Category Archives: Coaches Project

Boone Bowker, who has previously been an assistant coach with Thermopolis, will be the Bobcats’ new head football coach this fall.

Bowker confirmed his hiring via email this week with wyoming-football.com. Bowker said the hiring was finalized in April.

Bowker works at the school as a physical education teacher. A native of Big Piney, Bowker played football collegiately at Black Hills State. He was also the head football coach at Gordon-Rushville in Nebraska for three seasons, from the fall of 2018 to the fall of 2020.

He replaces Matt McPhie, who had coached the Bobcats for the previous seven seasons. Thermopolis was 20-40 over that span and had one playoff victory, in 2019.

Statewide, Campbell County, Rock Springs, Evanston, Green River, Lander, Riverton, Glenrock, Wheatland, Guernsey, Rocky Mountain, Saratoga and Wright have also hired a new head coach for the 2023 season. If you know of other head coaching changes in the state, please email me at pschmiedt@yahoo.com.

–patrick

Tony Borton, a longtime assistant with the Wheatland football team, has been hired as the Bulldogs’ next head coach.

Borton’s hiring was confirmed during the Platte County School District No. 1 board meeting on Monday and confirmed via email Wednesday to wyoming-football.com by WHS Principal Josh Sandlian.

Borton has had two sons go through the program, and one son, Justis, completed his senior season at UW in 2020. Borton is a pastor at Wheatland Bible Church.

Statewide, Campbell County, Rock Springs, Evanston, Green River, Lander, Riverton, Glenrock, Guernsey, Rocky Mountain, Saratoga and Wright have also hired a new head coach for the 2023 season. If you know of other head coaching changes in the state, please email me at pschmiedt@yahoo.com.

–patrick

The head coaches for both Wright and Guernsey, two Class 1A nine-man East programs, have been set for 2023.

Wright will have a familiar face coming back to the head coaching position, as Larry Yeradi will be the Panthers’ acting head coach this season. Yeradi was the Panthers’ coach from 1995-2021 and was an assistant coach on Adam Shankle’s staff last year. Shankle resigned to take an administrator position in Rock Springs.

Yeradi’s hiring was finalized on June 12 at the Campbell County School District No. 1 board meeting. Yeradi confirmed his hiring via email to wyoming-football.com.

Guernsey’s new head coach will be Neal Hughes. Hughes’ hiring was confirmed late last week by Guernsey activities director Jolyn Hillen.

Hughes is a Guernsey native and has worked as a pastor in the community. He replaces Curtis Cook, who resigned after seven years as head coach.

Statewide, Wheatland is also searching for a head coach for next season. Meanwhile, Campbell County, Rock Springs, Evanston, Green River, Lander, Riverton, Glenrock, Rocky Mountain and Saratoga have hired a new head coach for the 2023 season. If you know of other head coaching changes in the state, please email me at pschmiedt@yahoo.com.

–patrick

Todd Weber, the head coach of Saratoga’s junior high football program, will take over as the head coach for Saratoga High School.

Saratoga activities director Greg Bartlett confirmed the hiring with wyoming-football.com last week.

Weber was the Panthers’ junior high coach and was named the Wyoming Coaches Association junior high/middle school coach of the fall season in 2021.

He was also the former head coach at Worland, going 5-11 combined in 2015 and 2016. Before that, he was an assistant coach at Douglas.

He replaces Logan Wright, who resigned after five years as head coach.

Statewide, Wheatland, Guernsey and Wright are also searching for a head coach for next season. Meanwhile, Campbell County, Rock Springs, Evanston, Green River, Lander, Riverton, Glenrock and Rocky Mountain have hired a new head coach for the 2023 season. If you know of other head coaching changes in the state, please email me at pschmiedt@yahoo.com.

–patrick

Zane Perez, an assistant coach with the Glenrock wrestling team, will be the Herders’ new head football coach.

Perez’s hiring was approved at the April 18 meeting of the Converse County School District No. 2 board, and he confirmed his hiring via email this week with wyoming-football.com.

Glenrock’s website listed him as an assistant wrestling coach this year.

He replaces Carl Federer, who was the Herders’ head coach for one season.

Statewide, Wheatland, Guernsey, Saratoga and Wright are also searching for a head coach for next season. Meanwhile, Campbell County, Rock Springs, Evanston, Green River, Lander, Riverton and Rocky Mountain have hired a new head coach for the 2023 season. If you know of other head coaching changes in the state, please email me at pschmiedt@yahoo.com.

–patrick

Ted Holmstrom, whose previous head football coaching stops in the state took him to Lyman, Laramie and Riverside, will be the new head football coach at Rock Springs.

Rock Springs High School announced the hiring on its Facebook page on Wednesday.

Holmstrom was the head coach in Lyman for three years, from 2009-11, helping the Eagles ta state title game appearance in his final season. He also was the head coach at Laramie in 2012 and Riverside to start the 2013 season.

Since then, Holmstrom spent the 2015 season as the offensive coordinator at Vermilion Community College in Minnesota, the 2016-18 seasons as the head coach at Hancock Central High School in Michigan, and most recently, the head coach at Mobridge-Pollock High School in South Dakota for one season.

Prior to coming to Laramie, he coached at the high school and college levels in Michigan.

He replaces Mark Lenhardt, who left Rock Springs to take the head coach’s spot at Riverton.

Statewide, Glenrock, Wheatland, Guernsey, Saratoga and Wright are also searching for a head coach for next season. Meanwhile, Campbell County, Evanston, Green River, Lander, Riverton and Rocky Mountain have hired a new head coach for the 2023 season. If you know of other head coaching changes in the state, please email me at pschmiedt@yahoo.com.

–patrick

Post updated at 10:15 p.m. May 10 to correct an error in the coaching history.

Campbell County’s new head football coach is a Gillette native and Camel alumnus.

Orah Garst, who comes to Gillette off of four years at the University of Nebraska and 14 years of college coaching and recruiting, will be the Camels’ new head coach this season.

The Gillette News-Record first reported Garst’s hiring on Thursday.

Garst’s resume includes four years with the Cornhuskers, where he led recruiting efforts via graphic design and was also a coach on offense. Prior to that, he was at both Baylor and TCU in similar roles and also spent a year at Southwestern Assemblies of God University coaching linebackers and leading recruiting efforts.

His longest coaching stint was at Trinity Bible College, where he spent 2009 to 2015 as a defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach.

He graduated from Campbell County High School in 2006. His hiring was approved Tuesday by the Campbell County School District No. 1 school board.

Statewide, Rock Springs, Glenrock, Wheatland, Guernsey, Saratoga and Wright are also searching for a head coach for next season. Meanwhile, Evanston, Green River, Lander, Riverton and Rocky Mountain have hired a new head coach for the 2023 season. If you know of other head coaching changes in the state, please email me at pschmiedt@yahoo.com.

–patrick

Wheatland is on the search for a new head football coach.

Cody Bohlander, the Bulldogs’ head coach the past five seasons, resigned in March to pursue a career opportunity outside teaching and coaching, he said in an email to wyoming-football.com on Wednesday.

Bohlander said the new job will afford him more time with his family and will allow him to stay in Wheatland.

“As for now, I do not intend to coach again for the time being,” he wrote. “It was a tough choice to leave football and coaching, but I will forever be grateful for all the kids, coaches, and officials I was able to work with during my time as a coach for Wheatland.”

Wheatland reached the Class 2A semifinals twice in the past five years, in 2018 and 2021. Combined, Bohlander’s Bulldog teams went 27-22.

Statewide, Campbell County, Rock Springs, Glenrock, Guernsey, Saratoga and Wright are also searching for a head coach for next season. Meanwhile, Evanston, Green River, Lander, Riverton and Rocky Mountain have hired a new head coach for the 2023 season. If you know of other head coaching changes in the state, please email me at pschmiedt@yahoo.com.

–patrick

Adam Shankle, who was Wright’s head coach for the 2022 football season, has resigned to become an assistant principal in Rock Springs.

Shankle will be working with both Sage and Stagecoach elementaries in Rock Springs. His hiring was approved by the Sweetwater County School District No. 1 board on April 11.

Shankle’s Panthers went 2-6 last season and missed the Class 1A nine-man playoffs.

Wright co-activities director and former head coach Larry Yeradi said the timetable for hiring a new head coach is tentative. However, the position opened last week, Yeradi said.

Statewide, Campbell County, Rock Springs, Glenrock, Guernsey and Saratoga are also searching for a head coach for next season. Meanwhile, Evanston, Green River, Lander, Riverton and Rocky Mountain have hired a new head coach for the 2023 season. If you know of other head coaching changes in the state, please email me at pschmiedt@yahoo.com.

–patrick