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Laramie High School will hire Thermopolis coach Chuck Syverson as its next head coach, KOWB Radio in Laramie reported.

Syverson led Thermopolis to Class 2A championships in 2009 and 2010. He was 30-14 in four seasons leading the Bobcats; Thermopolis went 2-7 in 2012.

Prior to coming to Thermopolis, Syverson was the head coach at Spearfish (S.D.) High School.

The hiring is dependent on the approval of the Albany County school board; the board meets Wednesday, KOWB reported.

Syverson replaces Ted Holmstrom, who stepped down after one year as head coach of the Plainsmen.

Laramie went 1-8 in 2012. The Plainsmen have not won a playoff game since 2000.

For a full list of coaching changes in the state this year, click here.

–patrick

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Riverton football coach Jeremy McCormick resigned Wednesday amid a community controversy about his handling of assistant coaching duties.

The Ranger of Riverton and the Casper Star-Tribune both reported on the resignation.

Reports from both papers said McCormick had come under fire for letting go three assistant coaches. After that decision, four other assistant coaches resigned.

McCormick went 23-27 in five seasons as Riverton’s head coach. The Wolverines won the 3A East Conference title last year but lost to Cody in the first round of the playoffs.

A replacement has not yet been named.

McCormick is the fifth Wyoming high school head football coach to resign this offseason. For a full list of coaching changes in the state this year, click here.

–patrick

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Riverside head football coach Adam Tri has resigned after three years leading the Rebels.

The Basin Republican Rustler reported the resignation first.

Tri compiled a 14-15 record with the Rebels. He led Riverside to the Class 1A 11-man semifinals in 2011, but the Rebels started 0-7 last year before winning their final two games.

A replacement has not yet been named.

For a full list of coaching changes in the state this year, click here.

–patrick

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Meeteetse’s Levi Stephens has stepped down as head coach of the Longhorns. Stephens was Meeteetse’s coach for three years and compiled an 8-18 record, although the Longhorns reached the Class 1A six-man semifinals in 2012.

The Cody Enterprise broke the news of Stephens’ resignation on Twitter.

A replacement has not yet been named.

For a full list of coaching changes in the state this year, click here.

–patrick

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Cody assistant coach Matt McFadden has been promoted to head coach, the Cody Enterprise reported.

McFadden was the Broncs’ defensive coordinator last season.

For an ongoing list of Wyoming football coaching changes, click here.

–patrick

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Laramie head football coach Ted Holmstrom has resigned his position leading the Plainsmen.

Holmstrom spent one year with Laramie and went 1-8 in 2012. Prior to that, he was the head coach at Lyman for three years, going a combined 18-12. The Eagles finished as Class 2A runners-up under Holmstrom in 2011.

He previously coached at the high school and college levels in Michigan.

Holmstrom confirmed his resignation with wyoming-football.com via telephone on Wednesday but did not comment further. He did say he would remain at the school as a social studies teacher through the rest of the school year.

He is the second Wyoming head coach to leave his position, joining Cody’s Cris Williams, who resigned in November after 13 seasons with the Broncs.

For an ongoing list of Wyoming football coaching changes, click here.

–patrick

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Quick update: I have posted the first name of Worland’s coach for 1922: Charles Gay. He also went by his initials, C.C. Thanks again to Howard Cook from Worland for the help!

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Two short updates:

I updated the all-America listings to include Howard Cook’s first-team mention on the Wigwam Wisemen team for 1954. Cook, from Worland, played in the national East-West all-America high school all-star game in 1955, playing for the West for coach Sammy Baugh (yes, THAT Sammy Baugh). Thanks to Howard for sharing that info with me!

I also updated the coach for Greybull’s 1960 championship season — it was Henry Eckroth, not Tony Vinnola. Thanks to Pat Schmidt (a different one, who spells his last name weird), who played for Eckroth that season in Greybull, for letting me know about the mistake!

–patrick

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After the 2012 season, the top 10 list of Wyoming high school football coaches in terms of total victories has a new member.

Natrona coach Steve Harshman is now tied for eighth all-time on the victories list. The Mustangs went 12-0 in winning the Class 4A title, and Harshman jumped from 11th to eighth on the list in the process.

Coincidentally, Harshman, with 146 career victories, is now tied with his former high school coach, Dallas Hoff, for eighth all-time.

Harshman has been the head coach at Natrona since 1991.

Of course, current Cokeville coach Todd Dayton still tops the all-time list. He has 272 victories through the end of the 2012 season.

The list, through the end of last season:

–patrick

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I have been chipping away at several updates the past couple weeks. Here is what has changed:

All-state listings:

I added the 1967 Class B and 1968 Class AA all-state listings to the all-state page. The 1968 Class AA listing I found was quite grainy and distorted, so if you see any misspelled names, please let me know by posting a comment below or emailing me at pschmiedt@yahoo.com. At least two names in the listings need updated — one name from Cheyenne East that was illegible (it looked sort of like John Klocher on my distorted copy) and another player who was referenced with last name only, Eisenman (the original listing did not give this player’s first name or school, but I’m guessing Sheridan for obvious reasons… help!).

I’m still looking for the 1967 Class AA and A and the 1968 Class B all-state teams.

Updates:

Fixed the score of Thermopolis’ 20-7 victory over Newcastle on Oct. 13, 2000. I had the score transposed, with Newcastle winning instead.

Corrected four incorrect season records — Big Piney’s 2009 record (Punchers were 6-3, NOT 5-4), Star Valley’s 2001 record (Braves were 9-2, NOT 10-1), Tongue River’s 2001 record (Eagles were 3-5, NOT 4-4) and Upton’s 2001 record (Bobcats were 4-6, NOT 5-5).

Updates have been made on all relevant pages.

Coaches Project:

I added the first name for Cowley’s coach in 1939-40: Moyle Knudsen was the Jags’ coach.

As always, if you spot any errors or have info that can help fill out this site better, please let me know, either by email or by posting here. Thanks!

–patrick

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