Cheyenne Central recommends Severn for head coaching spot

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Drew Severn will be Cheyenne Central’s new football coach, pending school board approval.

Severn, who played football and wrestled at the University of Wyoming, was an assistant football coach at Burns and an assistant wrestling coach at Central, and also previously coached in Arizona, a school news release said.

Severn takes over for Brick Cegelski, who went 85-87 in 18 years as head coach.

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

The hiring was first reported by various Cheyenne media outlets:

 

–patrick

Updates: Shoshoni, Cheyenne East, Lusk, St. Mary’s

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I’ve made the following updates to the site:

Added three games to Shoshoni’s 1929 season, the first in school history: a 18-0 loss to the Riverton JV on Oct. 26; a 0-0 tie with Thermopolis JH on Nov. 1; and a 18-0 loss to Riverton JH on Nov. 9. I added all three games to the missing games list because locations could not be found for any of the three games.

In tracking down this info, I also found Shoshoni’s coach for 1929 was James Share. He also coached Shoshoni in 1931; I still don’t know if Share was Shoshoni’s coach in 1930, too, or not. For now, it’s listed as missing on the Coaches Project.

Corrected Cheyenne East’s coach in 1977. It was Art Kissack, not Ron TenBensel. Thanks to Cliff Collins, who played for Kissack in 1977, for the help!

Fixed the location of the St. Mary’s-Lusk game in 1971. It was in Lusk, not Cheyenne, due to problems with the field in Cheyenne. Thanks to Cory Griffith at the Lusk Herald for the help!

All the updates have been reflected on all the relevant pages. As always, if you spot an error on this site, let me know! Post a comment below or email me at pschmiedt@yahoo.com.

–patrick

Updates: Lander, Natrona, Laramie, Fort Washakie, University Prep, Star Valley, Evanston, Jackson, Superior

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Thanks to the files available at the Wyoming Newspaper Project, I added four games and fixed five others:

Added two games between Lander and Natrona in 1910: a 0-0 tie on Nov. 13 and Lander’s 6-0 victory on Nov. 24.

Updated the final score of Fort Washakie’s 6-0 victory over Lander on Oct. 8, 1910; I had seen 6-1 but I knew it was a typo in the original source. I found a better source.

Removed Fort Washakie’s 6-0 victory over Lander on Oct. 18, 1910. This came from a reprint about the game that was played on Oct. 8; Lander and Fort Washakie only played twice in 1910, not three times.

Found the score for Laramie’s 20-0 loss to the UW JV on Oct. 23, 1909.

Found the score for Laramie’s 6-3 loss to the UW JV on Oct. 11, 1911.

Found the score and the date for Laramie’s 52-0 victory over University Prep on Sept. 30, 1921.

Added two games for Laramie in 1910: an 11-5 loss to the UW JV on Oct. 29 and a canceled game with the UW JV on Nov. 24.

I also found University Prep’s coach for 1921; it was Orion Neff. Neff coached Laramie in 1922.

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In addition, in trading info with Dahl Erickson at the Star Valley Independent, I was able to add some more information on the Braves and their opponents from the 1930s and 1940s, including six new games and updates on five others:

Noted that Evanston beat Star Valley on Oct. 22, 1932 (no score available)

Noted that Star Valley beat Thatcher, Utah, on Nov. 11, 1932 (no score available)

Noted that Star Valley beat Jackson on Oct. 20, 1934 (no score available)

Noted that Firth, Idaho, beat Star Valley on Oct. 19, 1934 (no score available)

Noted that Star Valley beat Bancroft, Idaho, on Oct. 27, 1934 (no score available)

Added Star Valley’s 45-0 victory over Downey, Idaho, sometime between Sept. 22 and Oct. 11, 1945 (no date available)

Added Star Valley’s 19-19 tie with Paris, Idaho, sometime between Oct. 13 and Oct. 27, 1945 (no date available)

Added Star Valley’s 19-0 victory over Superior sometime between Oct. 14 and Oct. 28, 1945 (no date available)

Added Star Valley’s 18-13 victory over Montpelier, Idaho, sometime between Oct. 15 and Oct. 29, 1945 (no date available)

Added Star Valley’s 13-6 victory over Superior sometime between Oct. 16 and Nov. 30, 1949 (no date available)

Added Star Valley’s 12-0 victory over Malad, Idaho, sometime between Oct. 17 and Nov. 30, 1949 (no date available)

Thanks, Dahl, for the help!

All the relevant pages have been updated with all the relevant info. As always, if you spot any errors, let me know! Post a comment here, or email me at pschmiedt@yahoo.com.

–patrick

Wheatland’s Schultz resigns to pursue new opportunity

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Wheatland football coach Scott Schultz has resigned to pursue national opportunities tied to his work as a strength coach.

In an email to wyoming-football.com on Monday, Schultz said he is attempting to pursue a position as an athletic trainer with at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Schultz said he will move to Colorado in January.

Schultz said he is a nationally registered strength coach through the National Strength and Conditioning Association — one of 84 such people in the country — and a nationally certified performance enhancement specialist through the National Academy of Sports Medicine.

“It is my intention to go and pursue the national office as a trainer and hopefully get a chance to prove myself enough to get into the Olympic Training Center,” Schultz wrote. ” … All will take some work and persistence but is something I have been striving for over the last 10 years.”

Schultz started coaching at Wheatland in 2006. He went 30-42 in eight seasons with the Bulldogs. Wheatland reached the playoffs five times under Schultz and advanced to the semifinals in 2006.

A replacement has not yet been named.

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

–patrick

Wyoming high school football head coaching changes for 2014

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Published Dec. 16, 2013; last updated Aug. 20, 2014.

The following head coaching changes are taking place for Wyoming high school football teams for the 2014 season:

Cheyenne Central: Drew Severn is set to take over as the Indians’ next head coach, per a school announcement. Severn has been an assistant football coach in Burns and in Arizona and was an assistant wrestling coach at Central. He takes over for Brick Cegelski, who resigned after 18 seasons as coach, the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle reported. Cegelski went 85-87 in his tenure.

Greybull: Marty Wrage has accepted the head coaching post at Greybull, wyoming-football.com was notified. Wrage was previously a head football coach in Ogallala, Neb. He replaces Justin Bernhardt, who resigned after going 7-11 in two years as head coach, the Greybull Standard reported.

Lander: Assistant coach John Rounds has been promoted to be the new head coach. Rounds, who previously coached the Tigers’ offensive line and linebackers, replaces Doug Hughes, who went 26-29 in six years as head coach. Hughes is now Lander’s activities director.

Moorcroft: Dusty Petz will replace Steve Richter as Moorcroft’s coach, the coaches told wyoming-football.com via email. Petz is Moorcroft’s boys basketball coach. Richter was Moorcroft’s coach for 11 seasons, going 30-63.

Powell: Chanler Buck was named the interim head coach at Powell, AD Tim Wormald said via email. Buck was previously a volunteer assistant with Powell. He takes the place of Jim Stringer, who died in July after 11 seasons as head coach.

Rawlins: Corey Wheeler will be Rawlins’ head coach in 2014, the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle’s Jeremiah Johnke reported on Twitter. Wheeler will replace Tom Waring, who resigned after one season as head coach, the Rawlins Daily Times reported. Rawlins went 1-7 last season.

Rock River: Terrance Reese will be the head coach for Rock River’s first varsity football season, school officials said via email to wyoming-football.com. He replaces Ray Moore, who resigned in February.

Rock Springs: David Hastings was named the Tigers’ new head coach in May, the school announced via Facebook. Hastings has previously coached in both Utah and Idaho. He takes over for Tom Jassman, who coached the Tigers for three years and went 6-24.

Wheatland: Dusty Hudson was named Wheatland’s new head football coach, AD Frank Jesse told wyoming-football.com via email. He replaces Scott Schultz, who resigned after eight seasons to pursue national opportunities as a strength coach. Schultz went 30-42 in his span.

Worland: Thor Ware has been named the head coach at Worland. Ware, who previously coached at Sugar-Salem, Idaho, and Rainier, Oregon, replaces co-coaches Josh Garcia and Bryan Bailey, who went 3-6 in their only year as head coaches together.

Wyoming Indian: Todd Ghormley was named Wyoming Indian’s new head coach, Casper Star-Tribune reporter Jack Nowlin said on Twitter. He replaces Taylor Her Many Horses, who went 2-14 in two years as head coach of the Chiefs.

If you know of other head football coaching changes in Wyoming, post a comment below or email me at pschmiedt@yahoo.com.

–patrick

Waring resigns as Rawlins coach

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After one season, Tom Waring has resigned as the head coach at Rawlins, the Rawlins Daily Times reported.

Waring went 1-7 in his one season with the Outlaws. Before 2013, Waring was head coach at Hanna for four seasons.

A replacement hasn’t yet been named.

–patrick

Greybull coach Bernhardt resigns

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Greybull coach Justin Bernhardt has resigned after two years leading the Buffaloes, the Greybull Standard reported.

Bernhardt was Greybull’s coach for two years and compiled a 7-11 record.

No replacement has been named.

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

–patrick

Central coach Cegelski resigns

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After 18 years as head coach for Cheyenne Central, coach Brick Cegelski resigned Monday, the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle reported.

 

Cegelski was the Indians’ head coach for 18 years, going 85-87 since 1996. He led Central to the playoffs in 16 of those 18 seasons, including a state championship in 2005 and a runner-up finish in 2009.

Cegelski’s 85 career victories was sixth among active coaches.

Cegelski is a Cheyenne native and was an all-state quarterback for the Indians in 1979.

He is the second coach to resign so far this offseason, joining Rock Springs’ Tom Jassman.

–patrick

Jassman resigns at Rock Springs

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Rock Springs coach Tom Jassman resigned Tuesday as head football coach of Rock Springs.

Jassman had been the head coach of the Tigers the past three seasons. Rock Springs went 6-24 the past three seasons and 1-8 in 2013 but did qualify for the playoffs in 2011 and 2012.

Jassman said via email he resigned because the three-year commitment he had made to the program was complete. He said he made a promise to his wife to coach for only three seasons.

A replacement has not yet been named.

–patrick

New coach takes over at midseason for Riverside

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Sam Buck has taken over as head coach for Riverside, the Basin Republican-Rustler reported.

Buck took over for Ted Holmstrom prior to the Rebels’ loss to Lusk last week.

Holmstrom had previously coached at Laramie and Lyman. He was in his first year with the Rebels.

Wyopreps.com reported the change. Riverside AD Shane Schaffner told Wyopreps he could not share the reason why Holmstrom was no longer the coach. A story in the Lusk Herald about the game hinted Holmstrom was fired.

Riverside plays at Cokeville this week.

–patrick