WE ARE - THE MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL COACHES …delegate sections are based on the MSHSL...

This is a statement that seems pretty obvious!! What weneed to remember is that we are indeed the Minnesota StateHigh School Coaches Association. What we have becomeand what we have accomplished is due to you, themembership, playing a vital role in making the MSHSCA aneffective Association responsive to Minnesota coachesconcerns and efforts to improve the profession of coaching inMinnesota. Minnesota is a leader in the nation in improvingthe coaching profession in our state by workingcollaboratively with the Minnesota State High School Leagueand the Minnesota Legislature. The result of this has givenyou a voice with the League in pursuing change for yoursport and the concerns you have regarding employmentissues are heard by our Legislators.

We all need to remember this and continue to work hardto continue our efforts to improve the coaching profession inMinnesota. The challenge to each of us is quite simple.What are you going to do to make the MSHSCA a betterAssociation and better at serving the membership? Nothingever stays the same. We either get better or we get worse.We only need to look around to know that change isinevitable. I believe that there are a number of things youshould have on your to do list in this pursuit of improvementand dealing with change. Whether you are a head coach oran assistant coach you need to get your entire staff enrolledas members of The MSHSCA as well as the sportassociations for the sport/s you coach. There is strength innumbers and I believe this fact was evident last year with ourLegislative friends. I would like to see each of you becomeactive within your sport associations. Start by attending theclinics each sport association sponsors. We all know school

districts have been forced to cut back on financial supportfor clinic attendance but we also believe that professionalgrowth should be a goal of every coach and priority in ourprofession. You may be able to receive help for some of thisfrom your booster clubs or in some cases staff developmentfunds.

Many of our sport associations struggle to find coacheswilling to step into the leadership roles. I would like tochallenge each of you to consider playing an active role

Vol. 52 No. 1 Published by the Minnesota State High School Coaches Association September 2013

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WE ARE - THE MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOLCOACHES ASSOCIAITON

Featured In This IssueHall of Fame Banquet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Hall of Fame Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-27

George Haun Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Steve Kerzie Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Scholarship Thank You’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-39

MBCA Hall of Fame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

DSA Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Clinic InformationHockey Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Baseball Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 & 17

Gymnastics Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Girls Basketball Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

MBCA Basketball Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 & 57

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Coaches Association and distributed,without charge, to all members in

good standing. EDITOR - Darien DeRocher

Address all news communicationsand photos to: Darien DeRocher7101 Browns Ln

Brainerd MN 56401-6040Phone (218) 825-8466Fax ( 218) 825-8466 e-mail: [email protected]

MSHSCA OFFICERS ANDCOMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS

PRESIDENT:Tom VanErp - Wadena-Deer Creek

PRESIDENT-ELECT:Troy Urdahl - St Anthony Village

VICE PRESIDENT:Bob Nielsen - Detroit Lakes

PAST PRESIDENT:Jon Wagner - Eveleth-Gilbert

HALL OF FAME COORDINATORSJim & Janet Baker - Richfield

OFFICIALS DSAJohn Schumacher - Park Rapids

All Daily Communications shouldbe addressed to:

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:John EricksonMSHSCA

PO Box 519 • Detroit Lakes, MN56502

Fax (218) 847-5493(H) (218) 847-6796

Email: [email protected]

ADMINISTRATIVE ASS’T:Mary Erickson, Detroit Lakes

MSHSL BOARD OF DIRECTORS:Shelly Hotzler - Jackson County CentralMark Solberg - Cambridge-Isanti

FINANCE REPS:Rick Ringeisen - Lakeville Scot

Jeri Dirth - Apple Valley

SCHOLARSHIP CHAIR:Gregg Martig - St. Cloud Tech

2012-2013 Delegates and Sport Association OfficersSECTION GIRLS SPORTS DELEGATE BOYS SPORTS DELEGATE AT LARGE DELEGATE AT LARGE DELEGATE1A Gary Prantner (Byron) Gordy Klomps (retired) Jeff Johnson (Chatfield 2A Rick Bruns (LeSueur-Hend) Rob Stevermer (United SC) Craig Morgan (MN Valley Luth)3A Milo Larson (Canby) Dave Blank (Wabasso) Todd Tinklenberg (Pipestone) Donna Johansen (Murray CT)4A Chris Larid (Heritage) Jeff Wall (Maranatha) Tim Herman (Heritage)5A Dawn Engebretson (Rockford) Tom Lawrence (Foley) Al Amdahl (Albany)6A Diane Pettis (Sebeka) Ton Van Erp (Wadena) Mike Peterson (Perham)7A Dennis Holsman (Hill City) Derek Parendo (Proctor)8A Terry Sadler (Warroad) John Schumacher (Park Rpds.)1AA John Cassellius (Winona) Rob Schwartz (Winona)2AA Mike Lhotka (Dassel Cokato) Tim Johnson (Mankato East) Tink Larson (Waseca)3AA4AA Gerald Keenan (Harding) Tom Paulson (White Bear Lk) Tim Ryan (Hill Murray) Jerry Utech (Harding)5AA Mark Loahr (Totino Grace) Mark O’Neill (Champlin Prk)6AA Open Greg Miller (Robbinsdale Arm) Jim Baker (Retired)7AA Todd Smrekar (Cambridge-Isanti) Bill Baumann (North Branch)8AA Open Gregg Martig (St. Cloud Tech) Rob Nielsen (Det. Lakes) Bill Magnuson-Fall

John Ruesch -Spring

SPORT ASSOC PRESIDENT PRESIDENT ELECT EXECUTIVE SECRETARY MEMBERSHIP/TREAS.AD Brian Wormley (Nevis) Mike BeckAdapted Athletics Marcus Osum (Robbinsdale)Baseball Todd Smrekar (Cambridge) John Wilkins (retired)Boys Basketball Ron Vorwald (Worthington) Tom Critchley (retired)Girls Basketball Kent Hamre (St. Michael) Jen Johnson (Edina)Cross Country Tom Sharp (East View) Dave Chatelaine (Owatonna)Football Gary Sloan (Grand Meadow) Ron Stolski (Brainerd) Jim Dotseth - TreasurerGolf Bob Gorden (Detroit Lakes)Gymnastics LeeAnn Steen (Martin County W) Shelly Eklund (Rosemount)Hockey Ken Pauley (Benilde) Mike MacMillan (Buffalo)B-Lacrosse Lance Kuehn Darren Nelson (Brooklyn Ctr) Matt MyersG-Lacrosse Rachel Aiken (Chaska) Alex Erickson (Farmington)Alpine Skiing Jason Nickleson Brad Schaeppi (Blake)Nordic Skiing Dan Josephson (Det. Lakes)Soccer Steve Hendrickson (Trinity at River Ridge) Dave Halgren (retired) Keith Randa (Apple Valley) members

Art Seplak (Jefferson) Treas.Softball James Wajer (Martin Cty Cent) Shelly Hotzler (JCC) Hilary Hansen (Burnsville)B-Swimming Justn Haycraft (Prior Lake) Rick Ringeisen (Lakeville) Kate Steineman (Cretin-DH)G-Swimming Dale Magnuson (Rochester Cent.Synch. Swim Deanna Vaubel (Eden Prairie) Kathy Bohnsack (Prior Lake)Tennis Les Zellmann (St. James) Rick Englestad (Pine City)Track Mark Alcorn (Holdingford) Scott Christensen (Stillwater)Volleyball Celeste Gorman (Blaine) Janet Golden-Landquist (Nevis) Sue Alstrom (Treasurer)Wrestling Jair Toedter (New London Spicer) Kurt Habeck (Eastview) Delegate John Peterson (Elk River) Roger Gorham (Elk River)Retired Coaches Jim Dotseth

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Welcome to the 2013-2014 school year and sportsseasons. This time of the year is very exciting. Every teamis undefeated. The hopes and dreams of every coach, player,teacher, and student are high as all begin this year’s journey.The most important thing to remember, no matter who youare, enjoy the journey!

One of the points discussed this summer at the annualboard of directors summer meeting is how does theMSHSCA remain a strong organization? One of the bestways is for ALL coaches grades 7-12 to be members of theMinnesota State High School Coaches Association. Thenumber of varsity assistant, JV, and Jr High coaches that donot belong to the MSHSCA still surprises me. Benefits ofbeing a member include: $1,000,000 insurance coveragewhich covers you while coaching and in the classroom,team academic awards, Scholarships to student athletes,Coach of the year, Up-to-date website, sports associationrepresentation, newsletter, delegate assembly represents allsports and sections, representation on the MSHSL Board ofDirectors, and a full time Executive Director to handle

questions & concerns. Other benefits include hoteldiscounts and Minnesota Zoo discounts. I strongly urgeALL HEAD Coaches to remind and urge coaches in theirprograms to join the MSHSCA. Explain the benefits andget your coaches at all levels to join and get involved!

Along the same thought of getting involved, theMSHSCA has a number of Delegate Assembly openingsthat need to be filled. The Delegate Assembly providesrepresentation for coaches in all sections in every sport. Thedelegate sections are based on the MSHSL administrativesections. One boys sports delegate and one girls sportsdelegate from each class A and AA section with an at largedelegate for each A and AA section. Sections in need ofrepresentation at the Delegate Assembly: Girls sports-1AA,3AA, 5AA, 6AA, 8AA. Boys sports- 3AA. At LargeDelegates- 7A, 8A, 3AA, 7AA. Check with your AD if youare unsure which section administers your programs. Noexperience necessary, just the willingness to get involved!

Whether you sport is fall, winter or spring, good luck toall coaches!

By: Tom VanErp, Wadena-Deer CreekPresident’s Message

The following activities did not submit an article

for this issue of The MN Prep Coach:

Smooth Fast Natural(Alpine Skiing) and Behind the Cage(Boys Lacrosse)

Hopefully they will beincluded in December issue.

Email Change:Contact John & Mary Erickson at

[email protected]

2013 SPRING TEAM ACADEMIC RESULTSThe Subway Restaurants

of Minnesota and theMinnesota State High SchoolCoaches Association areproud to be supportive ofstudent-athlete success byproviding sponsorship of theTeam Academic Program.

All spring sport programswere requested to submit theresults of Team Academicresults for usage in this issueof The MN Prep Coach. Theresults are printed in theorder received. Any springsport that is not included isdue to the fact that they werenot submitted.

BOYS TENNIS

Class A GoldDeLaSalleHermantownLuverneMinneapolis EdisonMontevideoPine CitySt Anthony VillageSt Paul HumboldtThief River FallsWaseca

Class A SilverCrookstonDetroit LakesFergus FallsHeritage Christian AcademyMound-WestonkaPark Rapids AreaRochester LourdesSt JamesSt PeterWinona Cotter

Class AA GoldAcademy of the HolyAngelsAlexandriaAndoverBeckerBemidjiBloomington JeffersonBuffaloCentennial

HutchinsonIrondaleLakeville NorthMankato WestMinneapolis WashburnMonticelloRochester CenturySimleySt Cloud TechSt Paul Como ParkSt Paul HardingWhite Bear LakeWoodbury

Class AA SilverBrainerdCambridge-IsantiChanhassenCoon RapidsCretin-Derham HallEaganEast RidgeEastviewHastingsLakeville SouthMahtomediMankato EastMounds ViewOronoOsseoPrincetonRichfieldRobbinsdale ArmstrongSartell-St StephenShakopeeSt Mchael-AlbertvilleTotino-GraceWayzata

BASEBALL

Class AAA GoldLakeville NorthBlaineNorth BranchSt Thomas AcademyEden PrairieMinnetonkaWinonaEastviewSartell-St StephenTotino Grace

Class AAA SilverCambridge-IsantiCretin-Derham HallOrono

Coon RapidsNew PragueMinneapolis SouthStillwater

Class AA GoldDelanoLeSeuer-HendersonMinnehaha AcademyNorwood-Young AmericaSt JamesSt Paul Highland Park

Class AA SilverAlbanyOtter Tail CentralMinnewaska AreaEast Grand ForksSibley EastNew London-SpicerWarroadMontevideoFairmontCrookstonPine IslandBensonCannon FallsTri -City United

Class A GoldChatfieldMankato LoyolaOsakisPACT Charter SchoolBrowervilleEagle ValleyBertha-HewittSt John’s PrepWest LutheranSacred HeartWabassoNew York Mills

Class A SilverCook CountyNorman CountyOgilvieWindomNorman County EastKenyon-WanamingoMedfordSt AgnesCherryOrtonvilleFloodwood

SOFTBALL

(Softball includes Bronze intheiraward program which is notpart of MSHSCA TeamAcademic.It will be included in thisissue torecognize academicachievement.)

Class AAA GoldAnokaBemidjiBig LakeBloomington JeffersonBrainerdCambridge-IsantiChanhassenDuluth EastEast RidgeEastviewEdinaFaribaultForest LakeMaple GroveMounds ViewNorth BranchRocoriRosemountSt FrancisStillwater AreaTotino-GraceWayzataWillmar

Class AAA SilverAndoverApolloApple ValleyAustinBenilde-St Margaret’sBurnsvilleCentennialChamplin ParkChaskaChisago LakesDuluth DenfeldEaganElk RiverGrand RapidsHastingsHenry SibleyHutchinsonBloomington KennedyLakeville NorthLakeville South



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Welcome to a new yearand new opportunities towork with the young menand women who make upthe rosters of our sportsteams. Coaching is indeeda wonderful calling and isreserved for those men andwomen who have dedicatedtheir lives and passions into

providing opportunities for our student athletes to learn andgrow through the sports they participate in. Thank you foryour commitment and your dedication. I hope that each ofyou are able to look back at the end of the year andappreciate the great opportunity you have been given tomake a difference in the lives of so many.

The MSHSCA has just finished one of the mostmemorable years in their history. This past fall a committeewas convened to draft a Coaches Bill of Rights. Thefinished draft, as passed by the Spring Delegate Assembly,appears in this Prep Coach. I would like to remind you thatalong with the Bill of Rights we have also asked ourcoaches to adhere to our adopted Code of Ethics which alsoappears in this issue. The second major change for ourcoaching profession is the passage of the addition to the“Coaches Bill” stating that “The existence of parentcomplaints must not be the sole reason for a board to norenew a coaching contract”. It is my belief that this requiresall of our coaches to be even more vigilant incommunicating to all parents of the athletes involved inyour programs the expectations of your program for allparties involved, athletes, parents and coaching staff.Coaches live in glass houses whether they like it or not andbeing up front and honest with parents and athletes issomething that must be taken very seriously each and everyday.

As we gear up for our new year the Executive Board hasalready met to set the agenda for this coming year. Lastyear was an effort to improve the work environment for thecoaching profession. This year our effort will be directed atattempting get all of our coaches in the state on board asmembers of the MSHSCA. We are asking all head coachesto make a very concerted effort to get all of their assistantsenrolled. I am always sad when a coach is selected as anassistant coach of the year but is ineligible to receive theaward due to the fact that they are not members of theMSHSCA.

We are also asking our membership to be vigilant in

making sure that MSHSCA benefits be granted to coachesonly. Unfortunately we have had a number of non schoolcoaches applying for membership on line for the solepurpose of getting a membership card to be used foradmission into games. If you go to the home page you willnow see a warning that any person who tries to get amembership card that is not qualified for membership willbe denied and the money will not be refunded. TheMSHSCA has no affiliation with any club, traveling, JO, orAAU coaches. It is indeed unfortunate that a few choose tojeopardize the ability of school coaches to use theirmembership card for admission into games for the purposeof scouting by unjustifiably asking for a membership card.Thank you for your assistance in this effort.

The MSHSCA joined with the MSHSL and MN I AAAassociations to put on the first WHY conference. I had thehonor of attending the first of three sessions and it wasgreat. Dr. Jeff Duke and the Top 20 group provided a greatmessage and real thought provoking questions into why Icoach the way I do. I would like to extend a huge thank youto Jody Redman and the MSHSL for all their hard work andorganization in making this happen. I hope all who attendedenjoyed the experience and found this conference a goodway to take care of your recertification. We hope this canturn into an annual event for coaches as we all strive tobecome the best and most effective coaches we can be.

I would like to ask that each of your who are awardwinners from the past year, Championship Coaches, Coachof the Year, Assistant Coach of the year and 25 year coachesto attend the Annual Hall of Fame and Awards Banquet tobe held on Saturday October 12 at the Crowne Plaza RiverFront in St. Paul. The MSHSCA is very proud of the awardsprogram and see this as a way to reach out to the MSHSCAmembership with a very special evening. We are inductingsix outstanding individuals into our Hall of Fame and westrongly encourage coaches who competed against theseinductees to attend the banquet and share the night and thememories.

I want to wish you all the best as you move into yournew school and athletic years. I hope each of you enjoysuccess and a fulfillment through the year that can onlycome from working with the great young people we arefortunate to work with. You are very important to each andevery athlete you work with and the leadership you givethem can never been underestimated. You are a powerfulinfluence on your athletes and play a very significant rolein their futures.

Ramblings from the Big DogBy: John Erickson, MSHSCA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DETROIT LAKES



FINAL MEMBERSHIPREPORT 2013

Types of Membership 2011-12 2012-13

Active Class A & AA 6289 6315

Associates 1043 1331

Active Life 693 676

Retired Life 967 890Honorary 3 3

8,985 9,215

Breakdown of membership by sport association(2011-12 totals in parenthesis)

Adapted Athletics (21) 19Boys Lacrosse (52) 65Alpine Skiing (77) 70Girls Lacrosse (48) 68Athletic Directors (251) 243Football (1106) 1114Baseball (435) 445Boys Hockey (252) 248 Boys Basketball (797) 817Golf (boys & girls) (401) 365Girls Basketball (720) 736Soccer (boys & girls) (403) 407Cross Country (335) 356Softball (494) 472Gymnastics (191) 196Synchronized Swimming (11) 12Nordic Skiing (105) 106Girls Tennis (202) 196Volleyball (693) 647Boys Tennis (175) 169 Boys Swimming (181) 178Track & Field (709) 734Girls Swimming (225) 225Wrestling (108) 107

Boys and girls swimming and tennis are reportedseparately and include coaches that are counted in both.Since their seasons are not at the same time our new systemcounts coaches in each of their seasons.

This report indicates that there are active life membersthat are forgetting to renew their sport association dues andinsurance coverage.

The large decrease is a clean-up process. We receivedmany contacts this year from spouses of deceased coaches.Some out of state addresses are no longer correct and wereeliminated by Forum Printing as “not valid”. This happens inSeptember of every year.

within your sport associations. Consider accepting a positionas a section rep. Consider serving as one to the associationsofficers. Consider volunteering to help with clinics. Look atthese options as opportunities. I would also invite you toconsider serving as a delegate to the MSHSCA DelegateAssembly. It meets twice a year and is the legislative arm ofour Association where concerns and requests are broughtforward to be discussed and acted on by the DelegateAssembly.

I also believe that it is important for every member of theMSHSCA to take the time to reflect on the profession ofcoaching. Look back on how it was and look at today andthe challenges we are all facing. As I mentioned earlier inthis article nothing ever stays the same. One of the concernsI have is the growth of Club Teams, AAU teams, SportsAcademies and certainly the Junior Hockey Leagues. Thereare almost no sports that are not impacted or will soon beimpacted by the drain of our most talented athletes to teamsoutside the high school arena. We all need to take the time tounderstand how this is going to impact our high schoolathletes in the future. High School athletics is an experiencethat has been a very important experience in the lives ofthousands and thousands of high school students. We all needto stand up for the importance of high school sportsopportunities and ensure that the great opportunities we haveall enjoyed and current high school athletes are enjoying willalways be there for those who follow. Remember - WE ARETHE MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL COACHESASSOCIATION.

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DESIGNATED MEMBER OFPARTICULAR SPORT

ASSOCIATIONS AND ARENOT NECESSARILY THEFEELINGS OF OTHER

SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS, THEMSHSCA OR THE EDITOR.

It’s been a hot, steamy start for the fall sports andbeginning of a new school year. Growing up in Iowa, I usedto love this kind of weather. Now, I long for the 40-degreespring days on the softball field. It is surely going to cool offand I look forward to watching all the student/athletesperform in their fall and winter activities.

Congratulations to the 2013 MNHSSCA Hall of Famecandidates who were inducted June 9 at the Senior All-Starbanquet. The careers and accomplishments of coach BobHorner, St. Paul Johnson; Coach Mary Beth Holmberg,Morris Area were celebrated along with players BrianaHassett, Eastview; Heidi Carls, Minnewaska Area; Kim Ibs,Buffalo; and Laura Medved, Totino Grace.

The Senior All-Star Series was again a very fun andexciting event as we honored the best 72 senior softballplayers from around the state. The event was held SundayJune 9 at Caswell Park in North Mankato.

Congratulations to the Elk River Elks head coach StaceySheetz, staff and players for winning the Class AAA statetitle. Congratulations to New Ulm Eagles head coach KristiAndersen-Loose, staff and players for winning the Class AAstate title. Congratulations to the Blooming Prairie AwesomeBlossoms head coach Alison Mach, staff and players forwinning the Class A state title.

It was another enjoyable tournament for players and fansalike as 33 games were played over two days. With as manyas six ball games going on at any given time you really hadto have your head on a swivel to take it all in. I know I spentover 20 hours at beautiful Caswell Park in North Mankatowatching the games. While there were some strong pitchingperformances, overall I thought the batters had the upper handas the clutch hitting, well-placed bunts and power hitting tookover several games. There was one defensive performance,however, that those in attendance will be talking about as longas the game of softball is played in the state of Minnesota.Elk River Freshman outfielder Jayme Langbehn captured thenational spotlight after she stole two game-winning PriorLake home runs in the Class AAA championship game. Shewould also score her team’s game-winning run in the top ofthe eighth inning. Langbehn’s first game-saving catch camein the bottom of the sixth inning, with the game tied 3-3. Witheach team going scoreless in the seventh inning, the game

went to extra innings. In the top of the eighth inningLangbehn beat a laser throw to the plate to score the Elks go-ahead run. As if that wasn’t enough, Langbehn snagged asecond would-be home run driven deep to center fieldpreserving the win and championship for the Elks over PriorLake. AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING! Later thatFriday night, the young centerfielder’s accomplishments wereselected for ESPN’s Top Ten Plays of the Day. Yahoo Sportslater picked up the story and Jayme was highlighted in thePrep Spotlight in Sports Illustrated. Congratulations, Jayme!You really rose to the occasion when needed the most.

The proposal for a four-class system in softball has beengiven to the MSHSL and will be discussed at their Octobermeeting. Be on the lookout for more information on that in anupcoming issue of Prep Coach.

Remember to make a positive difference in a child’s lifethis school year. Sometimes, unfortunately, we’re the onlyones they that will.


DiamondCuts

By: Terry SadlerWarroad

Hello Members-

Hope this finds your school year off to a great start. TheBoard just completed our August Retreat and have manygoals to focus on for the year. They are as follows:1) footballscheduling; 2) placement of schools based on a “successfactor;” 3) home school student eligibility; 4) Bylaw 208-Nonschool Competition and Training review; 5) educationalinitiatives for administrators, coaches and officials; 6) classesfor activities and placement; 7) licensure of coaches; and 8)development of a policy for transgender athletes.

At the Board meeting Board Member Bob Grey ofMontivedo offered a Reflection that included a poem he hashad for a while that reads:

“Just a Little Boy” and reads(I too have heard it as“Just a little girl”)He stands at the plate with his heart pounding fast.The bases are loaded. The die has been cast.Mom and Dad cannot help him. He stands all alone.A hit at this moment would send his team home.The ball nears the plate. He swings and misses.

MSHSL BOARD OFDIRECTOR’S REPORT

By: Shelly HotzlerJackson County Central


After the Game Bring Your Team to


The start of another season is upon us; as I write this, weare adjusting to the hottest week of the summer- it shouldmake for an interesting first weekend of racing. It was goodto see many of you at the Summer Clinic! Thank you toKevin Moorhead for another fine job and excellent speakers.We have a new website for the association,www.mnccca.com; we want this website to become thecentral hub for Minnesota High School Cross Country. It isour hope to develop it into a fully interactive site, pleasedirect meet managers/hosts to send me race results, so thatwe can post them for everyone. Also, feel free to send meanything of interest you think may benefit our association.There is a contact e-mail on the site; you can also send meitems through my school or personal websites:

[email protected]

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There are a number of items we are looking to address forour sport:

This is the 100th anniversary for the Minnesota State HighSchool League- we are developing plans to honor andhighlight the history of Cross Country at the State Meet.

We continue to examine the question of increasing thewomen’s race from 4K to 5K, at this point collecting databased on your questions and concerns, as well as monitoringthe actions of other states running less than 5K in races.

We are working on the best method for passing a proposalthat will increase the medals given out at the State Meet.

We are examining the possibility of changing to a threeclass system. Initially we need to address how to maintainthe level of participating schools to meet the three classrequirement; then we will address State Meet Qualifiers.

With all of these items, your input will be invaluable.Please make sure you are receiving e-mail communicationsfrom the Association; if not send me a short e-mail and wewill get you on our distribution list.

Finally, please encourage your assistant coaches to jointhe organization. In addition to the protection they receive,we want to be able to recognize them for their hard work andinfluence on the lives of our athletes. We have too fewcandidates for Section and State Assistant Coach of the Yearawards; in fact many of our sections to not give out theaward. We need to improve our appreciation and recognitionof our assistants- thank you for your help!

Good luck with your season, stay cool and keep hydrated!

Over Hilland DaleBy: Thomas Sharp

Eastview High School

There’s a groan from the crowd with some boos andhisses.A thoughtless voice cries, “Strike out the bum.”Tears fill his eyes. The game’s no longer fun.Remember, he’s just a little boy who stands all alone.So, open your heart and give him a break.For it’s moments like this a man you can make.Keep this in mind when you hear someone forget.He’s just a little boy and not a man yet.

Often in our society of competition with youth athleticswe forget that they are Just little boys and girls..not quite anadult yet!

I also had the privilege of attending the “Why we coachconference” held at Bethel University on August 1st. What anamazing experience. Our staff at the MSHSL are right ontarget with the message they are sending with the newcoaches education piece. I thought the message that keyspeaker Dr. Jeff Duke from the University of Central Floridawas great. He spoke about How do we define success? Anda goal of our coaching may be to help athletes gain masteryover their emotions so they can help rather then hurt theircompetitive performance…powerful message!

Other speakers included Willow Sweeny and Tom Codywith the Top 20 Trainings. Again some more greatinformation! We also took time in breakout sessions toreview the new coaches education curriculum. All in all agreat day of learning!!

Looking forward to serving you another year!

“Failing to prepare

is preparing to fail.”

- Wayne Gretzky


Welcome to the 2013-14 season. The summerdevelopment programs have ended, schools are open and fallleagues have begun.

Once again, for the third consecutive year, the MinnesotaHockey Coaches Association will hold its annual meeting andworkshop in Duluth, Oct. 25-26. The Radisson Hotel DuluthHarborview will host the event in conjunction with theUniversity of Minnesota-Duluth, which hosts the Universityof Notre Dame in a weekend series at Amsoil Arena.

Coaches from both UMD and Notre Dame will speak andmake presentations at this year’s event. The lineup will alsoinclude several other coaches from the high school ranks aswell as coaches from other area college coaches.

Coaches wishing to reserve a hotel room at the Radissonat the MHCA group rate of must make reservations by Oct.1. We will soon have an online registration set up on theMCHA web site as well.

An ad with more information regarding registration andaccommodations is included with this issue of Ice Chips aswell as in Let’s Play Hockey.

Key dates for the upcoming season:

Rules Meetings: Begin on October 21, 2013 and must becompleted by November 12, 2013

Start of Practice: November 11, 2013

First Available Contest Date: November 21, 2013

Maximum number of Contests: 25

Deadline to complete the Eligibility Verification Form:November 22, 2013

Sub-Sections begin: The week of February 15, 2014

Deadline to certify rosters, schedule, photos, etc. forthe State Program: February 25, 2014

Last Day to hold Section Tournaments: February 28,2014

Deadline to certify team stats:March 2, 2014

The MHCA is not only an association of coaches, it offerssupport and resources for all of its members and it is hopedthat all high school coaches can make use of what theorganization has to offer.

Best wishes to everyone and we hope to see all of you inDuluth, Oct. 27-28.

Ice ChipsBy: Craig Roberts

MHCA Director of CommunicationsBenilde-St. Margaret’s School

2013 MHCA Fall Clinic

Duluth, MN

Dates: October 25th and 26th

Site: Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center (DECC)

350 Harbor Dr. Duluth, MN

Friday, 25th 8:00am � 9:00pm registration

Friday, 25th 9:00am � 5:00pm Clinic Saturday 26th 8:30am � 3:00pm Clinic

Register at

October 25th and 26thSite: Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center

(DECC), 350 Harbor Dr. • Duluth, MN

Friday, 25th 8:00am – 9:00pm registrationFriday, 25th 9:00am – 5:00pm Clinic Saturday

26th 8:30am – 3:00pm Clinic

Register athttp://mnhockeycoach.sportngin.com

$65.00 Online Registration$70.00 Door Registration

Hotel: Radisson Hotel505 West Superior St.218-727-8981

*Book by 10/7/13 for MHCA rate!

Contact Mike Taylor for more details:[email protected] or

Cell at 952-334-0133

2013 MHCA Fall ClinicDuluth, MN

Delegates,

The National Federation of State High SchoolAssociations recently report that for the 24th consecutive yearhigh school athletics participation increased in the UnitedStates. With your help, a lot of great things have happenedin the past year to increase the support provided to coaches.Billy Graham once said that a coach could impact more livesin a year than most can in a lifetime. He then asked theimportant question, “Who is coaching the coach?”

This summer the Minnesota State High School CoachesAssociation partnered with the Minnesota InterscholasticAthletic Administrators Association and the Minnesota StateHigh School League to host the WHY WE PLAY coaches’conference at Bethel University and Grand Rapids HighSchool. It was great to see over seven hundred coaches fromacross the state talk about the purpose of educational athleticsand further our skills as high school coaches. Although theconference was only a one-day event for participants, it beganwhat should be a career-long process for all of us:understanding our purpose as transformational coaches andbeing intentional in our efforts to build strong relationshipsand make a positive difference in young people’s lives. Thisunique journey for each of us starts with identifying ourpurpose.

As a result of our association’s efforts, one simple, yetpowerful, sentence was added to state law this past year toprotect coaches. As of July 1st, 2013 “The existence of parentcomplaints must not be the sole reason for a board to notrenew a coaching contract.” The vast majority of parents areour allies who lend us their most prized position each day sowe can coach and kids can play. However, we have also seenthe unfortunate side of parental pressures and expectationson coaches. While the greatest power of the new billprotecting coaches may be symbolic, it sends a powerfulmessage that we must be able to coach our student-athleteswithout the fear of losing our jobs due to a parent being upsetabout game strategy, positions played, or playing time.

As delegates of the Minnesota State High School CoachesAssociation, it is our job to support coaches andcommunication is a key part of this effort. Please let thecoaches in your sport and school know the many benefits ofmembership and the good things our association is doing forcoaches. With your help, we will continue to work hard tocreate a culture promoting the value of participation in highschool athletics and promote high school coaches in

Minnesota.

Finally, congratulations are in order to Tink Larson ofWaseca who will receive this year’s Steve Kerzie Award atour fall Hall of Fame banquet. The Steve Kerzie Award isgiven to recognize and acknowledge delegate service to ourassociation; Tink is a great choice as this year’s recipient.Tink has been a delegate so long, he cannot even rememberhow long it has been! Congratulations, Tink.

Have a great fall season!

COACHES CARINGPROGRAM

Do you know of a Minnesota highschool coach who is facing acatastrophe and could use somefinancial assistance?

You can nominate a coach for a$100.00 Coaches Caring assistancedonation by emailing your nominationto Rick Ringeisen at [email protected]

When you nominate a coach for aCoaches Caring assistance donation,remember to provide backgroundinformation for the committee toreview.

Please note: A limited number ofCoaches Caring Program assistancepayments will be issued each yeardepending upon the amount ofdonations made by coaches associationmembers.


11MINNESOTA PREP COACH

By: Tom VanErp, President Elect, Wadena-Deer Creek HS

Delegates Corner


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August 1, 2013 - August 1, 2014

“Don’t let winning make you soft.

Don’t let losing make you quit.

Don’t let your teammates down in any situation.”

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Have YouMoved orChangedYourEmail?

MSHSCAIf you know of a member

who has moved or is notreceiving their Prep Coach,please ask them to notify us.Send change of addresses to John and Mary Erickson, POBox 519, Detroit Lakes, MN 56502, or email us [email protected] It is equally important for us to havecurrent email addresses. Our webmaster will send noticesand updates. Please notify us ASAP if there is a change.There are several life and retired life members that we do nothave current addresses for. We do appreciate the help inupdating these addresses so that all members get their PrepCoach and other mailings from the office of the MSHSCA.

Minnesota State High School Coaches Association, Inc.Executive Committee Liaison Assignments

2013-2014

John Wagner B/G Soccer B Swimming BaseballPast President G Swimming Wrestling B Hockey

Tom Van Erp Football G Basketball G/B GolfPresident Adapted Athletics Gymnastics

Troy Urdahl B/G Cross Country Nordic Skiing B TennisPresident Elect G Tennis Alpine Skiing B/G Track

Rob Nielsen Volleyball Synch. Swimming SoftballVice President B Basketball B/G Lacrosse

Sports Associations: If you need assistance from the MSHSCA for any reason, please contact your Liasion person listed above.

Life and RetiredLife Members

We would like to have all life and retired lifemembers contact us if there has been anychange in your address recently. It is importantto let us know if you are receiving your PrepCoach. If you have access to email, we wouldlike to have you email us at the followingaddress [email protected] or you may dropus a note to MSHSCA, PO Box 519, DetroitLakes, MN 56502. We are trying to do a betterjob of keeping the files updated and your help ismuch appreciated.

Need new Life Card?Please send the life card you currently have tothe MSHSCA address (above) and we will senda replacement.

The baseball season has come andgone, one that will stick in all of ourmemories for quite a while. As a newschool year begins, it will not be thatlong and our athletes will be hitting andthrowing, getting themselves ready forthe 2014 season. As we all reflect backon the season that was, it is important torecognize the many positives thathappened along the way. Additionally, Iwould like to provide you with someupdates from the association and offersome reminders as the off season kicksinto high gear.

First of all, congratulations to the2013 State Champions: BOLD in ClassA, Kasson-Mantorville in AA, andMounds View in Class AAA.Congratulations to all players, coaches,schools, and communities. All of thestate champions were crowned at TargetField and we would like to thank theMinnesota Twins for the use of TargetField and to Kevin Merkle (MSHSL)for his assistance in making this daypossible. This is certainly a lifelongmemory for those teams that were ableto participate in the ChampionshipSeries at Target Field on Monday, June17th. Congratulations also go out to the2013 MSHSBCA players of the year:Logan Shore from Coon Rapids inAAA, Matt Fiedler from St. PaulAcademy in AA, and Mitch Heid fromBrowerville in A.

Another memorable event tocelebrate was the 2013 Play Ball!Minnesota High School Baseball All-Star Series presented by Cambria andB.i.G Athletics that was held in Chaskain June. The South won the tournament,

going 2-1, and Christian Rosenow fromRochester Mayo was the tournamentMVP. This was the association’s firstyear of taking over this tournament andwe would like to thank all that wereinvolved. The association would like tothank Play Ball! Minnesota, Cambria,and BiG Athletics for their support ofthe series and helping to make a lifetimememory for the participants. Thecoaches association was able to donateto multiple causes based on the successof the series. Donations were made toMiracle Fields, ALS, MDA, and moneywas set aside for Coaches Caring forCoaches. For further information andgames summaries of the 2013 All-StarSeries, please visit our websitewww.mshsbca.org and click on the MNAll-Star Series tab.

The annual MSHSBCA JuniorShowcase was a great success as wellthis year. There were 150 players fromborder to border represented. Over 80coaches and scouts were there toevaluate our state talent. There weresome format changes this year that wentreally well; including live battingpractice thrown to all 150 players.Thank you to Minnetonka for the use oftheir great facility and to all the coacheswho helped out to make this event runso smoothly.

The annual fall clinic is right aroundthe corner. Former Minnesota Twinspitcher Frank Viola will be one of thefeatured speakers. Joining Frank Violawill be Tim Tschida, Rob Fornasiere,Lunch McKenzie, Jim Dimick, DeanBowyer, Dennis Denning, Gary Grob,John Mallee, Mark Fuller, and MartyPaulson. The clinic will be held at theRamada Plaza in Minneapolis(sameplace as last year) October 25th to 27th.Please share the information with yourstaff and bring them along to the clinic.The annual coaches social will takeplace after the Friday night sessions at8:00 p.m.. We will hold our annualcoaches meeting at 8:00 a.m. on

Saturday, October 26th.

On Saturday night, October 26th at7:00 p.m. at the Ramada Plaza, we willwelcome a new class to the MinnesotaState High School Baseball CoachesAssociation Hall of Fame and alsohonor our association award winners.The 2013 class includes: John Anderson(U of M), Wayne Dietz of Woodbury,Bucky Kendig from St. Bernard’s, TarryBoelter of Murray County, DougHudson of Rochester Lourdes, JimErzar of Deer River, Joe Schleper ofShakopee, and Jim Colletti of Irondale.At this banquet we will also recognizethe following award winners: DickSiebert Award - Jim O’Neill of Cretin-Derham Hall, Angelo Guiliani Award -Bill Peterson, Jim Dimick RetiredCoach of the Year - Mike Halloranfrom Eden Prairie and Bob Sadek fromEagan, Coaches of the Year - Jon Nussfrom Mounds View in Class AAA, BrocThreinen from Kasson-Mantorville inClass AA, and Brian Kingery fromBOLD in Class A, Rob FornasiereAssistant Coach of the Year - FabianLuna from RochesterCentury and Randy Hartl from CannonFalls, and Field of Year - Delano HighSchool. Tickets for this event are $25and can be purchased from JohnWilkens. Thank you to John Wilkensand Paul Twenge for all of your workwith our annual clinic.

The national conventions this yearwill be held in Tucson and Dallas. TheBCA will be held in Tucson December5th to December 8th. Craig Andersonfrom Pine Island will be inducted intothe BCA Hall of Fame during thisannual convention. The ABCA will beheld in Dallas January 2nd to January 5th.Tink Larson will be inducted into theABCA Hall of Fame during this annualconvention. Please consider attendingthese annual conventions. There will belocal delegations of coaches attendingeach one to support the Minnesota

DUGOUTCHATTERBy: Todd Smrekar

President - Minnesota State High SchoolBaseball Coaches AssociationCambridge-Isanti High School





2013 Minnesota Baseball Coaches Clinic Co-Sponsored by the MINNESOTA HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION

October 25, 2013 Friday Registration from 4:30-5:30 Session I starts at 5:30

October 26, 2013 Saturday Registration continues at 7:30am

High School Coaches Meeting at 8:00am

Session 4 starts at 9:45 with other sessions following

October 27, 2013 Sunday 9:15am – 12:00pm

SITE: Ramada Plaza Hotel Same location as last year.

1330 Industrial Blvd Minneapolis, MN Phone (612) 331-1900 Toll Free (877) 774-4315

SPEAKERS: ***Confirmed

Frank "Sweet Music" Viola-Former Twin, Cy Young Winner in 1988, CurrentlyClass A Pitching Coach of Mets John Mallee-Current Hitting Coach of the Houston Astros Tim Tschida-Former Major League Umpire Rob Fornasiere-Universityof Minnesota Mark McKenzie-Concordia University Mark Fuller-Cumberlin High School inWisc/Marty Paulson-Fond Dulac HS Panel of Jim Dimick-St.Olaf College, Dennis Denning-St. Thomas University and Cretin-Derham Hall, Gary Grob-Winona State University

. Cost of the Clinic: $65Pre-Registration (received by October 21, 2013) No refunds!! $75 at the door Hotel Rooms: You must make your own reservations and make sure you mention the baseball clinic and

special room rate. A single or double room will run $87 plus tax. Make reservations by October 11 , 2013. Requests will be accepted on space availability and room rate availability.

Clinic Features: Coaches handouts-on website MSHSBCA.org; free soda product; door prizes for everyone . T-Shirt; exhibitors; clinic notebook; FCA breakfast to those who sign-up; social hour on Friday after last session (beverage and chips); and free parking. Clinic schedule/speakers outlines available on MSHSBCA.org.

**Your early registration is appreciated and helpful. Bring your staff with you. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Please fill out and mail in with your payment

Name: ____________________________________________ Phone (Home): __________________________________

School or Organization: ______________________________________________________________________________

Home Address_________________________________________________________

Email Address ________________________________________________________________________________

Make checks payable to MSHSBCA($65 Pre-Registration or $75 at door). Mail the checks to: John Wilkens – P.O. Box 203, St. Michael, MN 55376. Email [email protected] to check on if registration has been received. You won't be notified. T-Shirt Size-Circle M L XL XXL XXXL Please make sure to circle size Do you plan on attending the FCA Breakfast on Sunday morning (Oct. 27) at 7:30 AM? We have to pay for all meals ordered. Coaches who would like to bring wives or children may do so. Just include that number at bottom of the sheet. Do you plan on attending the FCA Breakfast? Yes_______ No_______

MN Baseball Coaches Clinic Schedule on Page 17

coaching legends going into these national Halls of Fame.These are also great opportunities to network with othercoaches and learn from some of the best in our game.

The Advisory Board has been working on a coupledifferent initiatives based on the feedback from themembership. The first initiative being pursued is increasingour official roster size from 18 to 20. What we faced in 2013with our condensed schedules, it is a good time to talk to yourathletic director to let them know your feelings about this.We hope for a decision on this in October and hopefully ourrosters will be expanded to 20 in 2014. Additionally, issuesdealing with arm safety and the DH/pitching rule. Let yourvoice and opinion be heard. The Advisory Board will alsobe working on a four class proposal. More information willbe provided at the fall clinic about this process. Pleasecontact one of the advisory board members with feedback,questions, or other suggestions.

Finally, you are encouraged to look at the Minnesota StateHigh School Baseball records that have been compiled byTink Larson under the records tab on www.mshsbca.org.. Ifyou have an individual or team record to add to the list, pleasesend that to Tink Larson at [email protected].. Manythanks to Tink for all of his effort and time putting theserecords together; it is truly incredible the amount ofinformation that is available to review.

In preparation for the 2014 season, remember to join thestate coaches association and the baseball coaches associationat the state level. Also, consider membership in one, or bothof the national associations (BCA or ABCA) as well.Additionally, talk to your athletic director about your feelingstoward initiatives being pursued at the Minnesota HighSchool League by the Advisory Board on your behalf. Wehave to promote our game and what is in the best interest ofour student/athletes!

For updates and other information from the association,we will continue to send out e-mails as needed. We also havea social media presence now as well, you can follow us onTwitter @mshsbca, find us on Facebook (Minnesota StateHigh School Baseball Coaches Association), and continue tocheck for updated information and the Fall 2013newsletter(click on news tab) on our website;www.mshsbca.org. As we all put our fields to bed for theyear and reflect back on the year that was, please rememberthere are plenty of things to celebrate in our great sport andin our great state. See you at the Fall Clinic!


USE YOURMEMBERSHIP CARD

MINNESOTASTATE HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION

__________________________________________A member of the coaching profession

for 25 years or more_____________

Date Issued_____________

Executive Director

LIFE MEMBERSHIP

Have your new card for fall sporting events. The possession of the MSHSCA membership card is a

privilege extended to paid up members of the MSHSCA.The use of the MSHSCA card to gain admission to regularseason high school events and some college events iscontrolled by the school at which the card is used to gainadmission. There is a variety of policies that schools followin regards to allowing admission with the card. TheMSHSCA is not empowered to dictate to the schools whatthe school policy should be in terms of accepting theMSHSCA card or the number that will be admitted witheach card. A letter is sent to the Activity Directors of allschools in July and all schools are asked to inform us if theirschool would not accept the card. It has also been broughtto our attention over the past that some private venues donot accept the card for admission and this is especially truefor hockey schools using private venues for their contests. Park Center does NOT accept Membership Cards for

admission.

Your 2013-2014 Membership & InsuranceExpires July 31st.

2013-2014 Membership CardMinnesota State High School Coaches Association

John Erickson, Director, Detroit LakesPhone: (218) 847-6796 • Email: [email protected]

Website: www.mshsca.orgPresident, Tom Van Erp - Wadena Deer Creek

John DoeWadena-Deer Creek HS

Asst. FootballHead WrestlingAsst. B/G Track

The card is white with Dark Blue Ink for the year 2013-2014.

Dugout Chatter . . . continued from page 14

Friday – October 25th:

4:45 pm Registration/VisitExhibitors

5:30-6:15 pm Frank Viola, FormerMinnesota Twin-Pitching I

6:35-7:20 pm John Mallee-HittingCoach for the HoustonAstros-Hitting I

7:45-8:30 pm Mark McKenzie, HeadBaseball Coach,Concordia University—Teaching Fundamentalsof Baseball

8:30pm -???? Coaches Mixer

Saturday – October 26th:

7:30 am Registration/VisitExhibitors

7:30-9:15 am MSHSBCA Meeting

9:30-10:15 am Frank Viola, FormerMinnesota Twin-Pitching-II!

10:35-11:25 am Mark Fuller,Cumberland H.S. &Marty Paulson, FondDulac H.S.-“Making ADifference w/OutfieldPlay”

11:45-12:30 pm Rob Fornasiere,Associate Head CoachUniversity ofMinnesota—

Infield Play

12:30-2 pm Lunch Break

2-2:45 pm Frank Viola, FormerMinnesota Twin-Pitching-III

3:05-3:50 pm John Mallee-HittingCoach for the HoustonAstros-Hitting II

4:10-4:55 pm Q & A with Legend’s ofMinnesota Coaching-Jim Dimick, St. OlafCollege; DennisDenning, Cretin-Derham Hall HighSchool/St. ThomasUniversity; Gary Grob,Winona StateUniversity”

7-9 pm Hall of Fame/AwardsDinner

Sunday – October 27th:

7:30-8:45 am FCA Breakfast9-9:45 am John Mallee-Hitting

Coach for the HoustonAstros-Hitting III

10:05-10:50 am Q & A with Tim Tschida“Major LeagueUmpiring-What akick!!”

10:50-11:40am Mark Fuller,Cumberland H.S. &Marty Paulson, ???H.S.-“Indoor & OutdoorPractice Organization”



Procedure for Online Registration *You do not have to use a credit card to register online!

All memberships run from Aug. 1 to July 31

This corresponds to the school year NOT the calendar year.

1.To begin, go to www.mshsca.org. 2. Use the link for 2013-14 membership.

3. Use the right hand side to join for the new members.

Use left hand side for returning members.

4. Login is your email address and your password is zzz if you

did not change it last year.

5. Follow the steps to join, on page 3, you will have to choose at

least one sport association to support.

6. On the last page, you will have a chance to choose your

method of payment. (check, money order OR credit card)

7. Click finish to have the printable copy appear.

8. Print your receipt before you click continue.

9. The receipt can be for your business office if the school is

paying with one check.

10. The last step is to click continue and that will take you back

to the login page.

Please note: if you choose to pay by check or money order, your card will be sent when

payment is received.

Questions???? Please call 218-847-6796 or email [email protected] with questions

Please do not hesitate to call, we work out of our home and should be

home most of the time to answer your questions.

Thank you for using our online system, John and Mary Erickson

SCHEDULE FOR 2013 MSHSBCA COACHES CLINIC


Minnesota State HighMinnesota State HighSchool CoachesSchool Coaches

AssociationAssociation

HALL OFHALL OFFAMEFAME

CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION OF CANDIDATES

1. Individuals selected asnominees must haveshown a deep sense ofresponsibility in themanner in which theyconducted themselvesas coaches, anddemonstrated adedication to thehighest ideals ofc o m p e t i t i v einterscholastic athletics.

2. Of equal importance isthe manner in whichthey conducted theirprograms, that they bemost beneficial to theirplayers, their schools,and their communities,always reflecting apositive image ofinterscholastic athleticsand/or coaches.

3. They shall havedemonstrated thecharacteristics ofleadership, the ability tomotivate and inspire,and to guide andcounsel young athletes.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

1. Nominees must havebeen active incoaching and/orathletic administrationfor a minimum of 25years.

2. Nominees must be alife member of theMSHSCA.

SEND NOMINATIONS TO:Jim Baker

8185 E. Courthouse Blvd. Ct.Inner Grove Heights, MN 55076

Email: [email protected]

MINNESOTA STATE COACHES ASSOCIATION

HALL OF FAME NOMINATING FORM

Name:________________________________________________________________________________________Last First Middle

Address: _______________________________________________ City: ___________________ Zip: ____________Birthdate: _________________ Single: __________ Married: __________ Phone #: ________________________Deceased: _________________ Spouse’s Name: _____________________________________________________Children and Ages: ______________________________________________________________________________

Nominating Person or Group: ______________________________________________________________________Rationale for Nominations: ________________________________________________________________________

Personal History: Hometown: ___________________________________________________________________College: ___________________________________________________ Year:______________College Honors: ________________________________________________________________

Coaching History: (Sports-School & Years): _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Coach Awards, Honors & Highlights: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Are you currently an inductee to a Sport Associaiton? If yes, please list: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Present Status: _________________________ Organizations & Honors (other than coaching): ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Coaches Association involvement & Present Status: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Please list Other Highlights & Experiences: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________School(s) to be used on Award:___________________________________________________________________Nominated by: ________________________________________________________ Date: ____________________

MORE HALL OF FAME NOMINEES ARE REQUESTED.THERE ARE A LOT OF DESERVING COACHES THAT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED!!



COACHES BILL OF RIGHTSPASSED BY MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE

• Anoka Ramsey

Community College (Coon Rapids MN )

• Augsburg College (Minneapolis MN )

• Bemidji State University ( Bemidji MN )

(not hockey or playoffs)

• Bethany Lutheran College ( Mankato MN )

• Bethel University ( St Paul MN )

• Carleton College ( Northfield MN )

• Central Lakes College ( Brainerd MN )

• Century College ( White Bear Lake MN )

• College of St. Benedict ( St Joseph MN )

• Concordia College ( Moorhead MN )

• Concordia University ( St Paul MN )

• MN State Comm. & Tech College ( Fergus Falls MN )

• Gustavus Adolphus College ( St Peter MN )

• Hamline University ( St Paul MN )

• Hibbing Community College ( Hibbing MN )

• Itasca Community College ( Grand Rapids MN )

• Macalester College ( St. Paul MN )

• Martin Luther College ( New Ulm MN )

• Mesabi Community College ( Virginia MN )

• Minnesota State University Mankato ( Mankato, MN )

(Call ahead for DL Hockey)

• Minnesota State

University - Moorhead ( Moorhead MN )

• MN West Technical and

Community College ( Worthington MN )

• Northland

Community College ( Thief River Falls MN )

• North Central University ( Minneapolis )

• University of Northwestern (St Paul MN)

• Ridgewater Community College ( Willmar MN )

• Riverland Community College (Austin MN)

• Rochester Community College ( Rochester MN )

• Southwest MN State University ( Marshall MN )

• St Cloud State University ( St Cloud MN )

• St Cloud Tech College ( St Cloud MN )

• St John’s University ( Collegeville MN )

• St Olaf College ( Northfield MN )

• U of MN - Crookston ( Crookston MN )

• U of MN - Duluth * ( Duluth MN )

Men’s Hockey on Availability

• U of Mn - Morris ( Morris MN )

• University of St Thomas ( St Paul MN )

• Vermilion Community College (Ely MN)

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*1. MSHSCA Complimentary passes may not be available for all games. 2. MSHSCA Complimentary passes are not available for post season/play off games.3. MSHSCA Card must be presented in person by the card holder along with a photo I.D.at the UMD ticket window. 4. Additional tickets can be purchased to accompany your complimentary admission. You must notify the UND ticket office of your desire to purchase at the time you call for your complimentary admission.5. UMD reserves the right to deny complimentary admissions at their discretion for any reason. 6. The number to call for UND tickets is 218-726-8595 by 4:00 the Thursday before a weekend event or by 2:00 the day of a weekday event. 7. Complimentary passes are not available for Division I Hockey at Bemidji.


The importance of a close working relationship between college and university coaches and high school coaches in Minnesota remains obvious as institutions ofhigher learning have opted to continue with the Associate Membership Package offered by the MSHSCA during the 2012-2013 school year.

As part of the arrangement, college coaches can use the MSHSCA membership card to obtain admission to high school events and in turn the high school coach canuse the card to attend college most college games. Restrictions apply for college and high school playoff and post season tournament games.

As

the 2013 season is getting under way, I hope this finds you

and your team healthy in mind and body. The MNVBCA had

a successful summer hosting the 34th annual Coaches’ Clinic

at St. Michael Albertville High School. STMA Head coach

Ryan Dehnel, his staff and the STMA staff went above and

beyond to ensure things went off without a hitch. The All Star

Match was well attended and the all stars stole the show with

competitive volleyball. Congratulations to all of them as they

are now embarking on their first year of college.

The 2013 All State nominations were taken online

through September 6th at 11:59 p.m. You were able to

nominate up to five players and should have received email

confirmation within 48 hours of submission. The next

deadline is to submit statistics by October 21st. At that time

you may submit statistics for up to three of your athletes who

were originally nominated by September 6th. Statistical

definitions and averages for all-state level players can be

found online. If you have any questions, contact your section

representative.

All State Academic Awards can be submitted online again

this year. The deadline to submit for individual and team

awards is October 21st. An email will go out from your

section rep letting you know when the online form is

available. Be sure to take time to honor your deserving

student athletes for this award. Please note that the head

coach must be a member of the MN High School Coaches

Association in order for coaches, their staff or their players to

receive any of these awards. The deadline to register

is October 1st for volleyball. If you haven’t already joined,

sign up today to be a member and find out all the other

benefits of belonging to this community of dedicated

professionals like you.

Finally, I believe that luck happens

where opportunity meets preparation.

Therefore, I wish you all good luck this

season. See you in the gym!


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By: Celeste GormanBlaine H.S.

Dig This

"Ignorance Is

Not Bliss--

Ignorance Is

Ignorance"

- Unknown

Dear Coaches;

Welcome back to school! Where did thesummer go? It seems as fewer children live at my

house, and those left are working and playing on their ownthat there should be more time! It just never seems to workout that way. Hopefully all of you are excited for theupcoming season and ready to inspire a new group of youngathletes.

The clinic committee met in July and is finalizing plansfor the fall clinic. The clinic will be held on Oct. 3 and 4 atPark High School in Cottage Grove. There have been manyrequests to repeat a format where our own coaches share theirknowledge, skills and drills. So...that is the plan. Throughvolunteers and nominations, we have assembled a number ofour own members to lead sessions at the clinic. There will beintroductory and advance sessions for floor and bars as wellas separate vault sessions for flipping and twisting. A generalsession with meet organization as well as an all level beamsession are on the agenda. Thursday night, we will kick offthe gathering with a presentation from Top 20. Please planon registering early as that helps us plan for t- shirts, foodand binders.

Remember to check your coaches clip board for upcomingtrainings and requirements. All members of coaching staffsneed to have a clipboard and current concussion training. Allhigh school (10-12) coaches must complete the online rulemeeting segment. It is not a bad thing for other members ofyour staff to complete the rules meeting. It is free and helpscoaches see their coaching through the eyes of a judge.

When you are at the MN State High School CoachesAssociation site, take time to fill out the Liberty Mutualsurvey. Our coaches association earns a small stipend foreach member that fills out the questionnaire. There is noobligation to buy anything and our checkbook could use thefunds.

Have a great September, hope to see everyone at Park inOctober.


CHALK TALK

By: LeeAnn SteenMartin City West

Coaches Hall of Fame

As I am working on the 2013 MSHSCA Hall of FameBanquet, I can not help but marvel at the love, time and yeseven their own money tha tall of the coaches have put into ourMinnesota students. Each and every coach deserves thehonors that are bestowed upon them in this tough time ofpleasing the public. I would like to mention the Hall of Fameinductees with their numbers of years of coaching experience:David Barnum - Crookston, 35 years; Bill Baumann - NorthBranch, 34 years; Sandy Boss - Owatonna, 30+ years; MilanMader - Lakeville, 39 years; Matt Shetka - New Prague, 28years; Bob Stewart - Moundsview, 46 years. I am getting excited to honor this group of great people and

hope that you, as coaches, will attend to support yourprofession. We need to give one another a hardycongratulations on a “job” well done.The banquet will be held at the Crowne Plaza St Paul

Riverfront Hotel on Saturday, October 12th. Registration andsocial hour will begin at 5:30. Dinner will beserved at 6:30 with the awards program starting atapproximately 7:15 along with your tickets.They do have valet parking at $10.00 and rampparking for $7.00 for the banquet. Tickets are still available at $30.00 before

October 8th by contacting me [email protected] or 651-257-2937 Jim Baker

“I can’t believe God put us on

this earth to be ordinary.”

- Lou Holtz



2013 Fall Gymnastics Coaches Clinic

Thursday Night October 3rd, 2013

Friday October 4th, 2013

2013 Fall Gymnastics Coaches Clinic

Thursday Night October 3rd, 2013

Friday October 4th, 2013

Gymnastics Coaches Save time at the clinic!

All Coaches are encouraged to register for membership and the clinic online at www.mshsca.org

If you are sending one check for your whole staff, that can be done online also.

Each coach enters their information & prints out a receipt to be included with the payment. Login with your email and password from last year’s online registration.

If you mailed in your registration last year, your password is probably zzz. ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************

2013 Gymnastics Clinic Mail In Registration October 3rd & 4th

Park High School, Cottage Grove, MN ALL Coaches attending the gymnastics clinic must be members of MSHSCA

Out of state, college and club coaches can join as associate members

Name__________________________________________________________________ Mailing Address__________________________________________________________ City__________________________________________________State______ Zip_____________ Preferred phone_______________________________________ Preferred E-Mail__________________________________________________________________ High School Where you Coach_______________________________________________________ Competitive Section #_____ A AA # of Years you have coached __________

HEAD COACH Clinic Fee $ 75.00 will be $85 at the door MSHSCA Membership Fee* $ 30.00 Sport Association Fee $10.00

TOTAL $ 115.00 Checks payable to MSHSCA Assistant Coach Clinic Fee $ 75.00 will be $85 at the door MSHSCA Membership Fee* $ 30.00 Sport Association Fee $ 5.00

TOTAL $ 110.00 Checks payable to MSHSCA

Life Member Coach must mail in their registration Clinic Fee $ 75.00 will be $85 at the door MSHSCA Insurance Fee $10.00 Sport Association Fee Head $10. Assistant $5 $______

TOTAL $_______ Checks payable to MSHSCA Out of state, college & club coaches Clinic Fee $ 75.00 will be $85 at the door MSHSCA Membership fee $15.00

TOTAL $ 90.00 Checks payable to MSHSCA Sport Association fee (optional………….. $10 (H) $ 5 (A) _______

Mail to: MSHSCA, PO Box 519, Detroit Lakes, MN 56502

Gymnastics Coaches Save time at the clinic!

All Coaches are encouraged to register for membership and the clinic online at www.mshsca.org

If you are sending one check for your whole staff, that can be done online also.

Each coach enters their information & prints out a receipt to be included with the payment. Login with your email and password from last year’s online registration.

If you mailed in your registration last year, your password is probably zzz. ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************

2013 Gymnastics Clinic Mail In Registration October 3rd & 4th

Park High School, Cottage Grove, MN ALL Coaches attending the gymnastics clinic must be members of MSHSCA

Out of state, college and club coaches can join as associate members

Name__________________________________________________________________ Mailing Address__________________________________________________________ City__________________________________________________State______ Zip_____________ Preferred phone_______________________________________ Preferred E-Mail__________________________________________________________________ High School Where you Coach_______________________________________________________ Competitive Section #_____ A AA # of Years you have coached __________

HEAD COACH Clinic Fee $ 75.00 will be $85 at the door MSHSCA Membership Fee* $ 30.00 Sport Association Fee $10.00

TOTAL $ 115.00 Checks payable to MSHSCA Assistant Coach Clinic Fee $ 75.00 will be $85 at the door MSHSCA Membership Fee* $ 30.00 Sport Association Fee $ 5.00

TOTAL $ 110.00 Checks payable to MSHSCA

Life Member Coach must mail in their registration Clinic Fee $ 75.00 will be $85 at the door MSHSCA Insurance Fee $10.00 Sport Association Fee Head $10. Assistant $5 $______

TOTAL $_______ Checks payable to MSHSCA Out of state, college & club coaches Clinic Fee $ 75.00 will be $85 at the door MSHSCA Membership fee $15.00

TOTAL $ 90.00 Checks payable to MSHSCA Sport Association fee (optional………….. $10 (H) $ 5 (A) _______

Mail to: MSHSCA, PO Box 519, Detroit Lakes, MN 56502 Questions? Call: 218-847-6796 or email: [email protected]


HALL OF FAMEThe annual MSHSCA Hall of Fame Banquet that will be

held at The Crowne Plaza in St Paul on October 12th willfeature six new inductees to the Hall of Fame.

Selected to join the elite members previously inductedinclude Bill Baumann ( North Branch), David Barnum(Crookston), Sandra Boss (Owatonna), Milan Mader (Lakeville), Matthew Shetka ( New Prague) and RobertStewart ( Mounds View ). Those choosing to share theevening with the inductees can find information on times,how to obtain tickets and procedure for room reservations canbe found in a separate blurb located elsewhere in this issue ofthe MN Prep Coach.

Bios and photos are listed alphabetically:

Dave Barnum ( Crookston )

Dave Barnum received his BSdegree from Bemidji State Universityin 1974. He has a Biology major withminors in Earth Science, Drivers Edand Coaching.

In 35 years at Crookston HighSchool, he has taught Life Science,Earth Science, Biology and Drivers Ed.He retired from teaching in 2009.

He was Head Girls Track and Field coach for 35 yearswhich included a two year double up with the boys program.He also was Head Football coach for 18 years and Girls CrossCountry coach for 19 years, two, of which while he wasfootball coach..

Barnum’s coaching success includes 12 sub-section titlesalong with 11 second place finishes.At the next level, histeams were sectional champs nine times with three runner upslots.

The Pirates won the 8A True Team title in 2007 after asecond place finish in 2006. They advanced to the state meetin 2007 and ended up in 8th place.

In 8AA, Crookston was team champions in 1t 1997, 98and 99 with a second in the state meet in 1999.

Dave’s career included 124 first place finishes and 88second places. His athletes were individually highlysuccessful that included 99 state participants in Track and

Field and 35 in Cross Country. Three finished as individualchampions with four ending up second.

His coaching expertise earned him numerous District 31Coach of the Year selections. On eight different years he wasthe Section 8A COTY, Section 8A Cross Country COTYtwice and honored by Section 8A Athletic Directors ninedifferent years.

He has served on numerous committees for both Track andField and Cross County during his career.

He currently is Property Manager of Summerfield PlaceApartments in Park Rapids.

Dave and his wife, Mary Lou have three children — Jason,Dr. Eric and Andy.

Bill Baumann ( North Branch )

Baumann is a graduate of Wasecawhere he participated in basketball,football, baseball and track and field.He earned his undergraduate degree inSocial Science and Coaching from StJohn’s University where he alsoparticipated in basketball and baseball.Bill’s career began in 1974 at VillardHigh School where he was assistant

basketball, head football and head baseball coach.. He wasnamed District Football Coach of the Year in 1977. Hebecame assistant football coach and head basketball coach atNorth Branch High School in 1979 and spent 31 years asleader of the Viking basketball program until he retired in2010. He was coaxed out of retirement in 2012 to becomeassistant coach in the Cambridge-Isanti boys basketballprogram.

Coach Baumann led his North Branch teams to six RumRiver Conference titles. His 1984 and 2001 Viking squadsearned state tournament berths by capturing sectionchampionships. Baumann was named Rum River BasketballCoach of the Year four times and Region/Section Coach ofthe Year five times. He also served as assistant football coachand received the Butch Nash award from the MN FootballCoaches Association in 2004.

Bill received his masters degree from St Cloud State

SIX TO BE INDUCTED TO MSHSCA HALL OF FAME



HALL OF FAMEUniversity in Athletic Administration and during his tenure atNorth Branch he was Athletic Director from 1987 to 1995and was honored as regional AD of the Year in 1991. Heserved on the Region 7AA Committee for eight years actingas chairperson for four of those years. He served as one ofthe first coaches on the MSHSL Sports Medicine AdvisoryCommittee and also was on the MSHSLBasketball AdvisoryCommittee.

In 2001, Baumann was the recipient of the George HaunMemorial Award presented by the MSHSCA. He coached inthe MBCA All Star series in 2001 and was named to theMBCA Hall of Fame in 2010. His services to athletics,students, and community is also demonstrated via hisleadership and participation in several MSHSL, MSHSCAand community iniatives.

Bill and his wife, Carol have two sons Brad and Britt andone granddaughter, Beckett.

Sandra (Benci) Boss ( Owatonna )

A graduate of Sebeka High Schooland the University of Minnesota,Sandra (Benci) Boss began herteaching/coaching career in Owatonnain the 1969-70 school year. She washired to coach the Gymnastics team-the only sport offered for girls - with acoaching salary of $300. The followingyear OHS added several additional

sports opportunities for girls. She began coaching Track andField in the spring. Sandy coached for six years before takingan eight years sabbatical to raise her three daughters. In 1983,she returned to coaching as junior high Track coach. Shereturned to her original coaching assignment as HeadGymnastics coach. She retired from Gymnastics in 2007 andTrack and Field in 2008.

During her career as head Track and Field coach, Sandy’steams finished 3rd (1972), 4th (1973), 5th (1974) and 2nd(1975) in the state tournament. She coached two statechampions — long jump (1973) and high jump (1974). Bothwere state records. Those teams also won three conferencetitles, two District 4 crowns and regional titlists twice.andsection

As head Gymnastics coach, Sandy’s teams won six Big 9

conferee titles, were runners up three times and sectionalsecond place finishers five times. Twelve individualcompeted at the state meet, several girls more than once,including the 1989 floor exercise champion.

In addition to coaching at the varsity level, Sandy wasactive at the youth level coaching and administering lead upprograms for both sports she coached. She was a Gymnasticssection representative to the coaches association for manyyears. She continues to assist with the annual statetournament banquet.

Boss is currently involved with high school schoolathletics as scorekeeper/timer/announcer and game managerfor several OHS sport teams. She works at section meets inCross Country, Track and Field and Gymnastics, as well as,the state tournaments in Gymnastics,Track and Field andVolleyball.

Sandy was inducted to the Gymnastics Coaches Hall ofFame in 1998, In 2009 she received the Kerwin EngelhartAward for her involvement in Section 1AA athletics.

She and her husband, Jeff, reside in Owatonna. They havethree daughters and four grandchildren.

Milan Mader ( Lakeville )

Mader was born in Hodonin, CzechRepublic where he received anequivalent high school and collegeeducation which he eventuallyincreased at the University ofMinnesota after his move from Europeto the United States.

After starting at a small Catholicschool in Crystal, Milan began

coaching high school sports at Cooper High in 1972 asassistant coach for the boys track and field team where hewas responsible for the distance runners. Since that time hehas coached 121 seasons in gymnastics, track and volleyball.114 of these seasons were back to back.

As a gymnastics coach at Cooper and Lakeville his teamsparticipated in 15 state meets and won ten titles. During astretch form 1995 - 2000, his team went undefeated for sixyears winning all dual meets, invitationals and six state



HALL OF FAMEcrowns. The overall dual meet record was 135-0.

As track coach at Cooper, he was privileged to coach twoUSA Olympic athletes — Cindy Seikula and StevePlascensia.

From 1978 until the present he has been both head andassistant track coach where he primarily coaches distancerunners of which, many competed in state meets.

Milan’s volleyball career at a small school in Crystal in1969. From there he served as head coach at both Cooper andLakeville. He coached the sport for 33 years until he retiredat age 73. His teams participated in 15 state volleyballtournaments where ther finished 3rd eight times, second plceon five occasions, one consolation and a state title in 2010.

His volleyball teams won-loss record was 806-239.

He has been inducted into five previous Halls of Fame —Gymnastics Coaches, Volleyball Coaches, U of MGymnastics, Lakeville HS and MSHSL.

Mader claims continuous support from his wife, Mariaand the two children, Milan, Jr and Donna.

Matthew Shetka ( New Prague )

Shetka is a native of St Paul and agraduate of Bemidi State University.

He started his teaching/coachingcareer at New Prague High School in1980 and all told he has coached in 78seasons. This includes 36 years inGymnastics, of which 28 have been ashead coach. He has mentored the GirlsGolf program for 12 years and eight at

the varsity level. His expertise carried over to 9th grade GirlsSoftball (12 years) and Junior High Volleyball for 18 seasons.

His success has been recognized include six sectionCoach of the Year honors and one State Class AA GymnasticCoach of the Year in 1985 and Class A Gymnastics Coach ofthe Year in 2005. Matt was inducted to the GymnasticCoaches Association Hall of Fame in 1999.

Highlights of his career include ten Missota Conferencetitles, 11 sectional titles and a 3rd place state finish, five statesecond places and three state titles in Class AA (1989) andClass A in 2001 and 2003. He is the only coach to have wonstate championships in two classes.

Shetka’s gymnasts have won 27 state medals whichinclude five bronze, eight silver and 14 gold including threeAll Around winners.

The Trojan Girls Golf team have had golfers place in thetop ten on three occasions since 1999.

Matt has been very involved in coaches associationactivity having served as a Classing AA representative formany years. He has been a member of many committeesincluding planing for clinicians which also saw him serve asa clinician. he helped plan the True Team Meet and served ashost for the meet four times

Shetka and his wife, Meg have four children —Daniel(23), Andrew (21), Aaron (18) and Zack (13).

Bob Stewart ( Mounds View )

Bob Stewart graduated from MilacaHigh School in 1954. His mentor, HerbClaffy, was his football and track coach.Bob went on to graduate from

St Cloud State in 1958. In the fall ofthat year he began |teaching History atMounds View High School. After twoyears he transitioned to teachingPhysical Education for the next 33 years.

He started the Cross Country program at Mounds Viewand coached 11 years taking six of his teams to the state meet.He then coached football for the next 32 years. Stewartcoached track for 46 years and was head coach for 22 of thoseyears winning ten conference titles and six section crowns.Fourteen of his athletes went on to be college in track or crosscountry. During those years he led a Fellowship of ChristianAthletes huddle that made a significant impression on hisown for life. After being head track coach for 22 years hecontinued coaching as an assistant for the next 24 years.

He coached every event in track but spent most of his timecoaching the sprints and short relay events. Teaching Phy Edand coaching the backs in football allowed him to encouragethe fast athletes to come out for track.

His final ten years of teaching were primarily elective coedweight training where he would provide opportunities forstudents to improve strength, flexibility and speed. Everystudent had opportunities to have personalized workouts




HALL OF FAMEmixed with periodic testing.

Stewart spoke at many clinics giving his Mounds Viewathletes the chance to demonstrate basic running and jumpingdrills and weight lifting basics.

In 2008 he was honored by having the Mounds View Track

and Field named after him.

Bob threw discus in high school and college and after a50 year hiatus started throwing again in all comers meets andmaster age group competition. His goal is to compete in the2015 National Senior Games to be held at the University ofMinnesota.

1980Art Avis (Hutchinson)Wayne Courtney (Mpls Roosevelt)George Haun (Staples)George “Baldy” Hayes (Blue Earth)Stan Nelson (Anoka)Vern Morrison (St. Cloud Tech)George Rose (St. Paul Como Park)

1981Ove Berven (Austin)Lloyd Holm (St. Louis Park)George Saunders (Pine City)Earle Teas (Pipestone)Clifford Thompson (Eveleth)Herb Wolf (Fairmont)

1982Oscar Almquist (Roseau)William Broekemeier (Cass Lake)Jerry Eckstein (Plainview)William Hanson (Willmar)John Hermes (Fergus Falls)Burt Monson (Mountain Lake)Herman Woock (Crosby-Ironton)

1983Al Halley (Mpls Southwest)A.J. Kramer (Roseau)Ralph Peterson (Plainview)Bob Roy (St Louis Park)Granville Smith (Park of Cottage Grove)Arnold Veglahn (St. James)

1984Verne Hermann (Plainview)R. “Butzie” Maetzvold (Hopkins)Ralph Skay (Theif River Falls)Ab Strommen (St. James)Louis Todnem (Mankato West)

1985Fred Kellett (Brainerd)Steve Kerzie (Gilbert)John Nett (Winona Cotter)Milt Osterberg (Worthington)Rudy Rauker (Warroad)

1986Bruce Frank (LeSueur)Del Mollberg (Detroit Lakes)William Ochs (Bloomington Lincoln)K.T. Smith (Breckenridge)Angelo Taddie (Nashwauk-Keewatin)

1987Duane Baglien (Edina)Chester Bisel (Lynd-Butterfield)Herb Claffy (Milaca)John Rengel (Staples)Dick Seltz (Austin)

1988Art Hass (Austin)Jim Hastings (Duluth Central)Dale Scholl (Redwood Falls)Lloyd Stussy (Wells-Easton)Don Swanson (Mpls Patrick Henry)

1989Jack Conley (Forest Lake)Wayne Dietz (Anoka)Roy Hokkanen (Cotton)Clyde McDonald (St. Paul Harding)

1990Jerry Bernatz (Chatfield)Leo Grossman (Wabasso)Dick Lynch (Silver Bay)Larry Ross (International Falls)Bob Ryan (St. Paul Humboldt)Archie Sailer (Frazee)

1991Ralph Boline (Fosston)Paul Busch (Roseville Area)Harlan Kirkeby (Lewiston)Tom Mahoney (Fairmont)W. “Max” West (Brownton)

1992John Conzemius (Wadena-D.C.)Malcolm “Mac” Dahl (LaCrescent)Les Drechsel (Crookston)Hugo Goehle (Hills-Bvr Creek)Al Wold (Rochester John Marshall)

1993Lloyd Carlson (Win-E-Mac)John Davies (Crosby-Ironton)Don Fox (Austin)Stan Otness (Farmington)Bob Turner (St. Paul Como Pk)

MSHSCA HALL OF FAME

1994Kermit Aase (Brainerd)Willard Ikola (Edina)Angelo Pergol (Cloquet)Ron Raveling (Columbia Hts)Evar Silvernagel (Rochester)

1995Walter Chapman (Mpls Marshall)Bernard Broderick (St. Paul Murray)Kerwin Engelhart (Rochester John Marshall)Tony Thiel (Battle Lake)Dick Lawrence (Eveleth)

1996Malcolm “Mac” Doane (St. Cloud Tech)Chuck Elias (Mpls Central)Jim Gotta (Moorhead)Dave Peterson (Mpls Southwest)Bill Selisker (Crosby-Ironton)

1997Edgar Braun (Norwood-Yng Am)Stave Canakes (Edina)Ron Malcolm (Anoka)Steve Lipp (Breckenridge)Stan Thorton (St. Paul Highland Pk)

1998Lou Cotroneo (St. Paul Johnson)Pete Herges (Albany)Albert “Bud” Higgins (Austin)Ed Prohofsky (Mpls Marshall-U High)Bill Rose (Rothsay)

1999Bill Hare (Greenway of Coleraine)Mike Jerabek (Prior Lake)Pat Lanin (Hopkins)Jerry Snyder (Lake City)Richard Traen (Delano)

2000Noel Bailey (Aitkin)Deryl “Skip” Boyum (Northfield)Darien DeRocher (Foley)Jim Muchlinski (Marshall)Harold “Hal” Schroeder (Blue Earth)

2001Guido Kauls (Minnehaha Acad)Stephen Kjorness (Wstbrk-Wlnt Grove)“Tink” Larson (Waseca)Len Olson (Owatonna)George Thole (Stillwater)

2002Ken Baumann (Mahnomen)Klem Haugen (Austin)Jerry Riewer (Staples-Motley)Grady Rostberg (Hutchinson)Dick Skogg (Duluth East)

2003James Flim (Winona)George Larson (Cambridge)Bob Hoisington (Mpls Central & S.W.)E. James Senske (New Ulm)Dean Taylor (Sartell)

2004Elaine Engle (Wilmar)Bob Streetar (Grand Rapids)Donald Nesheim (St. Peter)Hartvick “Shocky” Strand (Moorhead)Ken Nelson - Sauk Centre

2005Al Bauman (Little Falls)Jerry Daniels (Foston)Elmer Luke (Hopkins)Bill Simpson (Stillwater)Ted Pelzl (NRHEG)

2006Bob Brink (Rocori)Brian Kispert (Richfield)Bill Kroschel (Park)Bob McDonald (Chisholm)

George Sawyer (Wheaton)

2007Art Downey - EdinaGordy Genz - Roseville AreaDennis Ranta - PlainviewLowell Scearcy - BrainerdDel Schiffler - Woodbury

2008Warren Bailey - PipestonePete Beckermann - USCJohn DeLosier - RoseauGary Hokanson - RoseauStuart Nordquist - International FallsElden Sparby - Badger-GreenbushMiddle River

2009Myron J. Glass, Rochester LourdesWyne Heisinger, Heron LakeJerry Peterson, Bloomington KennedyJerry Simpson, WoodburyGlen Thieschafer, MelroseKen VanDenBoom, Caledonia

2010Al Eckman, AustinDebbie Driscoll, MahtomediWarren Keller, ArglyeJim Reinhardt, Rushford-PetersonWalt Weaver, Apple Valley

2011Michael Dreier, New London-SpicerVerdon Hasleit, Elgin-MilvilleDick Norman, Rochester MayoGail Nulech, HibbingChuck Scanlon, Apple Valley

2012Carolyn Hummel, Jackson County CentralDave Hylla, ProctorWilliam Quenette, MoorheadBuz Rumrill, Glencoe-Silver LakeTom Saterdalen, Bloomington JeffersonGary Schuler, Warren


MSHSCA HALL OF FAME . . . continued

MSHSCA GEORGE HAUN AWARD RECIPIENTS1986 Boby Roy - St. Louis Park

Darien DeRocher - Foley

1987 Art Avis - Hutchinson

1988 Tom Mahoney - Fairmont

1989 Bob Ryan - ST. Paul

Humboldt

1990 Lloyd Stussy - Wells-Easton

1991 Steve Kerzie - Gilbert

1992 Jarvis Anderson - Plainview

1993 Ab Strommen - St. James

1994 Malcolm “Mac” Dahl -

LaCrescent

1995 Gordy Genz - Roseville Area

1996 Jim Deane - Osseo

1997 Howard Emerson - Warren

1998 Ken Sagedahl - Murray

County West

1999 Mary DeRocher - Brainerd

2000 Bob Hooper - Detroi tLakes

Chuck Elias - Minneapolis

Don Swanson - Minneapolis

2001 Jeff Pitts - Wells-Easton

Bill Baumann - North Branch

Rick Johnson - Wabasso

2002 Bruce Johnson - Robbinsdale

Armstrong

2003 Jim Baker - Richfield

H.T. Buisman - Aitkin

2004 Jay Johnson - Eden Valley

Watkins

Tim Johnson - Mankato East

2005 Len Olson - Owatonna

Graydon “Soup” Stromme -

Duluth

Don Tangen - Glencoe -

Silver Lake

2006 Dave Halgren - Elk River

Lowell Scearcy - Brainerd

2007 Dave Bauer - Park Center

Dave Hylla - Proctor

2008 Becky Leuer - North Branch

John Eberhart - Pine City

2009 Dennis Kalpin, Alexandrea

Gordon Klomps,

Zumbrota/Mazeppa

2010 Craig Anderson, Pine Island

Art Downey, Edina

2011 Gregory A Juba,

Park/Cottage Grove

Art Downey, Edina

2012 John Schumacher, Park

Rapids



DEAN URDAHL TO RECEIVEHAUN AWARDGeorge Haun was the founding

father of the MSHSCA and wasknown for his leadership skills. It isonly appropriate the this year’srecipient displays the same adeptnessfor leadership.

During the October 12th Hall ofFame Banquet, the MSHSCA willrecognize Dean Urdahl as the 2013 Haun Award recipient.Urdahl has displayed skills as both a coach and a Minnesotalegisilator. He was one of the driving forces that helped passthe MSHSCA Bill of Rights last spring.

Urdahl is a graduate of Litchfield High School and StCloud State University.He taught History for 35 years at NewLondon - Spicer High School.

Dean coached Boys and Girls Cross Country for 29 yearsat New London - Spicer and started the girls program at thatschool. During his tenure, he coached 72 West Central AllConference runners. 14 All State runners, 16 conferencechampionship teams, 17 sub-section titles, eightsection champions and 18 team state meet appearances.

At the state meet, his team’s best finishes were threeconsecutive girls state titles in 2000,2001 and 2002. The girlsalso placed third in 1985 and second in 1997. His highestboys finish was fourth at the state meet.The hallmark of theNL-S teams was consistency and balance.

Urdahl was honored as a Section 6A Girls Cross CountryCoach of the Year and has spoken several times at coachingclinics. He retired from coaching in 2005.

Dean was elected to the Minnesota House ofRepresentatives in 2002. During his years of service he hasmaintained his interest in the coaching profession inMinnesota. This led to two laws passed under Urdahl’sauthorship that impact coaches. The first established aprocess for dismissal by which coaches were given the rightof a hearing and to know the reasons for dismissal. Thesecond law passed in 2013, stipulates that parental complaintsmust not be the sole reason for a Board of Education to notrenew a coaching contract.

He has been chair of the House Legacy Funding Divisionand was instrumental in the passage of the State CapitalPreservation legislation. He is also the author of sevenpublished books dealing with history and biographies.

Dean and his wife, Karen, live in Acton Township nearLitchfield. They have three grown sons, one of whom is asuccessful high school coach and Activities Director.


KERZIE AWARD TO BEPRESENTED TO “TINK”LARSON ON OCTOBER 12TH

Steve Kerzie of Gilbert was a long time delegaterepresenting his area. He made nearly every meetingregardless of the weather conditions. His faithfulness isexemplified by this year’s recipient, Waseca’s “Tink” Larson.He is legendary for his continued contributions especially tothe MN Baseball Coaches Association.

Larson is a graduate of Kasson-Mantorville High Schoolin 1951and MSU-Mankato in 1966.

He started teaching and coaching at Waseca High Schoolin 1967.Taught 21 years and was Athletic Director for 12years before retiring in 2000. He served as head baseballcoach for 35 years and assistant baseball coach for ten years.His team won a state title in 1990. Basketball and footballalso earned his expertise as the basketball program had hishelp for 30 years and football for six seasons.

He has been head coach for 50 years in high school,American Legion VFW and amateur baseball and during thatspan is teams have won nearly 2600 games.

He remains active as a coach as assistant baseball coach atMSU-Mankato and Waseca High School.

Twice he was named Baseball Coach of the Year forMinnesota and a finalist for National COTY on threeoccasions.

He has been a member of the MSHSCA (45 years), MNBaseball Coaches (45 yrs), MN Basketball Coaches (35 yrs),MN Football Coaches (10yrs), MN AD Association (12 yrs)

and Retired AD’s (13 yrs.)

Larson served on the Baseball Advisory Committee andBaseball Delegate Assembly. He was President of theBaseball Coaches. Other committees include BaseballExecutive Board, AD representative to MSHSL AdvisoryCommittee, MSHSL Task Force on Season Corridor andSection Coordinator for 2AAA Baseball.

He has been named to 11 Halls of Fame for amateurbaseball, MSU-Mankato, MSHSCA, MSHSL, MN BaseballCoaches, Waseca High School, Kasson-Mantorville HighSchool, MN American Legion, Waseca Braves, Waseca HighSchool (team) and American Baseball Coaches Association.

In his spare time, “Tink” serves as baseball’s webmaster.

People wishing to join Larson on the evening that hereceives the award may find information on times, how toobtain tickets, etc in a blurb found elsewhere in this edition ofThe MN Prep Coach.

STEVE KERZIEDELEGATE SERVICE

AWARD PAST WINNERS2006 Steve Kerzie, Eveleth Gilbert2007 Milo Larson, Canby2008 Gerald Keenan, St Paul Harding2009 Mike Lhotka, Dassel-Cokato2010 Donna Johnansen, Murray County Central2011 Diane Pettis, Sebeka2012 Mark O’Neil, Champlin Park

Mid-June brought the conclusion of another exciting yearof prep sport championship year. As a reward for theirexcellent job of leading their players to the ultimate goal, theMSHSCA will recognize the coaches by presenting themwith a plaque at the Annual Hall of Fame Banquet that will beheld on October 12that The Crowne Plaza Hotel in St Paul. (Information can be found elsewhere in this issue of the MNPrep Coach)

NOTE: If a championship team and coach is not listed itis due to a lack of MSHSCA membership

Football9 Man Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley

Steve Jipson; Brian Dahl1A Mahnomen John Clark, Jr.2A Caledonia Brent Schroeder3A Blue Earth Area Randy Kuechenmeister4A Hutchinson Andy Rostberg5A Totino Grace Jeff Ferguson6A Eden Prairie Mike Grant

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP COACHES TO BE HONORED ATHALL OF FAME BANQUET



MINNESOTA PREP COACH 31Boys Alpine SkiingThe Blake School Robert Massie

Boys Nordic SkiingEden Prairie Doug Boonstra

GirlsNordic SkiingWayzata Larry Myers

GymnasticsA New Prague Doug AmundsonAA Roseville Area Mike Flatten/Mark Curley

Boys Swimming ( True Team)A St Thomas Academy John BarnesAA Eden Prairie Kelly Boston

Boys Swimming ( MSHSL )A St Thomas Academy John BarnesAA Eden Prairie Kelly Boston

Boys HockeyA St Thomas Academy Greg VanelliAA Edina Curt Giles

Girls Basketball1A Minneota Chad Johnston2A NRHEG John Schultz3A DeLaSalle Faith Johnson-Patterson4A Hopkins Brian Cosgriff

Boys Basketball1A SW MN Christian Jamie Pap2A Minnehaha Academy Justin Thurow3A DeLaSalle Dave Thorson

Adapted BowlingCI Lake City Kim BobbPI Simley Randy Jones

Girls Track and Field ( True Team)2A Sartell-St Stephen Jeff Kellernan3A Lakeville North Andrew Hilliard

Boys Track and Field ( True Team)1A Winona Cotter David Jewison2A Totino Grace Chris Beach3A Wayzata Aaron Berndt

Boys Tennis1A The Blake School Ted Warner2A Wayzata Jeff Prondzinski

Softball1A Blooming Prairie Allison Machk2A New Ulm Kristi Anderson-Loose3A Elk River Stacey Sheetz

Girls Track and Field ( MSHSL)1A Milaca Gwen Garber1A Warroad Alan Rybolt2A Minnetonka Jane Reimer-Morgan

Boys Track and Field ( MSHSL)

1A Foley Dave Dahlstrom2A Stillwater Area Scott Christensen

Baseball1A BOLD Brian Kingery2A Kasson- Mantorville Broc Threinen3A Mounds View Jon Nuss

Girls Golf1A Legacy Christian Dan Nelson2A Detroit Lakes Cali Harrier3A Edina Mark Harelstad

Boys Golf 1A Mille Lacs Gary Boser2A Staples-Motley Glen Hasselberg3A Eden Prairie Ty Armstrong

Boys LacrosseEden Prairie Ryan Ward

Girls LacrosseThe Blake School Laura Mark

Synchronized SwimmingWayzata Signe Hensel

A portion of the MSHSCA Hall of Fame Banquetincludes a presentation to the 2012-13 Coaches of theYear as selected by their peers.The banquet will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel

in St Paul on October 12th. People wishing to share theevening with the award recipients may find informationon times, price of tickets and how to obtain tickets in anarticle that can be found elsewhere in this issue of TheMN Prep Coach.It should be noted that if a COTY selection does not

appear in this article, it is because they are not currentmembers of the MSHSCA.

Girls SoccerA Scott Larson Hermantown

AA Ben LeVahn Maple Grove

Boys SoccerA Eric Erickson St Paul Como Park

AA Phil Johnson Stillwater

Girls TennisA Scott Orvik Annandale

AA Kris Schneider Prior Lake

VolleyballA Gregory Sayuk MN SW Christian

AA Dan Westby Marshall

AAA Greg Ueland Roseville Area

FootballBrent Schroeder Caledonia

Girls Track and FieldA Charro Coleman Byron

AA Andrew Hilliard Lakeville South

Boys Track and FieldA Ben Youngs Maple Lake

AA Chris Cohen Minetonka

Nordic SkiingRich Heilman Lakeville North

Girls BasketballA Chad Johnston Minneota

2A John Schultz NRHEG

3A Dave Muelken Red Wing

4A Melissa Guebert Eastview

Boys BasketballA Vern Johnson Grygla-Gatzke

2A Chris Pack Hayfield

3A Dave Angell Sartell-St Stephen

4A Powell Broderick Park Center

Boys HockeyA Kevin Smalley Duluth Denfeld

AA Mike Randolph Duluth East

GymnasticsA Melissa Bernhard Northfield

AA Matt Shetka New Prague

AA Doug Amundson New Prague

Boys TennisA Tim Engelstad Thief River Falls

AA Robert Paul Westonka

SoftballA Allison Mach Bloomington Prairie

2A Kristi Andersen-Loose New Ulm

3A Stacey Sheets Elk River

Girls Golf (2012)A Greg Gile Lincoln HI

2A Cali Harrier Detroit Lakes

3A Matt Shetka New Prague



MSHSCA TO HONOR 2012-13 COACHES OF THE YEARIN OCTOBER

Girls Golf (2013)A Jerry Dahlen Murray City Central

AA Cali Harrier Detroit Lakes

AAA Mark Harelstad Edina

Boys Golf (2012)A Dave Baldwin Dawson-Boyd

2A Glen Hasselberg Staples-Motley

2A Bob Gorden Detroit Lakes

3A Jeff Wells Rochester Century

Boys Golf (2013)A Kimberly DeLong Murray City Central

AA Glen Hasselberg Staples-Motley

AAA John Buck Forest Lake

Boys Cross CountryA Jeff Morris Perhan

AA Scott Christensen Stillwater

Girls Cross CountryA Gary Lee The Blake School

AA Lisa Langenhaun Eagan

Boys LacrosseJohn Swart Blaine

Girls LacrosseAna Bowlsby Benilde-St Margaret’s

BaseballA Brian Kingrey BOLD

2A Broc Threinen Kasson-Mantorville

Boys SwimmingA Dirk Westveer Monticello

AA Kelly Boston Eden Prairie

Girls SwimmingA Dave Olson Sartell-St StephenAA Jeff Mace Edina

John Dailey Edina

Assistant coaches are extremely important for theircontributions to activities programs. Often their efforts donot receive the recognition deserved. Years ago the MSHSCAdecided to change that course and establish an AssistantCoach of the Year Award.

This will take place at the Annual MSHSCA Hall of FameBanquet that will be held on October 12th at The CrownePlaza Hotel in St Paul. People wishing to share the eveningwith award recipients can find banquet information regardingtimes, price of tickets and how to obtain tickets and how toobtain tickets can be found in an article elsewhere in this issueof the MN Prep Coach.

Some Assistant Coaches of the Year that have beenselected by their respective sports associations may notappear in this article as they are not members of theMSHSCA. It must also be noted that not all sport associationsselect an Assistant Coach of the Year.

Girls Soccer

AA Tom Hanson Rochester Mayo

Girls Tennis

A Brian Bluedorn St James

A Josh Otto-Fischer Glencoe-Silver Lake

AA John Schmidt Alexandria

AA Kris Heimerman Cretin-Derham Hall

Volleyball

1A Abbey Samargia Bethlehem Academy

2A Crystal Fast Windom

3A Becky Aman Blaine

Football

Bob Kovich Lakeville North

Track and Field

A Matthew Peterson Two Harbors

AA Rod Fuchs Sauk Rapids-Rice




ASSISTANT COACHES OFTHE YEAR TO BE REWARDEDON OCTOBER 12TH

Nordic Skiing

Fred Kueffer Roseville Area

Girls Basketball

1A Aaron Boyum Warren/Alvarado/Oslo

2A Dan Herda Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted

3A Julie Hatlestad Alexandria

4A Scott Lauinger Roseville Area

Boys Basketball

Larry Pervenanze Chisholm

Gymnastics

A Charlie Wilson Cambridge-Isanti

Boys Hockey

A Scott Oliver East Grand Forks

AA Bryan Erickson Roseau

Boys Tennis

A Daniel Schink The Blake School

AA Terry Grzybowski Elk River

Girls Lacrosse

Brian Gould Stillwater

Boys Lacrosse

Joe Turner Rosemount

Boys Cross Country

Kay Morris Perham

Girls Cross Country

Eric Jahn Wayzata

Swimming

Ross Harvey Hibbing

Amy Morgan Eagan

Golf

AA Girls Ass’t COTY - Jill Schrammell ( Detroit Lakes)

AAA Boys Ass’t COTY - Bryan Mara ( Willmar)

AAA Girls Ass,t COTY - Nate Russel ( Monticello )

MINNESOTA PREP COACH34Assistant Coaches . . . continued from page 33

Numbers have compiled for the three classes that areinvolved to determine the 2012-13 Challenge Cup winners.

The Challenge Cup includes sectional results in Fine Artsand Athletics. Points are awarded for how Fine Art andAthletic teams finish in sectional competition.

The three winners for 2012-13 are Bethlehem Academy (Faribault) in Class A, The Blake School in Class AA andWayzata in Class AAA.

The top five finishers in each class are as follows:

Class A

Bethlehem Academy

Minneota

Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunberg

New York Mills

Mahnomen

Class AA

The Blake School

Kasson-Mantorville

Perham

Rochester Lourdes

St Cloud Cathedral

Class AAA

Wayzata

Eden Prairie

Edina

Minnetonka

Lakeville North

2012-13 CHALLENGE CUPWINNERS



Following 25 year of coaching, MSHSCA membersbecome members of the 25 Year Club and become eligible tobecome Life Members.

Induction will take place at the Annual Hall of FameBanquet that will be held on October 12th at The CrownePlaza in St Paul. Attendees at the banquet will receive aplaque recognizing their years of service to the youth ofMinnesota.

Banquet information including how to obtain tickets willappear in another area of this issue of the MN Prep Coach.

The eligible members this year include the following:

1. David Bealke St Paul Johnson2. Mike Gaffaney Yellow Medicine East3. Gary Gotz Cambridge - Isanti4. Paula Hedlund East Grand Forks5. Mark Herzog Red Wing6. Bart Hill Lac qui Parle Valley7. Mark Jensen Pierz 8. Craig Johnson Browerville

9. Mark Johnson St Francis10. Wade Johnson Detroit Lakes/

Warren /Alvarado/Oslo11. Anita Larson Little Falls12. Bucky Lindow Cannon Falls13. Timothy Loberg Champlin Park14. Daniel Lodin Two Harbors15. Bob Mertz New Ulm Cathedral16. Jon Noreen Albany17. Larry Overskei Coon Rapids18. James Riles St Michael19. Diane Ross Underwood20. Karin Schumacher Moorhead21. Michael Silk Randolph22. Joel Swanson Kasson-Mantorville23. Mitch Thompson Rushford-Peterson24. David Trauig Wayzata25. Al Wachutka St Louis Park26. Jeff Williams Owatonna27. Randy Hockenson Kenyon-WanamingoThe MSHSCA would like to congratulate and thank the

25 Year Club members for their years of service MN prepsports.

27 MEMBERS ELIGIBLEFOR LIFE MEMBERSHIP

CODE OF ETHICS ---------------As a professional educator, I will...

1). Strive to develop in each athlete the qualities ofleadership, and good judgement.

2). Respect the integrity and personality of theindividual athlete.

3). Encourage the highest standards of conduct andscholastic achievement.

4). Seek to inculcate good health habits including theestablishment of sound training rules.

5). Fulfill responsibilities to provide health servicesand an environment free of safety hazards.

6). Exemplify the highest moral character, behaviorand leadership.

7). Provide ethical relationships among coaches.

8). Encourage a respect for all athletics and theirvalues.

9). Abide by the rules of the game in letter and spirit.10). Respect the integrity and judgement of sport

officials.11). Display modesty in victory and graciousness in

defeat.12). Demonstrate a mastery of and continuing interest

in coaching principles and techniques throughprofessional improvement.

The Code of Ethics of this association shall be adheredto by each and every member of the MSHSCA. Anyaction by members of the MSHSCA contrary to theprinciples therein established shall be subject to reviewby the Executive Committee according to policiesestablished by the MSHSCA Delegate Assembly.

MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSOCIATION, INC.


WHY DO WE PLAY? For many in our sports culturethere is only one answer to this question—we play to WIN. Iam going to suggest that there is some value in this answer.

Do we play so a high school student can develop physicalskills, score 1000 points, and get a college scholarship—YES.

Do we play so a team can win a conference title—YES.

Do we play so high school students can have theexperience of getting to and winning a state championship—YES.

But these reasons are not enough. The studentsparticipating in our programs need and deserve more. Asimportant as our culture makes winning, scholarships andawards, these types of achievements don’t sustain a student’slife and they don’t develop their human potential.

WHY DO WE PLAY—we play to give students MORE.

When we are intentional, the MORE leads to thedevelopment of important life skills like:

being responsible;

striving for excellence;

learning from mistakes and failure;

helping others succeed;

overcoming adversity; and

being a contributing member of a team.

MORE—how do we intentionally provide students withmore than physical development and become intentionalabout their growth as human beings? In the book InSideOutCoaching, Joe Ehrmann poses four questions that provide uswith a pathway to become an intentional coach.

Why do I coach?

As a coach, our role in education-based athletics is toestablish a clear coaching purpose. The purpose of the highschool sports experience—WHY WE PLAY, is often onlydefined by the outcome. Many of us sit with our team at thebeginning of the season to set goals. Most often these goalsare only skill and performance based with absolutely nodiscussion or time spent on the students’ growth as humanbeings. They include reaching certain physical benchmarkswithin an aspect of a sport; winning a conference title; orgetting to and ultimately winning a state championship.Goals are important because they give us direction—theygive us a destination. They also can get in the way of ourpurpose.

When we don’t clearly define and understand our purpose,our highest goal—winning— becomes our purpose and we

will do anything to achieve it. It is our responsibility tounderstand the difference between a GOAL and a PURPOSE.In education-based athletics the coach’s purpose is the humangrowth and development of every student on their team.

Why do I coach the way I do?

To understand why we coach the way we do, we have tolook at our coaching philosophy. Are we transactional ortransformational? Joe Ehrmann defines a transactionalcoach as one who uses players as a tool to meet personalneeds for validation, status, and identity. He defines atransformational coach as a person who is other-centered,who uses their power and platform to nurture and transformplayers.

Our coaching philosophy was born from our personalexperiences with those who coached us and from those whomwe have coached with. Good or bad, transformational ortransactional, it is what we know. To understand why wecoach the way we do, we must journey inside of ourselvesand examine who we are emulating and why. We must askthe question are we damaging our students or promoting theirhuman growth and development. We must look at our ownnarrative and then clearly define our coaching purpose.

How does it feel to be coached by me?

Our role as coaches in education-based athletics is tounderstand how it feels to be coached by us. Do we providea safe place for students to really show up as themselves—aplace of belonging? Do our actions promote growth or limitit? One of the most important things a coach can do for theirstudents is to create a safe place where connection andbelonging occurs and mistakes and failure are welcomed andexpected.

Failure is a significant part of what we want students toexperience in our program. We want students to fail as thatis the only way they will experience something new. Whena student fails or makes a mistake and the coach screams,yells and belittles the student, they will respond by stayingtucked safely inside their comfort zone and do only what theyknow, they will not take risks, and will not put themselves ina place where growth can occur. If we want students tostretch themselves, we must create a safe and trust-filledenvironment.

How do I define success?

Our role as coaches in education-based athletics is todefine success by more than the outcome on the scoreboard.We plan, we prepare, and we play to win but it is not ourpurpose. We provide students with the opportunity to bechallenged, to develop and to grow through their participationon a team. This involvement is the place where the potentialfor growth lives, but only if we are aware of our purpose and

WHY WE PLAY By: Jody Redman

MSHSL



MINNESOTA PREP COACH 37are intentional and only if wedefine success by more thanthe outcome on thescoreboard.

Becoming Intentional

We have to define ourpurpose. We have to focus onmore than surface leveloutcomes. We have to shinethe light brightly on the realreasons WHY WE PLAY—togrow the students whoparticipate. We have tobecome coaches who areintentionally developing thestudent’s potential andproviding them with skills thatwill sustain them for alifetime.

WHY WE PLAY—weplay to give students MORE.We play to develop the humanpotential of the students whoparticipate. Begin yourjourney by reading InSideOutCoaching by Joe Ehrmannand then join the WHY WEPLAY conversation on twitter@mshsl_coaches.

FALL CLINIC ATTENDEES URGED TO USEELECTRONIC MEMBERSHIP

Coaches who plan to attend clinics this Fall are urged to obtain theirmembership in advance using the electronic membership opportunity.

Due to location of many of the clinics, the MSHSCA may not be able tohook up to provide membership cards using their computer. As a result, it willsimplify things if membership is obtained prior to clinics to eliminate a lotof potential confusion regarding the reception of membership cards at thesite of the clinic.

The weather has finally broken and weare seeing some relief from the heat ofAugust. Like most of us odd Nordiccoaches, when the weather starts to becomeunbearable we begin to think of the wintermonths. The section 8 coaches have beenbusy working out our schedules for theupcoming season in a way to escape the heatof the past weeks. As we look forward to thecoming season we have a few items we needto keep in the back of our minds.

First off our proposal that we submittedto the MSHSL to change our state meetqualification from its current format oftaking the top team of seven and the nexteightindividuals to the top two teams and thenext five individuals failed by one vote at theJune MSHSL Board of Directorsmeeting. We must take a look at our optionsand see if we would like to propose otherchanges to our state meet or sport ingeneral. New proposals from ourmembership must be submitted in writing atleast two weeks prior to our fall meeting to

be considered and voted upon to recommendchanges to the MSHSL Board of Directors.

Our Fall meeting will take placeon October 26th at the Vasaloppet TrainingCenter in Mora. We will plan on holding avendor expo again this year prior to andduring our meeting to build betterrelationships within the ski community. Atour meeting I have a few agenda items thatI would like to make sure people arethinking about as we move into the 2013-2014 season. I would like to visit the bylawchanges dealing with voting procedures forproposals being submitted to the MSHSL. Iwould like to discuss and act upon how toproperly handle “excess” money in our bankaccount. I would like to come up with a wayto provide a meaningful and cost effectivestate meet banquet and allows for morerecognition and better value for ourathletes.

Please note that I have changed my emailaddress as I am pursuing a differentcareer. My new email addressis [email protected]. Feel free tocontact me we any suggestions or newproposals for consideration at the fallmeeting.

Think Snow!

FAST TRACKS

By: Dan Josephson - President MSHSNSCADetroit Lakes


2013 MSHSCA SCHOLARHSIP WINNERS SAY THANK YOU

I would like to take

the opportunity to

personally thank yo

u for selecting me

to

receive the Steve K

erzie Scholarship.

I

have worked hard m

y whole high schoo

l

career, and this awa

rd is very appreciate

d.

I am honored to rece

ive this award. It wil

l

help me to pay for m

y room and board at

St. John’s Universi

ty. I cannot possibl

y

express my gratitud

e completely.

Connor Stark-Haws

Thank you so m

uch for choosin

g me

as one of your

recipients for

your Past

President’s Sch

olarship. I hav

e been a

three sport athle

te since 6th grad

e and it is

an honor to b

e recognized b

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organization fo

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letic and

academic acco

mplishments. I

am also

thankful to the M

SHSCA for reco

gnizing

students for th

eir hard work

in the

classroom with

your academic

all-state

awards. Your ge

nerous financial

support

will be used for

my tuition at C

oncordia

College in Moo

rhead, Minnesota

. I am

looking forward

to talking this

new step

in my journey an

d your confiden

ce in me

means more than

words can descr

ibe.

Kate Dierkhisin

g

I am extraordinarily happy to be one of

very few high school seniors to receive the

Val Teichroew scholarship. I don’t think

there are enough words to express my

gratitude towards your association. I

would like to assure you that I will work

as hard as possible to achieve my goals so

I am able to show you how deserving I am.

My future includes attending Gustavus

Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN to

major in biology. I also plan on attending

medical school and becoming a

Pediatrician.

Janessa Jahnke.

I am truly honored to

be a recipient of

the Kathy Fredrickso

n scholarship. I have

enjoyed m participat

ion in basketball and

golf throughout my

high school career.

Athletics has taught

me many life-long

lessons and has he

lped make me the

person I am today. I h

ave been blessed to

have a number of grea

t coaches at Blaine

High School that ha

ve made a positive

impact on my life. T

his money will help

me as I continue my

education at Bethel

University.

Leah Swanson

Thank You

Thank you so much for sele

cting me as

one of your recipients of

the MSHSCA

Scholarship. Receiving

the Darien

DeRocher Scholarship is

an honor and

privilege and it will help

me pursue my

academic and athletic p

ursuits at the

University of Minnesota.

Down through

the years I have had gr

eat teachers,

coaches and teammates tha

t have enabled

me to become the student/at

hlete that I am

today. None of my succe

ss would have

been possible without all t

hey have done

for me. I have also had gre

at mentors that

have been able to share the

ir wisdom and

insight into what a student/

athlete should

be.

Charlie Lawrence

I am extremely honored to have beenchose to receive the Subway Scholarshipthis year. I would sincerely like to thankeveryone who helped make this scholarshippossible and those who chose me to receiveit. The scholarship is greatly appreciatedand will help pay for my tuition as I attendthe University of Wisconsin-Madison whereI will pursue a degree in Business. Thankyou again to everyone for providing mewith the generous scholarship, and for allthat coaches do in the lives of studentathletes like myself.

Luke Regner

I’s like to t

hank you v

ery much fo

r

choosing me

to one of the

recipients to

the

MSHSCA s

cholarships.

I is truly

an

honor to kn

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best student-

athletes in th

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this award. M

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for me to hav

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scholarship a

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they tell me

how big of a

deal it is. T

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money will h

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in my efforts

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ollege educa

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Evan VanErp

Thank you for s

electing me as th

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recipient of the

Howard E. Emer

son

Memorial scholars

hip. Having a fath

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a lifelong coach

, the fact that

this

scholarship come

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association is impo

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what I have learne

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teachers in high s

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and determination

I can complete f

our

years of college b

oth academically

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athletically. I will

take full advantag

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the gift you have g

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Jacob Torgerson



Thank you for selecting me as arecipient for the Subway Scholarship. Yourgenerosity will support me as I attendConcordia College, Moorhead, and Majorin Biology. It is a great honor to be arecipient of this award and represent themany athletes whose lives have beenshaped due to the impact of participatingin athletics, and by the coaches that havededicated themselves to influencingathletes in this way. I am excited tocontinue that next year as I will be playingbasketball in college. I cannot express thegratitude I have for all of the coaches thathave given me their time and I cannotthank you enough for this award. Karli Kerzman

Thank You


We are all off and running with the fall girls tennis season.We want to continue to make sure that all of us are aware ofthe items that pertain to the current season and topics that arein the discussion with the Executive Board.

MEMBERSHIP: join herehttp://www.mshsca.org/membapp.htm

Tennis coaches don’t forget to renew your membershipbefore your season begins. We thank those who joined lastyear and were a part of the association. We encourage you tojoin again and we would love to have those who were non-members last year become part of the coaches association.We want our association to grow. This will give us a strongervoice.

Lifetime members: You still need to join the sportsassociation to be included in coach of the year and academichonors for your team. An area we really want to grow isgetting assistant coaches to join and become involved withinour association. Please encourage your assistant coaches tobecome members.

To join the coaches association, please go tohttp://www.mshsca.org/membapp.htm; to check out thebenefits of being a member go to http://www.mshsca.org andclick on Membership Benefits, on the left column.

RANKINGS: Please send any ranking information toRick Engelstad.

If you would like to nominate an outstandingindividual/team for the tennis poll. Rick Engelstad:[email protected] or [email protected]

Rankings will be released weekly on Mondays. Allinformation needs to be submitted by 6:00 pm on Sundays.

IMPORTANT FALL DATES: Please mark theseimportant dates on your calendar

10/1/13 Deadline for becoming MSHSCA Member(girls tennis)

10/4/13 Deadline for submitting Girls Academic Team& Individual Award Applications

TBA Girls State Coach of the Year On-line Voting(Head Coach Members only)

ACADEMIC AWARDS

The deadline for academic awards, team and individual,is Friday, October 4th. Forms will be posted soon and youwill be alerted about them. Submission of team/playerinformation for academic awards will be done online thisfall.

SEEDING: This is something that our members wanted tosee at the state tournament. Yet, in our first year our coacheswho had the opportunity to participate in the process did not.There was about a 50% involvement. In order for this to bea true seeding process all coaches who have a team (AA) orindividual (A & AA) who qualify need to participate. Moreinformation will be provided as the season moves towardSection Tournament play.

LINE-UPS: The process is going to be the same this year.One major point to realize is that line-up one is your four bestsingles players and then the other two line-ups are built fromthat line-up.

In the works for next year, we are hoping to tweak thisprocess a little. We want to add a 4th column. Coaches wouldrank their top seven singles players. All three line-ups wouldthen be built off of this. This would give coaches a little moreflexibility.

ONLINE RULES TEST: (future) We would keep it verysimple. Most likely it will deal with line-ups, seeding, andother major rules that coaches need to know.

NAME CHANGES : You may have noticed a new name,we will be gradually changing our association’s name to theMinnesota Tennis Coaches Association (MTCA) from theMinnesota State High School Tennis Coaches Association(MSHSCTCA). Our membership is open to any individualwho coaches tennis in grades 7 through 12, or any individualwho is interested in high school tennis. Our parentorganization is the Minnesota State High School CoachesAssociation. Founded in the early 1970’s, the purpose of thetennis coaches association and our parent organization is topromote athletic activities for girls’ and boys’ in the state ofMinnesota.

Good Luck to the Girls’ Tennis coaches as you movetowards your post season play!

By: Les ZellmannMSHSTCA PresidentSt James



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As another summer winds down, our adapted coaches andathletes find themselves preparing for another exciting andfun filled adapted soccer season. Few of our schools startsoccer preparations in August, as most other fall sports do,rather they start after the beginning of the new school yearand have their first contests near the end of September. Theadapted soccer state tournament for both the PI and CIdivision will once again be held at Stillwater High School, onNovember 15 & 16.

Since the last issue of Minnesota Prep Coach in May, newstate champions were crowned in adapted softball. Theadapted softball state tournament was held on May 31 & June1 at Coon Rapids High School, and we had a great turnout. Inthe PI division, Robbinsdale-Hopkins-Mound Westonkaclaimed their fifth consecutive adapted softball title, with a10-5 win over Dakota United. In the CI Division, Burnsville-Farmington-Lakeville claimed their fist adapted softball statechampionship with a 12-5 win over North Suburban.Congratulations to both of these programs for fantastic

seasons!

One of my most important goals for this upcoming year isto continue to increase our number of member coaches fromadapted athletics. With the number of coaches currentlyworking in adapted athletics, there certainly is room toimprove our membership numbers and I will continue toencourage all of our coaches to join and support ourorganization. We are still looking for more coaches in getinvolved in leadership roles within our association, as wehave been without a president for the last year, and have beenwithout a vice president for more than two years. These areimportant positions to fill, so we can continue to maintain ahigh quality professional organization. Please contact me assoon as possible, if you would like to help our coaches’association and volunteer for one of these positions.

Good luck to everyone this fall, and I hope everyone isable to enjoy a safe, fun filled soccer season!

By: Marcus OnsumMinnesota Adapted Coaches AssociationRobbinsdale

ADAPTED UPDATES

* Coaches, by personality andprofession, often use inspirationalmessages, themes, slogans,quotatations, and personal experienceto teach and motivate players to aspireand suceed to greater heights. The greatVince Lombardi authored many that wesee in locker rooms across our greatstate. Some that come to mind, “ Thespirit, the will to win and the will toexcell.... these are things that willendure and these are the qualities thatare so much more important than anyof the events themselves”, and “Winning is not a sometime thing, it isan all the time thing. You don’t dothings right once in a while.... you do

them right all the time.” Whether youuse those of the great, or some of yourvery own, the message sent can bepowerful and meaningful. One I hopewe will never need to use is “ I wish Ihad done more”.

As we coach and teach our players;our teams, let us strive to never givethem less than all we have. Not all ofour players are blessed with great skills.Not all of them are ‘ recruits’. Not all ofthem come from stable environments orprivileged homes. Not all of them havethe advantage of equal benefits orcircumstances. But they are our players.They come with hope and dream... theycome to small town and large: theycome to learn and play football. Ourresponsibility is to them all. We have aspecial and unique opportunity to teachthe the game and so much more.Football remains a great metaphor ofand for life. Let us not lose sight ofwhat we can and should model andteach. When this Fall is done; when allof our Falls are done, let’s never say

with regret,... “I wish I had done more”.Congratulations to the many who

teach the ‘game within the game’. ToMark Froehling, the MFCA 2013Power of Influence recipient, to JodyRedman and the MSHSL for theoutstanding “Why We Coach; effortand conference, to Beau LaBore for hiscontinuous efforts on behalf ofcommunity service for all our schools,to Jeff Weiland for organizing andhosting the ‘Everything But x’s and o’sclinic, and to the legions of you who,daily, make the effort to help kids be allthey can be, now and in the life ahead.

Football coaches; we share a greatfraternity, a great calling. A great game.Let us be proud of our calling andcontinue to model all that is goodabout sport. To our players, our school,our community.

See you on the field...

Goal PostsBy: Ron Stolski - Brainerd

Exec. Director MFCA



It has been quite a year for the MnIAAA. In early 2013 agroup of A.D.s from across the state met to evaluate ourStrategic Plan. Over the course of two days, the group setforth a revised plan of action. It is called the MnIAAAStrategic Plan, 2nd Edition.

As rewarding as it was, the critical time is what takes placethis next year. Past experience tells us that if theimplementation plan is not set and action takes place directlyrelated to the new initiatives within the first year, this productwill become like so many other strategic plans - a dustcollector, and on a good day, a paperweight.

The main focus of the plan is to cement and sustainalready successful programs andinitiatives – our mentorship program is agood example. We have added newcommittees which will help gain greatermembership participation, which as weknow, is the strength to anyorganization. New committees comingdirectly from the plan are:Professional Development, FinanceSteering, Web site, and SummerInstitute Liaison. These will help bolsterthe current committees: Hall of Fame,LTI, Region Representatives, MSHSLAdvisory, Award of Merit.

Each committee will be looking atdeveloping and communicating theirone, three and five year plans. Thesewill be reported to the regionrepresentatives at the fall meeting inOctober. I am confident that our currentleaders within the organization willreport back with many professionallysound initiatives in their plans. I lookforward to hearing about their work asall of us strive to keep Minnesota as oneof the top professional A.D. associationsin the country. We are well respectedaround the country and otherassociations often look to us for thelatest ideas in high school leadership. Afew great examples of that are the WhyWe play Coaching Conferencecollaboration with the MSHSCA, theMSHSL and the MnIAAA, the 1st ever

Minnetonka Summer Institute of Professional Developmentfor A.D.s, principals and superintendents, and the fabulousstate convention we sponsor every year in St. Cloud.

Speaking for my A.D. brothers and sisters, thank youcoaches for your time, energy, skill and most of all, passionyou bring to our Minnesota kids on a daily basis. My hope isthat each and every coach is in tune with their purpose ofcoaching. As A.D.s, we want all coaches to remember thatwinning is a goal and not a purpose; and if you have nopurpose, winning will become your goal. When winning isyour purpose, you will eventually do whatever it takes to win.On the surface, that may not seem so bad; but in thedevelopment of people, it is harmful. I wish all coaches goodluck as we head into another year – Let’s always keep thegame fun.

MnIAAA CORNERBy: Dan Roff

MnIAAA PresidentFridley Activities Director

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Greetings and welcome to another school year. By the timeyou read this, we will be a week or two into the year.

Last month, at Bethel University, the MSHSCA and theMSHSL co-sponsored the conference Why We Play. I went, tobe honest, to represent the coaches association and to getsome CEUs. Generally I am skeptical about in-services orconferences such as this, but I was pleasantly surprised andfound it a great way to get my mind prepared for crosscountry and the school year. If this conference is held againnext year, I strongly encourage you to consider attending.

There were four basic questions that the speakers at theconference asked coaches to consider. Why do I coach? Whydo I coach the way I do? What does it feel like to be coachedby you? How do you define success? The third question mademe think and reflect the most, both as it relates to coachingand teaching. Don’t get me wrong as I posit these fourquestions; if we are expecting win a meet and don’t, I’m nothappy. If we are projected finish third and don’t, I’m notpleased (unless, of course, we finish first or second).However, in both cases, if the kids did the best they could, Iam pleased.

Again, if this conference is offered next year, considertaking advantage of it.

Last May saw another great weekend of true team trackand field at Stillwater High School. Congratulations to thefollowing schools for winning state true team titles: WinonaCotter boys, Esko girls, Sartell girls, Totino-Grace boys,Lakeville South girls, and Wayzata boys. The 2014 meet willbe at Stillwater.

Keep in mind the Coaches Association track and fieldclinic is scheduled for January 31 and February 1, 2014.Increasingly there are activities going on during the eveningof the Thursday before, so keep that in mind while planning.The true team meeting, as well as the coaches social, isscheduled for Thursday night, January 30. As always, thanksto Buzz, Craig, and Dave for their work.

Finally, if you have suggestions for the MSHSL state meet,there is a form on the association website to fill out and sendto me. If you have true team suggestions, please email mewith your suggestion along with your rationale.

See you at the clinic or before.

The 2013-14 school year brings another excitingswimming and diving season! Minnesota has many amazingfemale swimmers and divers competing for their local highschool teams, including a few returning athletes who setMinnesota all-time records at last year’s state meet. Therehave been a few rule changes for us. Please be sure to reviewthese to ensure a successful season. This year’s season willcome to completion November 18-20 at the University ofMinnesota Aquatic Center. It’s been a long time since wehave had a Monday-Wednesday state meet.

It is hard to believe, but this will be the 10th year that thecoaches association will be hosting the True Team sectionand state meets. This has been an extremely positiveexperience for participating teams. Swimming and diving ismostly an individual sport with team scoring, but the TrueTeam meet brings us to as close of a team concept aspossible. Information about this year’s meet can be foundat http://www.pantherboosters.org/true. The True Teamsection meets will be held Saturday, October 12th, and the Aand AA True Team state meet will be on October 19th at theUniversity of Minnesota Aquatic Center.

As high school coaches, we are so much more than justa person on a pool deck doling out practice sets. Studentathletes have so many things going on in their lives todaywith many pressures to sway them down the wrong path. Itis always exciting to get the season’s roster to have theopportunity to work positively with athletes who havecommitted to our programs. In a very short timeframe, wetry to do a lot. Even little things can make a big impact onstudent athlete’s lives.

I quickly came to realize in my early days of coachingthat my job is to teach hard work, dedication, andcommitment. When an athlete says to me, “Coach, I’mhappy I came out for the team,” my goal is complete. Mypersonal favorite is when a former athlete comes back manyyears later and says, “You taught me this, and I haveremembered it since.” I am privileged to have had so manygreat athletes and to have worked with so many great coachesover the years.

The 2013-14 season has a lot to live up to after such anexciting 2012-13 season. We all play a role in theoutstanding atmosphere of Minnesota swimming anddiving! Thank you to all high school coaches for everythingyou do. Good luck this season, and I look forward to seeingall of you on deck!

By: Dale MagnusonRochester Century High School

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By: Mark Alcorn, Holdingford HSPresident: Minnesota Track & Field

Coaches’ [email protected]

MINNESOTA PREP COACH

CLEARINGTHE HURDLES



My name is Andrew Lecker and I have been the headGirls Lacrosse coach at Cretin Derham Hall for the past eightseasons. As a coach I can’t believe how the game has grownin Minnesota let alone the country at the youth, high schooland college level. There are so many opportunities for youngladies to play the game they love.

This past year, the Girls and Boys Coaches Associationalong with STB Banquets was able to host the first annualMSHSL State Tournament Banquet, at Crowne Plaza in StPaul recognizing the 16 state qualifiers from around ourstate, our All- State participants and Player of the year in bothboys and girls. This event was a fun end of the yearcelebration of MN Lacrosse.

In addition to the banquet, the girl’s Coaches Associationalso held their first annual All State game. This eventshowcased the top 44 players our state had to offer. If youhappened to attend you could not argue that our state isstarting to turn out some talented players. It was a fantasticevent and our girls’ Coaches Association plans to bring itback in 2014!

In closing, Lacrosse is a growing sport in our community

and these events make it fun for our players and coaches tobe apart off. If you want to get involved please contact medirectly. Andrew Lecker at [email protected]. We are alwayslooking to make these types of events bigger and better withyour support.

By: Andrew LeckerCretin Derham Hall

MEMBERSHIP YEAR FOR THE MSHSCA!In the past months, we have gotten memberships from spring coaches

that also coach a fall sport and are paying for both now.

*We want to repeat, our membership year does NOT run from January 1 to December 31.

*Our membership year IS August 1 to July 31.(like the school year)

*If you coach a fall sport and a spring sport, you should bejoining in the fall to be covered by insurance for both seasons.

Those of you that have joined the MSHSCA after the first of the year,please note that your membership expires on July 31st.

(after summer camps)

“The quality of a person’s life

is in direct proportion to their

commitment to excellence,

regardless of their chosen

field of endeavor.”

- Vince Lombardi


It sure seems like the summer was really short, but soccerseason has arrived and we are excited about playing again.Our 23rd Annual Clinic was held for the first time atBenilde-St. Margaret’s and was a huge success. We want tothank the office staff, custodial staff and the school forallowing us to hold our clinic in their facility. Greg Juba(Park of Cottage Grove), the Clinic Coordinator, put togethera superb list clinicians. Ian Barker the NSCAA Director ofEducation and Stefanie Golan and Deana Waintraub(University of Minnesota Gopher Women’s Soccer Coachingstaff) were two of the main presenters. In addition we werehonored to have Manny Lagos from MN United FC, JohnLowery (University of St. Thomas), Cam Stilts (DakotaCounty Tech. College), Craig Lane (Skillful Coach), TonyPeszneker (Wayzata Girls Coach), Chad Moore (MN SoccerCoaching Academy), Simon Whitehead (Edina HS andCoerver Coaching MN) Hans Skulstad (MN Center forSports and the Mind) and Dave Hieb (Northwestern College)also were clinic presenters. Once again our own DaveHalgren and John Litecky headed a session for new coaches.

It is always good to be able to see and talk with John andMary Erickson from the Minnesota State High SchoolCoaches Association.

The are annual attendees and do so much for us as highschool coaches with their dedication to high school sports.

At our general session, Steve Hendrickson (Trinity ofRiver Ridge Boys) became our President. Erin Murray(Orono Girls) became the President Elect. Mark Obarski(Eagan Girls) moves to the post of past President. VinceThomas (Eden Prairie Boys) was again elected to the post ofSecretary. Art Seplak (Bloomington Kennedy Girls retired)was again re-elected as Treasurer. Thanks to all of thosepeople that have agreed to be part of the ExecutiveCommittee.

You are reminded that you must become a member of theMSHSSCA by Oct. 1, 2013 in order to be eligible forcoaching awards, academic awards and have his/her team orplayers eligible for playing awards. This must be donethrough the mshsca.org website. It is the only way now topay your dues. Check with your AD if your school is sending

a check. It is all done electronically and the Oct. 1st deadlineis final. One of the biggest perks for your athletes is to playin the Senior Classic in the Metrodome that will be held thisyear on Wednesday November 6th. This will be our finalyear to play this event at the Dome. It is always an excitingtime and we need more coaches and players to attend.

It seems every year that people are not aware of some veryimportant deadlines. One of the most important is theAcademic Award that the MSHSSCA gives to teams. GoldMetal plaques will be awarded to girls and boys teams ineach class whose GPA exceeds the 3.75 on the 4.0 scale.Silver Metal plaques are given to boys and girls teams witha 3.50 to 3.74 GPA on a 4.0 scale. The due date is WednesdayOctober 9. Your team list must be submitted to thecoordinators of the award. Crissy Makela (Mankato WestGirls) is the person for both A and AA girls teams. Boysteams from each of the two classed should be sent to LenWoelfel (Mankato West Boys). The forms and informationA reminder for all of you from Keith Randa (Apple ValleyGirls) about the website. He reminds you that all PlayerBios for All state team selection will be on the website andthat the due date is Thursday October 10. Please note thatthey must be posted by noon.

Coach of the Year and Assistant Coach of the yearinformation is also on the web. Please look carefully at thesite, the information posted and especially the due dates.

Dates for the first round of the state tournament have beenannounced. October 23rd, 24th, and 25th will be the gamedays at various sites. The last state tournament in theMetrodome will take place on October 28th, 29th and 31st.A quick reminder to MSHSSCA members, the baseball pressbox is available to you. Just bring your membership card forID. Enjoy the state tournament with your coaching friends.

As you probably know, I stay away most of the time fromwriting a lot of non MSHSSCA items. But for this issue, Ifelt that this part needed writing. On September 22, 2013there was an article written in the St. Paul Pioneer Pressentitled “Coaches’ next chapter might be in Mexico.” It waswritten by Tim Leighton about Bill Ebertz one of the twohead coaches of the Woodbury girls team. It pointed out,what we all know about soccer coaches; we love to care aboutkids. If you read the article, you know that Bill married alady, Paola Jimenez, from Mexico. He will be making adecision about what he is going to do. His legacy is alreadyin place and the quotes from his athletes are certainly atestimony to his character, love of the game and attention tohis athletes. The great part about the article was Bill telling

CORNERKICKS

Ron KruschwitzNorth St. Paul Boys (retired)Soccer Communications Officer


about working with HIV kids and playing soccer with them.Pat Malicki, the other half of the co-coaching duo, was alsoable to express his thoughts about Bill and the years he hasbeen part of the Woodbury success. It is great to see thiskind of write-up about high school soccer and their coaches.What ever happens, Bill, we wish you the best of luck.

Speaking of coaches and kids, I spent a Saturday in thepress box at Tartan High school with Pat Malicki. You see,Pat was there to watch his 9th grade son, Eric, play varsitysoccer. It sure is fun to watch a dad be so very proud of his

son. Pat you can be very proud of what he has accomplished.

Our first fall meeting will be held at Eagan on September25. If you have any items get them to Mark Obarski at Eaganor our Executive Secretary Dave Halgren. Get your duespaid! Have a fun season and remember you have the best jobin the world, working with kids.



I hope all of you had a great end to your summer andbeginning to another school year, and for those of you thatare teachers you are going back refreshed and ready for theschool year. We have had some changes in High School golfover past few years and my hope is that High School golfgoes smoothly and improves as time goes on for all of us.The golf coaches advisory board works for you and so if youhave suggestions let me know, I took over the president joblast winter, and the board will work to improve where we can.Members on the board are listed on our golf coaches website,we are in need of new members, if interested please contactone of the board. I have a list of idea�s from this past season,that the board will discuss this fall and take to the MinnesotaHigh School League, and Dave Stead.

A special thank you goes out to Steve Heslop whocontinues handling the academic awards, Brian Johnson andBarry Wallin for doing the season ratings. Also, specialthanks to the coaches who handle the golf banquets at thethree State tournaments: Rich Aulie Class A, MikeFrankenfield ClassAA, Tim Kallevig ClassAAA.

Reminder to coaches, in order for your players to makeacademic all-state or make all-state as an individual or team,their coach has to be a member of the golf coachesassociation. Hope you and all coaches you know join theassociation, other advantages of a yearly membership, onemillion dollar liability insurance, on the field and classroom,

free entry to High School and college events, deals on hotels,etc. So remember to

JOIN THEASSOCIATION EARLY in the school year touse the yearly benefits.

Congratulations to all 2013 State Champions, teams wereGirls A-Legacy Christian Academy and coach Dan Nelson,BoysA-Mille Lacs and coach Gary Boser, GirlsAA- DetroitLakes and coach Cali Harrier, BoysAA-Staples-Motley andcoach Glen Hasselberg, Girls AAA Edina and coach MarkHarelstad, BoysAAA Eden Prairie and Ty Armstrong.

GOLF CARD, team fundraiser from Birdie Marketing isbeing made for 2014, coming in late November.This has beena great fundraiser for many schools and is available to allschools. Birdie Marketing gives back $4000 to ourassociation, so if your program sells 25 cards or more, theyare in an annual drawing for one of eight $500 bonus checks.A email was sent to all registered association golf coaches,and there is a link on our golf coaches website with allinformation you might need.

2013 Coach of the year results: Congratulations to allwinners, you will receive your invite for Fall CoachesAssociationAwards Banquet where you will be honored andreceive your award. A-Boys: Kimberly DeLong-MurrayCounty Central, A-Girls: Jerry Dahlen-Wabasha-Kellogg.AA-Boys: Glen Hasselberg-Staples-Motley, AA-Girls: CaliHarrier-Detroit Lakes, AAA-Boys: John Buck-Forest Lake,AAA-Girls: Mark Harelstad- Edina.

Keep in touch and get back to me if you have questions,concerns or thoughts for the upcoming season. As we getolder the seasons fly by and in no time we will be gettingready for another High School golf season, but lets first enjoythe fall where we usually get some great golf weather. GolfCoaches Association President Bob Gorden,[email protected] or cell phone 218-234-5509

By: Bob GordenGolf CoachesAssociation President Detroit Lakes HS

Corner Kicks . . . continued from page 32

Summer is winding down and school year is underwayand with that being said Girls hoops are right around thecorner.

I am excited to serve as the President of the MGBCA for2013-14. I want to thank Jeff Buffetta for his commitment,time and leadership as our President this past year and lookforward to his continued support and dedication to MinnesotaGirls Basketball. Jeff did an outstanding job and I hope tobuild on the strides he made this past year. We are veryfortunate to have an outstanding group of leaders in ourassociation. Jenny Johnson from Edina is our ExecutiveDirector. Our President-Elect is Carl Pierson from Waconia.Pat Barrett is our MSHSL Liaison and Miss BasketballChairperson. Rick Uttech from Granada-Huntley and PatBarrett head our Hall of Fame Committee and Banquet.Stephanie Balvin will be the new chair of the All StarCommittee. Thank you to our section reps and those of youthat also commit your time in assisting on the variouscommittees.

We will be hosting our 35th Annual Fall Coaches’ Clinicthis year on October 25th which is a change from years pastas the clinic will be a one day clinic. Scott Bergmann(Sauk-Centre) and Bill Gottenberg (Hawley) have beenworking hard planning this event. Friday October 25th theclinic will be held at the University of St. Thomas. We arestill finalizing our speakers but I can tell you that we have:Aaron Johnston South Dakota State University, Ruth SinnUniversity of St. Thomas, Dave Smart Ada-Borup, ForrestLarson Take it to the Rim, BlairO’Donnovan www.strongerteam.com. More speakers to beadded. We will have 8 - 10 sessions and are excited for ourclinic!

They are set to cover both offensive and defensive topicsand we are looking forward to another great clinic. You mayregister online at mshsca.org/girlsbasketball. You can alsocheck our website for full details.

Challenge to all girls basketball coaches! For us toimprove the state of girls’ basketball it starts with thecoaches. We as coaches need to support our organization andit starts with all of your coaches becoming members of thecoaches association. Secondly, we need to get as many

coaches as we can to the clinic. We have heard too often inthe past that many girls’ coaches attend the boy’s clinic(which I am sure is an excellent clinic) but if we, as coaches,aren’t supporting our clinic, what message does that send?Next get involved! We are always looking for coaches to helpas section reps, help with all-star games, all tournamentteams, and much more. Fill the gyms again we all hear ofgirl’s coaches attending the boy’s state tournament and notthe girl’s state tournament. Again what message are wesending? I really encourage all coaches who do not make thetournament to get their kids involved to go to the statetournament; it might inspire them to work harder to get there.We have some of the most talented kids in the country righthere in Minnesota lets get out and support them. Ourcoaching network is good but it can even be better if we allcome together and support the great sport of girl’s basketball.The bottom line: I really feel we all could do a better job ofsupporting Minnesota girl’s basketball.

Take a look at our website:www.mshsca.org/girlsbasketball. The website is a veryhelpful tool. It provides all the information for theAssociation leadership including your SectionRepresentative. You will also find all the forms and deadlinesfor Ms. Basketball, All-Star and All-State, Academic All-State, Section Academic Championships and Hall of Fame.At our website you will also find further information on theclinic and registration.

The Association membership form is also accessible fromthe website. I would encourage you and your coaching staffsto become members of the organization. There are manybenefits to membership, both individually and for yourprograms. In order for your players to be eligible for any ofthe awards that the association sponsors, the head coach mustbe a member of the girls’ basketball association. You canregister online and it is easy and quick to complete by eitherusing our link or going to www.mshsca.org and find the linkfor 2013-14.

Our association continues to work productively with theMinnesota State High School League through our MSHSLliaison, Pat Barrett.

I am looking forward to working with all of you this year.I hope to see you and all of your coaching staff at the FallClinic! Remember to contact your section rep first if youhave any questions, ideas, and input. If you need furtherhelp, feel free to contact me at [email protected] or763-458-9070.

HOOPSCOOP

By: Kent HamreSt. Michael-Albertville2013-2014 MGBCA President




Girls Basketball Clinic October 25th, 2013

University of St. Thomas Registration 8:00-8:45 a.m.

Clinic 9:00-8:45 p.m. $100 clinic fee includes:

Syskos Instructional DVD, Russell long sleeve Dri Fit shirt and lunch! Register Online for the clinic at

www.mshsca.org

***If you are sending one check for your whole staff, that can be done online also. Each coach enters their information & prints out a receipt to be included with the payment.

Login with your email and password from last year’s online registration.

Speakers include: Aaron Johnston SDSU, Erin Herman Hill-Murray, David Smart Ada-Borup, Ruth Sinn U of St. Thomas,

Forest Larson Take it to the Rim and Blair O’Donnovan ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************

ALL Coaches attending the clinic are encouraged to be members of MSHSCA

Out of state, college and club coaches can join as associate members The Mail-in form is for Associate members Only

Name_________________________________________________________________________________ Mailing Address_________________________________________________________________________ City____________________________________________ State_____ Zip___________ Phone______________________ Name of college or club___________________________________________________________________ E-Mail___________________________________________________________________________ Out of state, club & college coaches Clinic Fee $ 100.00 MSHSCA Membership fee $15.00 Sport Association fee …………………….. $10 (H) $ 5 (A) _______

TOTAL $ .00 Checks payable to MSHSCA

Mail to: MSHSCA, PO Box 519, Detroit Lakes, MN 56502 Questions? Call: 218-847-6796 or email: [email protected]

Special clinic rates at the Crowne Plaza North on I694. Call 1-763-566-8000 and register under MN Girls Basketball Clinic for a $82/night rate.


Welcome coaches to the 2013-14school year and upcoming sportsseasons. My name is Jair Toedter and I have the privilege torepresent the MWCA this year, but as is true with all of uswrestling is a part of who we are but not all of it. In Februaryit is harder to remember that,so September is a great time toget organized and plan for the approaching busyness ofanother season.

One of the goals I wish to accomplish this year is torecognize those who have helped me learn and enjoy the sportof wrestling. Another is to encourage more wrestling coachesto get involved in their organizations, and to that end I amgoing to approach the MWCA and ask them to considermaking some changes to their section representative system.

Here are some things that as the school year begins as headcoaches we can begin work in September.

Communication: Formulate a plan to contact knownwrestlers and to encourage possible new recruits.

Develop a system that you can use to keep parents wellinformed of schedule and program information.

Planning:Take some time to lay out the technique youwish to cover in your room this season. Get this informationto your coaching staff as soon as possible so that they canprepare themselves to help bring this plan to fruition. Meetwith your youth coaches and booster clubs and understandwhat your wrestling community wants to do to help build andmaintain the local wrestling program.

Memberships: Take the time to update your membershipsin professional organizations that can benefit your sport andyour athletes. The MWCA and the MSHCA are organizationsthat can benefit professionally and being a current memberallows your athletes to be nominated for and win awards andscholarships.

Family: Take time this fall to spend time with family andfriends. Let them know how much you love and appreciatethem. When mid-season rolls around you won’t have the timeyou would like to spend with them and they make manysacrifices so that you can be an effective leader of yourprogram. Build up time in your attention bank and let themknow that there is more to come when the season reaches anend.

Now, back to one of my goals this year. Back in the 1980’sI had the chance to be introduced to the sport of wrestling bya unique and multifaceted staff in Perham, MN. Thanks toKurt Pesch, Tom Tomporowski, Craig Nelson, Mike Peterson,John McEachran, and Larry Mollins for giving of your time,passion, and talents to help develop boys into young menthrough the sport of wrestling. The lessons I learned therehave never been forgotten and have helped me throughhundreds of life’s situations.

Good luck this season coaches. Remember, no matter howtalented our teams are or what level of success they achieveon the mat our real mission is helping prepare the nextgeneration of productive citizens and community leaders.Thanks to that crew in Perham that understood the bottomline, and thank you coaches for giving of yourselves to do thesame in your communities!

By: Jair ToedterNew London - Spicer

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MSHSCA 2013-2014 MEETING DATES

PREP COACH DEADLINES TO SUBMIT

President’s Meeting: September 7, 2013Sheraton West - Minnetonka

Hall of Fame Banquet: October 12, 2013Crowne Plaza Hotel - St Paul

Spring Delegate Meeting: March 21, 2014Mancini’s - St Paul

Summer Meeting: June 23, 2014Detroit Lakes

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Thanks to Liberty MutualI was recently at the Spring Delegate meeting and filled out a quote form for Liberty Mutual. Thinking Iwas just benefiting the association little did I know it would benefit us greatly. We were able to save$400 on our Auto Insurance and about $900 on our Home owners policy. It was an awesome benefit . . .especially this close to the Holidays. It took 5 minutes to fill out the form! So a big “Thanks!” to Daveand the staff at Liberty Mutual!!Shelly Hotzler - Past President of the MSHSCA


ATTENTION COACHES: If your team qualifies for an academic

award please notify your A.D. to look for it!The MSHSCA continues the Academic Awards program

Many schools are receiving plaques andplates similar to the one pictured for sportsthat qualified as a gold or silver academicteam. You should receive them within amonth after your season ends.

GPA’s were submitted, by the coach, totheir sport association President along witha varsity roster.

The sport association then determined thatthe coach was a member of the MSHSCAand sport association for the roster theysubmitted.

This process is true for each sport.Your school will receive a plate for each of the teams that qualify.

Please be alert to envelopes with the return address of Beachs Awardsthey will contain additional plates.

We are very pleased with our new program since it will recognize moreteams for their outstanding efforts.

Thank you for your help with this program,John and Mary Erickson

Attention Athletic Administrators The MSHSCA has introduced a new Academic Awards program

Many schools have received a plaque similar to the one pictured for 2008-09

sports that qualified as a gold or silver academic team.

GPA’s were submitted, by the coach, to their sport association President

along with a varsity roster.

The sport association then determined that the coach was a member of the

MSHSCA and sport association for the roster they submitted.

This process is true for each sport.

Your school will receive a plate for each of the teams that qualify.

Please be alert to envelopes with the return address of



MSHSCA’s

2013-2014

T hank YouTo our Corporate Partners,

Subway and Liberty Mutual that help make many of our programs and

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Greeting Coaches,

I am very privileged to represent all of you this year asyour MBCA president. I would like to take this time to thankReggie Perkins for the marvelous job he did representing ourorganization as MBCA President during the 2012-13 schoolyear. I look forward to continuing to work with CoachPerkins as he continues to serve the MBCA as Past-President.

It is always rewarding to witness and hear about you, thecoaches, in the gyms throughout the summer working withyour players and promoting the beautiful game we love tocoach. It is my hope that your players made progress andgrew closer together as a team through not only their effortsbut yours as well. I know the summer can wear on coachesand players alike, but it’s obvious through the level of playby our teams and players that basketball continues to improvein our state and be recognized for such on the national levelas well.

MBCA Fall Clinic:

The MBCA Fall Clinic is scheduled for Friday, November1st and Saturday, November 2nd. Cost of the Fall Clinic is$100 prior to October 18th. The Hyatt Regency Hotel inMinneapolis will be the site for Friday’s sessions whileSaturday’s sessions will be held at Williams Arena featuringRichard Pitino and the 2013-14 Golden Gophers. Featuredclinicians will also include Fred Hoiberg, Iowa State; MikeDunlap, Charlotte Bobcats, St. John’s University;

Chad Walthall, MSU-Moorhead; Dave Thorson,DeLaSalle; Steve Collins, Madison, WI Memorial; and GaryMunsen, Mitchell, SD. The Clinic will continue the formatof implementing and increasing the number of on-courtsessions. Details, including a registration form, hotelreservation information, and clinicians are posted on theMBCA website (http://www.mshsca.org/boysbasketball/).Other information available to assist you on the websiteincludes timeline/deadlines of all forms such as academic all-state, allstar nomination, and hall of fame nomination.

Membership Info:

As always it is important that you become a member ofthe MBCA in order for you and your athletes to beconsidered for various awards. We want to welcome all newcoaches to join both the MSHCA and the MBCA and invite

you to encourage your assistant coaches and

lower level coaches to do the same. There are many greatbenefits such as awards for coaches, teams, athletes and anopportunity to be an All Star Coach. As part of your MBCAmembership you will also become a member of the NationalHigh School Basketball Coaches Association, as we are oneof the founding states in the organization. Member coachesare encouraged to visit the website (http://nhsbca.org ) forsuch things as coaching resources, job openings, events,special offers from suppliers, and a “Play of the Day” option.

Board Representatives:

Elections will be conducted this year for a new Secretaryand Section representative for coaches who have retired,switched Sections, or moved to new positions. Coaches inthose sections will be polled for interest with elections-conducted by Tom Critchley- following for all interestedcandidates.

MBCA Hall of Fame & Hall of Honor Recipients:

I would like to offer congratulations to the new membersof the MBCA Hall of Fame: Laurin Carroll– Luverne; VernJohnson – Grygla-Gatzke; Ken Novak Jr. – Hopkins; and BobVaughan – Braham.

I would also like to congratulate our newest members ofthe MBCA Hall of Honor: Dennis Johnson- St. James(Friend of Basketball); Frank White- Minneapolis (Official);Leo Fausch (Coach); Kevin Merkle-Mahtomedi(Administrator/Friend of Basketball); Larry Knutson-Moorhead (Media); and Dick Gosse-Rochester (Official).

Updates:

Reminder that the start date of the Boys season has beenmoved up one week (November 11, 2013) and that the BoysTournament (March 12-15, 2014) will precede the girlstournament for the next three seasons. This change wasnecessitated to accommodate host facilities issues due tobuilding conflicts.

Again, I am honored to and thank you for allowing me theopportunity to represent you this year. Please feel free tocontact me with any questions or comments [email protected] . I wish all of you a great start to the2013-14 school year and the best of luck as the seasonapproaches and I look forward to seeing you all at our FallClinic. Take advantage of your clinic, it’s an excellent time toconnect and socialize with each other.

By: Ron Vorvald, MBCA PresidentWorthington

MBCA HALL OF FAMEON PAGE 56



MBCA Fall ClinicThe 2013 Minnesota Basketball

Coaches Association Fall Clinic will beheld on Friday, November 1st andSaturday, November 2nd at the HyattRegency Hotel in Minneapolis. As of8-30-2013 the clinic will feature thefollowing with additional speakersadded as they commit:

�Richard Pitino

University of Minnesota

� Fred Hoiberg

Iowa State (2 sessions)

� Mike Dunlap

Charlotte Bobcats, St. John’s

University (2 sessions)

� Chad Walthall

MSU-Moorhead

� Dave Thorson

Minneapolis DeLaSalle

� Steve Collins

Madison, WI Memorial

� Gary Munsen

Mitchell, SD

Tentative agenda and registrationforms are available for view and printon the MBCA website. As speakers areconfirmed, updated information,including schedule, and topics willposted on the MBCA website.

Exhibitors will be in attendance withdisplays to provide coaches withinformation and assistance in current orfuture needs. The annual AwardsLuncheon, a coaches’ social, andawarding of door prizes, includingseveral major prizes, will also highlightthe event.

The noon luncheon for all clinicparticipants will begin at 12:00 p.m.The luncheon will include thepresentation of coaching awards,including: 2012-13 Section Coaches of

the Year, 2012-13 Assistant Coaches ofthe Year, 2012-13 State Coaches of theYear, coaching milestone awards, andachievement awards. The 2013 Hall ofFame inductees in attendance will beintroduced and recognized. Membersof the HOF Class of 2013 are LaurinCarroll, Vern Johnson, Ken Novak Jr.,and Bob Vaughan. The luncheon willalso feature the induction of themembers of the MBCA Hall of

Honor; Dennis Johnson, FrankWhite, Leo Fausch, Kevin Merkle,Larry Knutson, Dick Gosse.

Friday evening’s on-the-courtsessions at Hyatt Regency Stay-Fit gymwill be followed by the annual MBCASocial.

All sessions Saturday will be held atWilliams Arena featuring Coach Pitinoand the 2013-14 Minnesota Gophers.All clinic participants will receive aMBCA/Spalding/Russell gift providedby Spalding and an instructional DVD.Friday’s luncheon and the coachessocial will be complimentary for allclinic registrants.


The Minnesota Basketball Coaches Association hasnamed four men who will be inducted into the MBCA Hallof Fame this November. The purpose of the MBCA Hall ofFame is to give special recognition to the people of Minnesotawho have made significant contributions to promote highschool basketball in the state via their achievements andservice.

The 2013 inductees are:

� Laurin Carroll – Luverne

� Vern Johnson– Grygla-Gatzke

� Ken Novak Jr. – Hopkins

� Bob Vaughan – Braham

The induction ceremonies will be held at the MBCA Hallof Fame Luncheon on Saturday, November 2, 2:00 p.m., atthe Hyatt Regency Hotel in Minneapolis.

Laurin Carroll’s head basketball coaching career beganin 1961 at Dell Rapids, SD. He spent eleven years coachingin Dell Rapids leading his teams to five District and twoRegional titles culminating with 3rd and 4th place StateTournaments finishes. Laurin became the head hoops coachat Luverne in 1972 and led the Cardinals program until hisretirement in 1990. During the first 11 years of his tenure atLuverne. Coach Carroll’s Cardinals won two SouthwestConference titles and appeared in nine District 8Championship tilts resulting in seven District 8 titles. His1983 Cardinals won the Region 2 championship and finishedas Class A State Runner-Up. Laurin was selected as District8 Coach of the Year five times and earned Region Coach ofthe Year honors in 1983. He served as a MBCA SectionRepresentative and coached the Outstate Team in the 1986All Star Series. In addition to coaching basketball, he alsoserved as the head track coach and assistant football coach atDell Rapids and Luverne. Coach Carroll retired fromcoaching with an overall record of 429-235 as a varsity boysbasketball coach.

Vern Johnson spent the first three years of his coachingcareer as an assistant coach at Erskine. He accepted theposition as Head Basketball Coach at Grygla-Gatzke H.S. in1980-a position he held for 33 seasons until his retirement atthe conclusion of the 2012-13 season. Coach Johnson led hisEagles squads to eight Conference titles and Section 8Arunner-up finishes in 1995, 2006, and 2012. Vern earnedSection 8 Coach of the Year honors five times and was named2012-13 Minnesota Class A Coach of the Year. In addition tocoaching boys basketball he was a member of the footballstaff for 14 years, helping lead the Eagles to two State

Tournament appearances, including a runner-up finish, andthree conference crowns. Vern also served 22 years as theAthletic Director at Grygla-Gatzke. Johnson is retiringfromcoaching with an overall record of 456-321 as a varsityboys basketball coach.

Ken Novak Jr. just completed the 31st season of acoaching career that began at Blaine H.S. in 1979. Afterserving as an assistant coach for 3 seasons, Ken assumed thereins of the Bengals program and during the next 7 seasonsled them to three Conference and two Section Championshipswith his 1987 State Tournament entrants finishing as Staterunner-ups. In 1990, he accepted the head coaching positionat Hopkins H.S. In 24 seasons, Coach Novak has guidedRoyals teams to 20 Lake Conference titles, double digitSection titles, and six State Championships including threeconsecutive; 2009, 2010, and 2011. In addition to leading hissquads to State honors, several of his Hopkins teams havealso been highly ranked on the national level. Ken’s coachingachievements earned him recognition from his peers as therecipient of multiple Section Coach of the Year awards andhonors as the State Class AAAA Coach of the Year. CoachNovak was recognized as 2011 ESPN National Coach of theYear after the Royals completed their State Tournament “3-Peat.” Coach Novak is a member of the “700 Win Club” andenters the 2013-14 season ranking fourth on the MinnesotaBasketball Coaches all-time win list with an overall mark of711-130; an 84.5% winning percentage.

Bob Vaughan has coached basketball at Braham for 32years, 27 as the head basketball coach. During his tenure atBraham, Coach Vaughan has guided his hoops squads tonumerous Great River Conference titles, including the lastten consecutive, and seven Section championships. His 2004,2005, and 2006 Bomber squads culminated their seasons byearning “3-Peat” Minnesota Class AA State championships.Bomber teams under his tutelage have won 78% of theirgames. Bob’s coaching achievements have earned himrecognition from his peers as he has been the recipient ofnumerous Conference and Section Coach of the Year awardsas well as Minnesota AA State Coach of the Year honors. Hisservice to the game also includes coaching in the MBCA AllStar Series. Coach Vaughan is a member of the 500 win clubcompiling an overall record of 583-164 entering the 2013-14campaign. He ranks 9th on the all- time win list forMinnesota High School basketball coaches. In addition tohis basketball coaching duties, he also served as the headsoftball coach and an assistant football coach at Braham.


FOUR NAMED FOR INDUCTION TO MBCA HALL OF FAME



HALL OF FAME CANDIDATES NEEDEDJim Baker, MSHSCA Hall of Fame Coordinator would like to issue a plea formore Hall of Fame nominations.There are a lot of deserved people that should be nominated. Use the form found in this issue of The Minnesota Prep Coach and submit one ormore coaches that deserve to be recognized as a Hall of Fame inductee.Baker’s Email: [email protected]

A wide variety of exhibitors will display their wares andprovide door prizes for clinic participants during the sessions.Opportunities to visit the exhibitors will be scheduled and arehighly encouraged. The clinic will also include thedistribution of exhibitor and MBCA door prizes, includingmajor door prizes, i.e. state tournament ticket packages,Timberwolves weekend, to those in attendance.

The cost of the Fall Clinic is $100 if registered prior toOctober 18th. Cost after October 18th and at the door will be$120.

Graduate credit for clinic attendance and follow-up, willbe offered through Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.Clinic attendees will have the option to take the clinic for 1or 3 credits, at a cost of $185/graduate credit. Questionspertaining to the graduate credit option may be directed toGraduate Field Specialist, Lisa A. Hansen at

[email protected] or (507) 829-7418. Saint Mary’sUniversity will be on hand during the clinic to answerquestions and to provide course registration information.

Registration forms are available and updated clinicinformation will be available online at:

http://www.mshsca.org/boysbasketball

The Hyatt Regency is providing a clinic special forcoaches’ rooms. These rooms should be booked prior toOctober15th. Early bookings are encouraged. You areencouraged to register online by using the following link:https://resweb.passkey.com/go/MNBB2013

The phone number to make a reservation is1.888.421.1442. When registering via phone call you mustmention that you are a MBCA Clinic participant. This willqualify you for the special group rate and assist the MBCA inmeeting a pre-determined quota for rooms.

For any further needed information please contact RonLarson, MBCA Clinic Director, [email protected] or Tom Critchley [email protected].

MBCA Fall Clinic . . . continued from page 41

“Live so that you wouldn’t

mind selling your pet parrot

to the town gossip.”

- Will Rogers


Mankato WestMonticelloNorthfieldOronoPark CenterParkPrincetonRichfieldRobbinsdale CooperRochester CenturyRochester John MarshallSauk Rapids-RiceShakopeeSouth St PaulSt Louis ParkSt Michael-AlbertvilleTartan

Class AAA BronzeFarmingtonMankato EastOsseoRobbinsdale ArmstrongSpring Lake ParkSt Cloud Tech

Class AA GoldAlbanyBlue EarthByronDassel-CokatoDeLaSalleGFWHoly Family CatholicJordanLong Prarie- Grey EagleMaple RiverMelroseMilacaMinnehaha AcademyNew London-SpicerNew UlmOtter Tail CentralPaynesvillePine IslandPlainview-Elgin-MillvilleProvidence AcademyRochester LourdesSt PeterSibley EastSpring Grove/CaledoniaSt Anthony VillageSt Cloud CathedralSt Croix LutheranStewartvilleVisitationWatertown-MayerZumbrota-Mazeppa

Class AA SilverBreckenridgeCentralDelanoDover-EyotaEast Grand ForksEveleth-GilbertFairbault Bethlehem

AcademyFoleyGlencoe-Silver LakeHawleyHoldingfordJackson County CentralKasson-MantorvilleLittle FallsLuverneMahnomen-WaubunMinneapolis Patrick HenryMorris Area/Chokio-AlbertaNorthern FreezeNRHEGPark RapidsPequot LakesPierzRockfordSt CharlesVirginiaWaconiaWadena-DeerCreekWarroadZimmerman

Class AA BronzeHighland ParkKennedyFergus FallsMontevideoMound-WestonkaRoseauTritonTwo Harbors

Class A GoldAshbyBertha-Hewitt/VerndaleBethany AcademyBuffalo Lake-Hector-StewartChatfieldFrazeeKenyon-WanamingoKMSKimballLake Park-AudubonLester Prairie/Holy Trinity

Mankato LoyolaMinneapolis WashburnMounds Park AcademyMurray County CentralNew York MillsRandolphSebekaTracy AreaWabasha-KelloggWabassoWheaton-Herman-Norcross

Class A SilverAdrianACGCBadger-Greenbush-MiddleRiverBlooming PrairieBOLDBrowervilleCass Lake-BenaCherryCook CountyEagle ValleyEden Valley-WatkinsGoodhueHeritage Christian AcademyHill CityJanesville-Waldorf -PembertonLakeviewLewiston-AlturaMACCRAYMadelia-TrumanMinnesota Valley LutheranMountain Lake AreaNCE/UHNevisNew Ulm CathedralOsakisPine River-BackusRed Lake FallsRoyaltonRush CitySleepy EyeSouthwest Star ConceptSt ClairWalker-Hackensack-AkeleyWEM ISD 243West Central AreaWindom

Class A BronzeFertile-BeltramiHayfieldOgilviePillagerSt Mary’s

BOYS GOLF(Golf has there own awardsprogram not used byMSHSCAbut it will be included torecognize schools.)

AAA1 — Owatonna *2 — Eden Prairie3 — East Ridge4 — Hill-Murray5 — Rogers6 — RobbinsdaleArmstrong7 — Cambridge - Isanti8 — Willmar

AA1 — Zumbrota-Mazeppa2 — LeSeuer-Henderson3 — Worthington6 — Staples-Motley7 — Hibbing8 — Perham *

A1 — Wabasha-Kellogg2 — MN Valley Lutheran3 — Murray County Central4 — Legacy ChristianAcademy5 — Dawson-Boyd *6 — Mahnomen8 — Climax - Fisher

* Denotes state champion

GIRLS GOLF

AAA1 — Rochester Mayo *2 — Eden Prairie3 — Apple Valley4 — Cretin-Derham Hall5 — Blaine6 — Wayzata7 — Cambridge-Isanti8 — Alexandria

AA1 — Lake City2 — LeSeuer-Henderson3 — Worthington4 — Visitation5 — Providence Academy6 — Staples-Motley

Spring Academic Results . . . continued from page 4



MINNESOTA PREP COACH 597 — Hibbing8 — Detroit Lakes *

A1 — Wabasha-Kellogg2 — Sleepy Eye3 — Wabasso4 — Legacy ChristianAcademy5 — Ortonville6 — Barnesville8 — Climax-Fisher *

* - Denotes state champion

BOYS TRACK ANDFIELD

Class A GoldAlbanyAnnandaleBagley-FosstonBlue Earth AreaByronConcordia AcademyDGFEden Valley-WatkinsEskoFoleyGlencoe-Silver LakeGoodridge-GryglaLaCrescentMaple LakeMilacaMoraMontivideoMn Valley Lutheran/NewUlm CathedralPequot LakesPine IslandPlainview-Elgin-MilvilleRochester LourdesRush CitySt Cloud ChristianSt Croix LutheranWasecaZumbrota-Mazeppa

Class A SilverAshby-Brandon-EvansvilleFairmontLac qui Parle/Dawson-BoydLake CityLuverneMankato LoyolaMesabi EastPillager

Rushford-Peterson/HoustonSt Cloud CathedralThief River FallsWarroad

Class AA GoldAlexandriaAnokaApple ValleyBloomington JeffersonBrainerdBuffaloCambridge-IsantiDassel-CokatoDetroit LakesEastviewElk RiverFaribaultGrand RapidsHermantownHoly Family CatholicHutchinsonLittle FallsMankato EastMonticelloNew PragueOwatonnaPrincetonRochester CenturyRochester MayoRoseville AreaSt FrancisSartell-St StephenSauk Rapids- RiceWayzataWillmar

Class AA SilverChisago LakesEdinaMound-WestonkaOsseoPark of Cottage GroveThief River Falls

GIRLS TRACK ANDFIELD

Class A GoldAda Borup/Norman Cty WAlbanyAnnandaleBCMR/FreezeBagley-FosstonBarnesvilleBelle PlaineBlue Earth AreaConcordia Academy

CrookstonDilworth-Glyndon-FeltonEast Grand ForksEden Valley-WatkinsEskoEveleth-GilbertFairmontFrazee-VergasGlencoe - Silver lakeGrand Meadow/LeRoy-OstranderLac qui ParleValley/Dawson-BoydLaCrescentLuverneMankato LoyolaMaple LakeMartin CountyWestMilacaMoraMontevideoMN Valley Lutheran/NewUlm CathOsakisOttertail CentralPequot LakesPillagerPine IslandProvidence AcademyRochester LourdesRushford-Peterson/HoustonSt Cloud CathedralSt PeterStaples-MotleyUnited South CentralWarroadWasecaWatertown-MayerWest Marshall FusionZumbrota-Mazeppa

Class A SilverAdrianCannon FallsGoodridge-Grygla-GatzkeiJanesville/Waldorf-PembertonMesabi EastNorthome-Kelliher/BlackduckRush CitySt ClairSt Cloud Christian

Class AA GoldAcademy of the HolyAngelsAlbert Lea

AlexandriaAnokaApple ValleyBeckerBig LakeBlaineBloomington JeffersonBrainerdBuffaloBurnsvilleChanhassenChisago LakesCoon RapidsDassel-CokatoDetroit LakesEaganEast RidgeEdinaFaribaultFarmingtonHermantownHoly Family CatholicHopkinsHutchinsonInternational FallsLakeville SouthMankato EastMinnetonkaMounds ViewNew PragueOsseoOwatonnaParkPark RapidsPrior LakeRed WingRichfieldRochester CenturyRocoriRoseville AreaSt Croix LutheranSt FrancisSt Paul Highland ParkSartell-St StephenSauk Rapids-RiceSimleyThief River FallsTri City UnitedWayzataWillmar

Class AA SilverSouth St Paul


By: Terry EiterDetroit Lakes

The Minnesota State High School Coaches Association has always been aware of the valueof officials as an integral part of the high school athletic programs could function without the

dedication that is currently being provided to prep sports by the manyofficials in Minnesota.A few years ago, the MSHSCA, in an effort to restore sportsman-

ship, as it should be, to the stands of high school sporting events, creat-ed an Officials Distinguished Service Award.Coaches who are aware of the outstanding officials in your area that

qualify for the award should either nominate the officials directly or contactthe area officials associations and urge them to submit the deserving candi-dates for the award.This award is presented to five deserving officials at the MSHSCA’a

Annual Awards Banquet that is held each year in November.The MSHSCA has maintained a collective file of nominations but is currently looking for

more nominations of the many deserving officials that need to be recognized for their long timeservice to minnesota high school sports.Nominations to receive the Officials DSA can be submitted by using the fol-

lowing criteria.1. Should still be an active official.2. Have been a high school official of varsity competition for at least

25 years.If you know of a deserving official in your area that satisfies theestablished criteria, complete the accompanying nomination form and send to:

John Schumacher16332 Deer View RdPark Rapids, MN 56470

MSHSCA Seeks Nominations forOfficials Distinguished Service Award

Officials Distinguished Service Award Nomination Form

NameAddressPhone ( )Years officiated at varsity levelSport(s) Officiated

Other information to support this nominee:

Nominating PersonAddress

Phone ( )

It is no secret that coaches do so muchwork behind the scenes. Ranging fromcounseling a student-athlete to breakingdown game film the hours arecountless. The old saying of “keepingup with the Jones’” certainlyapplies. There is a constant amount ofwork and dedication that goes unnoticedby the general public. The use oftechnology has made it somewhat moreconvenient in some activities with web-based sites that allow coaches andathletes to have access to their almostimmediately. The days of having to travelto other destinations to scout has beenreduced with electronic “ filmexchanges” now.

Much can be said that this isapplicable in the world of officiating aswell. Associations, crews and orindividual officials are now requestinggame film to review previous games aswell as prepare for upcoming games. Inresearching some of these possibilitiesfor officials it will take the cooperationof schools and coaches to make ithappen. A certain amount ofprofessional respect will be needed onbehalf of the coaches and the officialsthat agree to share information. It iscertainly my hope that if officials arerequesting game film or access to yourweb sites, Hudl - for example, that bothentities can work together in a professionand trusting manner.

Often times in the course of a activitythe relationship between a coach andofficial come into play - it isinevitable. The interactions come inmany forms - cordial to stressful. Whentimes get stressful both coaches andofficials need to react in a professional,not personal, manner. Being able to dothis takes considerable practice at beingable to take in, process and react in a

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MINNESOTA PREP COACH 61positive manner. Even though you may be at the brink of anexplosion inside its’ what you do outwardly that matters.Throughout the course of an activity there will be numeroussituation that come into play where both the coach and officialare challenged. There are many unknowns that come up thatare not expected and we need to react in a short period of time.

It reminds me a bit of text messaging. When you receive atext you are not sure what it is going to say. It could besomething important, something meaningless, something thatmakes you take notice - or something you choose toignore. During the course of your day it is up to you to managethese messages. Some days you may accumulate enoughtroublesome messages to where it creates stress in your dayand that affects your decision making abilities. This analogyexists in any contest with coaches and officials involved. The“messages” sent to officials by coaches come in many forms -how a official receives the message and how he reacts to it willhopefully end with both parties having a better understandingof each other via proper communication. A professional coachand official will learn to manage these situations and stillmaintain their composure. This is where we all get better.

Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Some maychoose to focus on “how” something is said, rather thanfocusing on “what” was said. While a coach may lose controlfor a moment the official still needs to listen to what issaid. Yes, there is the fine line to cross when a coach maybecome disrespectful - and then there is just cause for sometype of penalty. It is unlikely that a coach is going to send amessage to an official right out of the gate that will rise to thelevel of disrespect. This often comes later in contests where thesituation was allowed to fester and the communication lineshave broken down. Even in situations that have the potential tobecome volatile it still needs to be handled in a calm,professional manner. Remember that no one makes youbehave or react in any certain way. That decision is totally upto yourself. In the course of competition it is inevitable thatdisagreements are going to occur - how you handle them are upto you.

One officiating term that has blossomed the last few yearsis “preventive officiating.” Believe it or not there have beenbooks written on the topic. This is where officials make apreventive comment or gesture to hopefully avoid fouls,penalties or disruption in the contest and keep the flow of acontest moving. It tries to keep problems from happeningbefore they happen. While this concept may seem golden onthe outside, in reality it can become a real problempossible. Donald Collins, an expert in the area of amateursports and officiating, writes, “ Rule makers have becomesensitive to the “two-edged sword” of warnings by officials andthe nebulous term “preventive officiating” in some areas. Awell-timed, discrete warning to a player who may havecommitted a rules infraction is a viable mechanic under mostcodes. But the same “warning” uttered by an official who hasobserved illegal contact or obvious unsporting conduct has noplace in officiating. From a risk management perspective, itcan be legal suicide to warn and not penalize when an

infraction of a safety rule has been committed. It’s bad enoughto witness an infraction and ignore it. Witnessing the infractionand advertising the fact — by means of a warning instead of apenalty — is just plain foolish.” That is a pretty strong messagethat if a foul or violation occurs in many situations, namely thesafety of the participants, it should be recognized and calledby the officials.

All my best to all coaches and officials during the 2013-14school year!

Remember it’s just a game – try and keep it fun.

Eiter is a high school teacher in Detroit Lakes, MN. Hecurrently officiates football and basketball. He has coachedbaseball, basketball and track and has also umpired baseballand softball. He can be contacted at [email protected].

FOUR OFFICIALS TO RECEIVEDISTINGUISHED SERVICEAWARD ON OCTOBER 12THPrep sports would be impossible to conduct without

the services of dedicated officials in all activities.

For this reason the MSHSCA decided to recognizejobs well done with sincere appreciation for their work.

Four officials will be presented a DistinguishedService Award at the Annual Hall of Fame Banquet thatis scheduled to be held on October 12th at The CrownePlaza Hotel in St Paul. ( Information on the banquet canbe found in a separate article in this issue of The MN PrepCoach)

This years recipients include the following:

Thomas Frank - Detroit Lakes -- 35 years of servicein Boys and Girls Swimming

Tim Litfin - Waconia -- 32 yearsof service inFootball, Boys Basketball andSoftball

Gary Southgate -- Hibbing -- 40 years of service inBoys Basketball, Volleyball andFootball

Maria Madar - Lakeville -- 39 years of service inVolleyball

The MSHSCA would like to extend a sincere thanksfor their years of helping prep sports function properly.


OFFICIALS DISTINGUISHED SERVICEAWARD LISTING ON PAGE 62


1992Don Bertek - FridleyJake Boomgarden- LuverneJerry Doebbert- Detroit LakesNeil Hanson - AustinJim Kovaleski- WaconiaA.P. “Ozzie” Loeffler - BemidjiDuane Mettler- Madison lake

1993Warren Bailey - PipestoneJohn Bartz - Vadnais HeightsRoman Gail - Fergus FallsSteve Kerzie - GilbertDon McDowell - Park RapidsOtto Siewart - Redwood FallsJon Springer - RochesterVirg Trewick - St Cloud

1994John Conzemius - WadenaWayne Dietz - AnokaChuck Fuller - OwatonnaRobert Montbriand - AlexandriaBill Thomas - MoorheadRoy Ward - Maplewoood

1995Roger Cercine - EdinaCon Eckstrom - MarshallRay Enz - MinneapolisDave Leuthard - ChokioRoger Wilson - St CloudBruce Wojak - Brooklyn Park

1996Bill Hafner - St PaulJerry Krieger - St PaulPaul Sannes - BreckenridgeJim Sims - CrookstonDarrell Wincek - Crystal

1997Matt Bergan - HibbingTony Bratovich - EvelethJack Kelly - WindomBernie Kukar - Edina

1998Jack Coombe - GilbertPhil Hall -Redwood FallsJerry Kittelson - RochesterJohn Matthews - Brainerd

1999Jerry Hegna - MoorheadMike Madden - Maple GroveRobert Meslow - MahtomediJohn Suomi - Babbitt

2000Brian Boettscher - MankatoGlen Hasselberg - StaplesTerry Knauf - Cold SpringDave Thill - Sauk RapidHeinrich Von Mende - Maple Grove

2001Don Dravis - StaplesHarry Kitts - St PaulJim Larson - BurnsvilleKen Norman - WinstedLowell Roisum - WadenaBill Schimmel - Mankato

2002Al Colligan - MahnomenDon Hanson - HutchinsonPat Milinovich - DuluthDean Taylor - SartellTom Williams - Thief River Falls

2003Mike Carr - St CloudChuck Evert - Battle LakeDerald Severson - PlainviewJim Weinzerl - Park Rapids

2004Dick Goose - RochesterBill Hare - CohassetMarsh Nichols - AlexandriaMike Torkelson

2005Ken Baumann - MahnomenDan Bergan - HibbingDean Jaacks - St Cloud

2006John Klinnert - UnderwoodGale Falk - BemidjiRobert C. Hoisington - MinneapolisJerry Head - Dodge CenterRon Poeschel - St Louis Park

2007Dale Freese - St CloudElaine Engle - WillmarKen Belanger - ZumbrotaArmin “Kokie” Miller - Minneapolis

2008Charlie Johnson - HitterdalJack Boomgarden - LuvernePat Whalen - Lake CityBuzz Olson- East Grand Forks

2009Jim Erzar - Deer RiverBill Fisher - AlexandriaJohn P. Hovick - FairmontRon Moog - St. Cloud

2010Chuck DeCorsey, FairmontTom Vucetich, HibbingJack Schwan, EckoMark Schliesmanm Slayton

2011Mike Sheldon, FrazeeHarold Meissner, BrandonDennis Roisum, Glencoe

2012Racquel Buschamn, HitchinsonSharon Hawe, BerthaDick Hommerding, Sartell

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MN State Coaches Association Scholarship Form

Student Athlete ________________ __________________________

First Last

Permanent Address ____________________ ______________ _____

Street City Zip

Parent(s)/ Guardian(s)______________________________________________

Address ______________________ ______________ _____

Street City Zip

Home Phone _____________________

Gender ______male ______female Date of Birth________________

Varsity Sports 2010-13_____________________________________________

High School Attended________________________________________

Activities Director _______________________ ____________________

Phone Number

Class Rank __________ of _____________

GPA __________ on scale of _____________

ACT Score __________

SAT Score __________

Post Secondary School of Attendance __________________________

________________________________ ______________ _____

Street City Zip

Application must include:

1. Official H.S. Transcript

2. One page letter outlying the role athletics has played in your life

3. A letter of recognition from one of your coaches.

3. All application material must be postmarked by March 28th

Mail applications to: Gregg Martig

3118 Partridge Circle

St. Cloud, MN 56301

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