believe that Eureka lost their coach of 13 years only last year. If the new coach is leaving now, I would not call that going through ALOT of coaches.

Seaman and Washburn Rural will have new coaches next season

I believe Pleasant ridge high schhol advertises for a coaching position every year. Thay would like a teacher with wrestling experience to coach wrestling right now the coach is not a teacher.

Where exactly is Pleasant Ridge located?

Coach Peterman

P-Ridge is located between Leavenworth and Atchison.

SlamBam

Pleasant Ridge is between Leavonworth and Atchison and NOT in Easton, although that is the mailing address.

How many times have you been to any of these places? Pleasant Ridge is just off Hwy 73 which is the highway between Atchison and Leavonworth. Easton is another few miles west. Then again he didn't ask where Easton is. If you find Lowemont on the map, the school is within a mile of it.

Easton is not due west of Leavenworth, but northwest. It looks more even on the map than it seems when you drive it. As the crow flies, it's not between Leavenworth and Atchison, but as the highway goes, it is.

Easton is 4 miles down hiway 192 however pleasant ridge high school is not in Easton it is off hiway 192 just after the turnoff from hiway 7. technically easton is not directly between atchison and leavenworth but the high school is.

I'm glad we cleared that one up!

Pleasent Ridge coaches are good.

Bubowski
As a former PR Head Coach, I beg to differ--your facts are off. During my time there Henry Lee, Tyler Adams, Jeremy Irvine (3x) all medaled at state. The least amount i took to state yearly were 3.

I know there was at least one other medalist during Gary Buns' time-name escapes me at this point-it was right at the point where they shifted back an forth for a couple of years to 4a.

Adams, Eddie Bowman, Donald Jones, all wrestled at ft.hays. Lee could have wrestled small college anywhere but played football at KSU. Irvine wrestled 3 yrs varsity at CMSU, was recruited by MU, Academic all american. Adams was academic all-american (first team) and recruited by Spates at OU on sheer academic skills alone. Brad Seever was 3x regional champ with over 100 wins. Other 100 match winners in my tenure were Achord, Adams, Irvine. We were as connected to college programs as well any school in the state, my phone rang weekly with calls from Hays, Nebraska, Central Missouri, Missouri, Dana, Neosho, Labette and then Garden City.

It is a burden being an outside coach, we always asked that one be hired from within, even if it meant giving up the position. The numbers at the small school were always a problem. Weber does a fine job with the program now, as did Hansen prior to him, myself, Tom Darnelly or Gary Buns.

I suspect you are a grad of PR, if so, support your alma mater, help promote and assist.

You stand corrected-

Sincerely
Klint Deere

Just curious about something bubowksi -- Have you ever actually gone to Coach Weber and discussed your personal concerns about the program, or do you only do it annonymously here on the Forum? Or have you talked to Chris Powers or to any of the other PR administration?

PR did have an excellent program at one time but has suffered through the same numbers crunch that many small school go through. If your powers of promotion and recruiting are so much better than Coach Weber, then I suggest you offer to help -- in person that is.

Jeff Holmes

Coach David Nigg resigned at the Head Wrestling Coach at Wichita South High School a couple weeks ago. On Friday, I was interviewed and accepted the job as Head Wrestling Coach at Wichita South.
I have some awful big shoes to fill but am honored to get the opportunity to do so. As a wrestler under David Nigg and an assistant under him for two years along with wrestling under great coaches in college, I believe I have learned enough to begin coaching a high school team.

What are Coach Nigg's plans?

Well, I would be stupid not to keep him as an assistant. He wants to work with J.V. kids in practice more and just relax his last 5 years or so. He will still be the head assistant and will make all varsity trips with me.

His daughter is heading to college this year on a soccer scholarship and I believe he wants to also be able to take off when he wants to watch her. However, he will be around

Im sorry, but being from horton and wrestling them are differnt than the fans i guess. But pleasent ridge has a better coaching staff than alot of schools around.

Wow, the city schools have had a huge turnover this year. Two were expected however.

That makes East, South, and North with new heads. What's the word on West? I heard the head coach was looking elsewhere.

Any ideas where these coaches are going?

Caney Valley needs a head coach an assistant coach. Coach Lentz's wife got homesick and got a good job back in Missouri...

I believe that should be it for the City. Prichard at NW isnt moving any time soon. Heights will be there at least another year. Southeast (Lemonater) has found a home for a while, Dryden wont be leaving Kapaun until he crokes, I did hear about other Dryden possibly leaving west, but that might have just been a rumor. Of course, Finkeldei can't leave what he has. So I believe the North, South, East jobs are the only ones. Gibby, who were your two expecteds in this one? Nigg and I had this projected change in the works for two years. Have a good day.

Hays has hired John Hafliger to take over the program there. He's been a long time assistant in the program and should do a really good job. His number one concern will probably be getting the numbers back up. Good Luck to Coach Hafliger and I hope he has a lot of success!!!!!!!

Coach Threlkel, former TMP assitant and Felton or Kennedy Jr. High Coach told me he was returning to coaching Jr. High in hopes of saving the program from dissapearance and help renew some interest. He said, "I'm getting too old or something." I wish Coach Threlkel the best of the luck and Coach Haflinger as well.

Yes, Bob is going to return to coaching at Felten where he currently teaches at. He is hoping to get there program built back up to where it was when he left it
5 or 6 years ago. I really enjoyed wrestling under him the last 3 years and wish him the best of luck in the future.

Church,

I should have worded that better. Lentz and Nigg's retirement wasn't a question of "if" but "when."

Both are close to retirement, so finding an assistant to take over the helms was in their best interest.

Unfortunately for Lentz, I don't think he was able to find someone to take the program over. Niggs on the other hand was able to take a former wrestler and hand over the program. That's why I said I wasn't suprised. It's a relief I'm sure that coach Niggs was able to hand over a program he spent so much of his life being a part of to someone that came through that program. I doubt I'm the only one out there that thought when you were brought on that you were being groomed as the next head coach. I think it's awesome.

By the way, Jordon Best wants a rematch at the alumni dual. He said each time he was going to score big, you called timeout. As I told him, that's part of being an alum. We get perks. If we didn't, we wouldn't show up. We get beat up enough at home by our wives. We don't want to travel down to Parsons and get beat up by a bunch of college kids.

I'll give Jordan a re-match next year. This time though, I'm not going to come in as bad a shape. I did call time-out, but only once and he was going to score on the one I called a time-out on. Thats why alumni can call time-outs
I did take him down twice in the first period and once in the third. Let him know, I got his challenge, and yes, I'll be back.

http://prepzone.cjonline.com/stories/041905/pre_retiredswitzky.shtml

It is Lent at North not Lentz and Jesse Meyers from Mulvane it going to be the Head Coach at North and I hear comes with a good resume.

Does anyone know whether Salina South has made a decision on there Head Coach. I know rumor was that Coach Seibel was getting the job, and I think that he would do a great job for them

Hey Coach, you need to come down now with Tim and we can have the re-match while we are both out of shape.

Switzky will be taking over the job at Royal Valley next year for John James who is stepping down. Don't know the particulars but I am happy to have known Coach James. He helped me out and is a very friendly guy, as long as we weren't dueling each other. Best of luck to ya Coach.
Coach Switzky and I are league rivals and will be seeing alot of each other. Hope we are still going to have that duel tourney!
Coach Brown

Jordan~I am going to make you wait and think about it for 6 more months. haha!
You'll get your re-match if you need it that bad I promise.

Its okay to be scared. You aren't the only staying away from me, Gibby has been running around with his tail tucked between his legs ever since I wrestled him last.

Jordon, Jordon, Jordon.

It's not that I'm scared, I'm just bored. Beating the snot out of you and making you cry got old two years ago.

Bubowski-Pleasant Ridge's situation is interesting. I am curious why their superintendent is not more invovled. He should know the value of summer wrestling and college. For any old timers they might remember Roger Pickering the superintendent as Dan Gable's back up in the 72 olympics and the former head wrestling coach at Dodge City Juco.

Just a thought.

SlamBam

Jordan, I have beat you once, I was fat and out of shape when I did so, I will beat you again. Now I am going to tech you in three minutes. All take downs... I wont even try to wrestle you on the mat! haha!

And Gibby is right, it is boring beating up on you young kids.

Bubowski:

I can see you are very passionate about things and that's good. I guess not being there in a year, I can't speak to Coach Weber or Chris Powers' recent reaction to things, other than to say that the impressions of things you have are about 180 degrees from the people I knew and worked with for seven years.

There are two points I would like bring up however:

First, where would you propose that the wrestlers practice? At the moment, the balcony is all that's available. I do know there was talk of eventually moving somewhere else in the building once construction was done but I don't know where they are with that. Sometimes, you have to settle for what's there; that's not Coach Weber's fault, nor is is Mr. Powers'.

Second, I was at the Les Gutches' clinic in 2003 in the elementary gym, and I recall talking to at least a couple of the Pleasant Ridge varsity wrestlers. If you would like to contact me privately, I'd be glad to provide you with their names.

One other thing -- you're assessment that Chris Powers is not supportive of the wrestling program is inaccurate, and I know that for a fact. Coach Powers is a former wrestling coach and his son wrestled varsity for the Rams for four years. He might not like the way things are, but calling him unsupportive is not accurate and not fair.

Church,I noticed you were bored till you were red in the face beating up on young kids preparing for nationals.Looked like if you were any more bored you might passout.(just an observation).Congratulations on your new job,it has been a pleasure to be involved with South wrestling.Thankyou and Coach Nigg for all you have done for Tim and Kansas wrestling

HaHa! That is funny. Thank you very much and I am excited for the future. My expectations are high for the next decade of South Wrestling. I need a few more bodies in the room, but do not mind molding what I have already into something good.
South high has not ever really been known as a place that got good wrestlers from junior leagues. Nigg found football players, kids in the hall, cross country kids and made them good by their junior or senior year. Never a technical group (few exceptions) but a hard nosed aggressive mean group of kids.
I hope to be able to do the same thing that he did with kids and give them an opportunity to do something with their lives.
Tim was a pain, but a pleasure to work with in both senses. He will be missed next year. Hopefully he is a bird about 130 miles up the road so I can get up there and see him compete a few time.
Now it's time for all of us coaches to join together and make bring Kansas Wrestling to the top!!

Bub,
i would suggest you email your concerns to Chris. he is a pretty open guy and i don't think he will duck any answers. If the parents truly want a top-notch program, it will happen, if not, they will get by status-quo with outside coaches such as myself and Coach Weber are. They have a very stable teaching staff, which i think is a strength of the district.

There are some really good kids and families still there and associated, talk to the Meinerts, Woods, Culbertsons, Smocks, Marshalls and see what they really want--all have been around the sport in that area for years. I would love to see the PR program as tough as it was in the Coach Saucony days.

But i also know, there were times when i was considered a crazed idiot for asking a kid to consider wrestling freestyle or usa or even lift weights after the season. I took many phone calls telling me i was asking too much. Maybe i was, but you can only want it as much as your wrestlers and parents want it, i learned that mistake the hard way.

I respect Coach Weber and i assume he is responsive to what is asked of him by the administration and parents. Should the coach be in house? sure, I think Weber would even agree with that, does the atmosphere exist for a return to to a highly competitive program? i just don't know. Can they be competitive at regionals, can the kids get better every year, Yes they can.

Well, I am sorry, but I am not mistaken. I know who the kids were, I had known them for several years, and I know they were Pleasant Ridge varsity wrestlers. Whether or not they were on the roster is irrelavant; they were there. Now, I didn't say they were participating; I simply said that I talked to them there.

But I am impressed with the amount of effort you went through to try to prove me wrong. Well done!

Darren Weber is a former alum of Pleasant Ridge and was in fact a State Champion in I believe 84 @ 167 lbs. I find it hard to believe that he does not care sincerely about the success of his program. I cannot speak to the way he runs his practices or techniques he instructs but I am sure that he has his kids on the right track. I can tell you here and now that he will indeed have a couple wrestlers who will be top 3 @ State in the next couple years in Jeremy Keen and Dennis Wood. Jeremy was a Sophomore this year and lost to Colin Hase(Silver Lake) @ Regionals in semis 8-0 to finish 3rd. He was just a titch better than Dennis who only weighed in the neighborhood of 85 lbs. this year. Dennis went on to win Kids State this year @ 14 & U-- 80 lbs beating Sharky Slyter in the finals. I think you would serve the program better if you support his efforts rather than publicly bash him where the youth can likely see the discord and to have someone telling them they will not prosper under his tutelage as he (Weber) may be old school (Folkstyle) in laying the basics but that can get you a long way if you perfect your moves. If you drill enough, it becomes automatic and hard to defense perfect technique. I would hope that his kids buy into his program because you don't win individual State Championships as he indeed did by luck. I feel that things seem to be heading in the right direction there, best I can tell.. as my son has participated in the Kids Tourney there the last 5 years and there seems to be positive upbeat club parents/ supporters working it and it is a very nice little tournament. As far as the High school level goes, my squad participated in 2 very well ran tourneys and 2 team duals with them and they had very good and enthusiastic fan support and their competitors definitely had their fundamentals down. Were they Norton, St. Francis, Hoxie or Effingham(ACCHS) ?? NO, but I sincerely believe that he can get them to where they are very competive because the feeder program (Kids) is looking up. Administrations hire teachers first and coaches second and in a technical sport such as Wrestling they are likely better served with someone that CAN teach them rather than just blow a whistle. I also doubt that he would discourage them from going to camps, expanding their knowledge etc. You may have had a run-in with him that has caused you to dislike him but what are your credentials, background in the sport to bash him so? I would hope that you could work out your differences , ...from a fellow Coach who competes against his squad, he does not appear at all as you have so described. Maybe it is your approach. Please try to talk to him and Coach Powers as they seem to be good people who care about their kids and try to get them better, is that such a bad thing ??

Matt Meinert who as a Freshman placed 3rd @ Regionals @ a fairly tough 135 lbs bracket and only lost to Jason Corwin (Silver Lake) 7-5 will also be a force to be reckoned with for the Pleasant Ridge Ram squad the next 3 years. Ethan Brown(So.)171, Jason Smock(Fr.) -2 regional wins @112, Elliot Matthews(Fr.) 2 Regional wins @125lbs., Joe Phillips 160lbs(So.)10-4 record going into regionals, are battlers who will add support also. They just need to fill all their holes with fair quality kids. It may be two years off before you get your State placers but they will be a pretty decent team next year already.

One of the problems many small schools go through is sort of an ebb and flow when it comes to success. Attracting teachers who coach wrestling is tough sometimes; maybe out west it isn't, but it is tough. And in many small districts, when good young teachers who coach do come in, they don't stay long, as the bigger money and opportunities of big schools attract them. Either that or they get tired of negative, meddling parents and say the heck with it.

Immaculata was on the verge of having it's program cut in 1997 before Coach Shea took it over; if he hadn't, it would not have been there. He and I managed to keep it alive for five more seasons, but then it finally ended. That has greatly saddened me, but it happens.

That's why I find bubowski's argument that Coach Weber and Coach Powers are seemingly conspiring to kill the program so far-fetched. From what I can tell, it's young, but it's alive and well. Are they the Norton Bluejays of Hoxie Indians just yet? Well of course not; don't be silly. Could they be a pretty good team in a few years? Absolutely.

Darren Weber and Chris Powers have given heart and soul to the Pleasant Ridge wrestling program for a long time now. They deserve better than to be chopped up here; much better than that.

Grandview High School in Grandview, Mo is searching for a head varsity assistant for next season. We're located just across the Mo-Kan border off 435 and 71 highways. Other coaching positions available include head boys track, head girls track, head cross country and assistant middle school football. Teaching positions include HS special education, social studies and possibly physics. MS openings are social studies, pe and math. If interested please email Greg Linhart at greg.linhart@csd4.k12.mo.us or call our principal Ted Vernon at 816-316-5888.

"klint deere" I thought woods was a coach too. i dont know what the head coaches name was but i thought there was only to.

woods i believe was the assistant to Weber this year

ok

Unfortunately, My Head Coach is leaving. He's going some where in Topeka >> I think Gocke is going to take over... I'm not sure....

yes scotty, it is true..sadly oh and hes a "seaman" now