Weber hired as coach at Worland

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Todd Weber, previously an assistant coach at both Douglas and Lusk, has been hired to be the new head coach at Worland.

The hiring was reported by the Big Horn Radio Network and by Northern Wyoming Daily News sports editor Sisco Molina on Twitter.

The BHRN reported Weber has been at Douglas for the past nine years and was an assistant at Lusk prior to his time in Douglas.

Weber replaces Thor Ware, who stepped down after one season. Worland will be on its sixth head coach in five years, joining Wade Sanford (2011), Curt Mayer (2012), Josh Garcia and Bryan Bailey (2013) and Ware (2014).

Worland went 3-6 last season.

–patrick

Lusk’s VandeBossche steps down as head coach; Nelson named as new coach

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Lusk football coach Matt VandeBossche has stepped down as the Tigers’ coach.

VandeBossche confirmed his resignation in an email to wyoming-football.com on Wednesday.

As Lusk’s coach for the past 10 years, VandeBossche has posted a record of 74-23, including just six losses in the past five years combined. His Lusk teams finished as Class 1A 11-man state runners-up in 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014. VandeBossche’s teams reached the playoffs in nine of his 10 years and reached at least the semifinal round in seven of those seasons.

VandeBossche will retain his teaching position and his position as athletic director at Lusk. He said the search for a new coach will begin as soon as possible.

His resignation was first reported by the Casper Star-Tribune.

VandeBossche is the second coach in the state to resign a coaching position this offseason, joining Worland’s Thor Ware.

Update: 2:29 p.m. March 25: Ryan Nelson, a longtime assistant at Lusk under VandeBossche, was named as Lusk’s new head coach shortly after VandeBossche resigned, the Casper Star-Tribune reported.

–patrick

Updates: Lovell, Newcastle

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A couple updates I uncovered while looking at the blurry pages available on e-yearbook.com:

Added Lovell’s 7-7 tie with Billings, Mont., Poly on Nov. 12, 1926.

Found Newcastle’s coach for 1925: Edward Hoel. This is my first update to the Coaches Project in a while… Let me know if there’s any info on the page you can help with!

All the updates have been made on all the relevant pages.

–patrick

Ware resigns as Worland’s head football coach

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Thor Ware has resigned after one season as the head football coach in Worland, the Northern Wyoming Daily News reported today (link good for today only).

Ware previously coached in Oregon and Idaho, winning an Oregon state championship in 2010. The Warriors finished 3-6 last year but went 0-5 in Class 3A West Conference games.

Worland has had four coaches the past four seasons. Wade Sanford stepped down after a 12-year stint in 2011; Curt Mayer was coach in 2012; Josh Garcia and Bryan Bailey were co-coaches in 2013; and Ware led the team in 2014.

A replacement has not been named.

If you know of other head coaching changes in the state, please email me directly at pschmiedt@yahoo.com or leave a comment on this post.

–patrick

Ghormley named new coach at Wyoming Indian

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Todd Ghormley will be the football coach at Wyoming Indian this fall, the Casper Star-Tribune’s Jack Nowlin reported on Twitter.

Ghormley takes over for Taylor Her Many Horses, who was the head coach the past two seasons. The Chiefs went 2-14 under Her Many Horses, finishing 0-8 in 11-man in 2012 and 2-6 in six-man last year. The Chiefs are back in Class 1A 11-man this fall.

Ghormley is also Wyoming Indian’s wrestling coach and was previously an assistant football coach with the Chiefs, too. He’s a graduate of South Dakota Mines and was an assistant football coach for the school in 2006.

Practice for Class 1A 11-man football teams started Monday.

To see the list of all coaching changes statewide, click here.

–patrick

Chanler Buck named successor to Stringer at Powell

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Chanler Buck has been named the interim head football coach at Powell, succeeding Jim Stringer.

Buck was a volunteer assistant with the Panthers the past three years and also coached Powell’s eighth-grade team. Prior to coming to Powell, Buck was an assistant coach with Carroll College in Helena, Montana. He teaches physical education at Powell Middle School.

The hiring was announced via email Thursday by Powell AD Tim Wormald.

Buck played football at Utah State before finishing his football career at Carroll. He is originally from Idaho; his father, Stan, is the head coach at Blackfoot High in eastern Idaho, and his uncle Mitch is the head coach at Madison High in Rexburg.

Stringer died July 18 of an apparent heart attack. He went 70-42 in 11 years as Powell’s head coach and won four state titles.

Powell enters the season as the three-time defending Class 3A champions. The Panthers have won 27 consecutive games.

To see the list of all coaching changes statewide, click here.

–patrick

Powell coach Jim Stringer dies of heart attack

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Powell coach Jim Stringer, shown here during the 2013 state championship, died Friday at 44. Photo courtesy Greg Wise.

Powell coach Jim Stringer, shown here during the 2013 state championship, died Friday at 44. Photo courtesy Greg Wise.

The Powell Tribune and others are reporting that Powell coach Jim Stringer died earlier today from a heart attack.

Numerous condolences had been posted to Stringer’s Facebook wall by mid-afternoon. This afternoon, Stringer’s son Riley — a senior at Powell — posted on Twitter:

Stringer, with his son Riley, celebrates the Panthers' victory in the 2013 Class 3A title game. Photo courtesy Greg Wise.

Stringer, with his son Riley, celebrates the Panthers’ victory in the 2013 Class 3A title game. Photo courtesy Greg Wise.

Stringer, 44, was originally from Strasburg, Colorado. He had led Powell to three consecutive Class 3A championships. Powell enters the 2014 season on a 27-game winning streak. He took over as Powell’s head coach in 2003. His first season, the Panthers went 0-8; by 2006, Powell was state champions. He was 70-42 in his 11 years as head coach and won four state championships (2006, 2011, 2012, 2013). He was the North’s head coach for the Shrine Bowl in 2007 and 2012 and was part of the coaching staff for the North team in this year’s Shrine Bowl.

Stringer is survived by his wife, Jill, and his three children, Riley, Kooper and Kody.

 

Stringer celebrates after Powell beat Green River to win the 3A West Conference title on Oct. 19, 2013, in Powell. Photo courtesy of Greg Wise.

Stringer celebrates after Powell beat Green River to win the 3A West Conference title on Oct. 19, 2013, in Powell. Photo courtesy of Greg Wise.

–patrick

Wyoming’s 100-victory football coaches club, entering the 2014 season

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Wyoming’s 100-victory club is exclusive. So far, only 23 coaches have won 100 games in their Equality State careers.

Glenrock’s Ray Kumpula could be the 24th with two victories in the 2014 season.

Kumpula, who coached the Herders from 1990-96 and since 2002, has a career record of 98-74, and is on the cusp of joining a club that only four other active coaches have joined. The coaches who have achieved the 100-victory mark are listed below:

Coaching victories

RankCoachWinsLossesTies
1Dayton, Todd282520
2Deti, John E.205948
3Deti, John R.1881022
4Fullmer, Jerry174820
5McDougall, John1561152
6Harshman, Steve154700
7tBlanchard, Okie148568
7tEskelsen, Joel148810
9Hoff, Dallas1461016
10Gray, Walter140870
11Moon, Mike136791
12Scherry, Rick133841
13Hill, Art132923
14Bailey, Harold128920
15Mirich, Carl1241011
16Julian, Don123390
17Bullington, Mark120320
18Keith, Bruce117820
19Petronovich, Pete1141025
20Fackrell, Kay111790
21Dinnel, Don109650
22Bartlett, Doug102730
23Smith, Ben101330
24Kumpula, Ray98740

Todd Dayton (Cokeville), Steve Harshman (Natrona), Don Julian (Sheridan) and Mark Bullington (Southeast) are the only other active coaches at 100 victories or more.

No other coaches have the chance to join Kumpula this season in the club. Gillette coach Vic Wilkerson, with 81 victories, is the next-closest active coach to reaching 100.

–patrick

Worland hires Ware as head coach

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Worland has hired Thor Ware to be its next football coach.

The school hired Ware in March. Ware will also teach math at Worland.

Prior to coming to Worland, Ware spent two years as the head coach at Sugar-Salem in Sugar City, Idaho, where he went 11-8. Before Sugar-Salem, he was the head coach for 11 years at Rainier High in Oregon. At Rainier, Ware compiled an overall record of 73-33, including a state championship in 2010. He was also an assistant coach in Oregon and Texas.

Ware is Worland’s fourth head coach in four years. He replaces the co-coaches Josh Garcia and Bryan Bailey, who led Worland for one season together after former coach Curt Mayer unexpectedly resigned shortly before the beginning of the season. Worland went 3-6 last year.

To see the list of all coaching changes statewide, click here.

–patrick

Rounds named head coach at Lander

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Assistant coach John Rounds has been promoted to be the new head football coach at Lander.

Rounds, who has previously been Lander’s offensive line and linebackers coach, replaces Doug Hughes, who became the school’s activities director. Hughes went 26-29 in six years as head coach, qualifying for the playoffs six years in a row but never making it past the quarterfinals.

Rounds is also a business teacher at Lander and advises the school’s Future Business Leaders of America group.

To see the list of all coaching changes statewide, click here.

–patrick