Cheyenne South has named Tracy Pugh as head coach for its first varsity season.
Pugh takes over for Scott Noble, who led the Bison’s sub-varsity squads last fall.
To hear a KFBC Radio interview with Pugh, click here and follow the link on the right side of the page. To see KGWN-TV’s story on the hiring, click here.
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WHSAA adjusts football tiebreakers (Casper Star-Tribune). … Burns coach Bill Fullmer retires (Wyoming Tribune Eagle). … Green River hires Maggi as coach (Green River Star).
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After 38 years in coaching — including the past 17 as the head football coach at Burns — Bill Fullmer is retiring.
Fullmer compiled a 58-79 record as head coach of the Broncs, a run that included a state championship and the only undefeated season in school history in 2008 (11-0). A native of Lingle, Fullmer has tallied more victories on the Burns sideline than any other coach in school history.
Fullmer confirmed his retirement in an email Tuesday.
Fullmer is also the activities director at Burns and has previously served on the board of directors of the Wyoming High School Activities Association. As of now, Fullmer said he plans on keeping the AD job at Burns but will retire from teaching and coaching.
Fullmer’s career has included stops at Sioux County, Neb., where he was the head coach for football, basketball and track for three years, Eastern Wyoming College and Newcastle. He has spent the past 27 years in Burns, including 17 as head football coach.
With 17 years of head coaching experience, Fullmer was the fourth-longest tenured active coach in the state. Only Cokeville’s Todd Dayton, Natrona’s Steve Harshman and Hulett’s Steve Colling had been the head coaches at their respective schools longer than Fullmer.
Fullmer is the sixth head coach in Wyoming to step down this offseason. New coaches have been hired at Rock Springs, Green River, Kelly Walsh and Torrington, while the head coaching position at Greybull remains open. Cheyenne South, which will play its first varsity season in 2011, is also searching for a head football coach.
Know of any other coaching changes in the state? Post a comment below or email me at pschmiedt@yahoo.com.
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Tom Jassman, a longtime assistant coach in Rock Springs, has been hired as the Tigers’ new head coach.
Jassman takes over for Tony Yerkovich, who resigned after seven years leading the team. Yerkovich went 19-47 with the Tigers.
Jassman takes over a team that went 2-7 last year and barely missed a Class 4A playoff spot.
Jassman is the second Class 4A coach to take over a program in 2011. Jon Vance was hired earlier this spring as the head coach at Kelly Walsh. Class 4A newcomer Cheyenne South is also looking for a head football coach.
A short biography on Jassman is available by clicking here.
Steve Core at KUGR radio in Green River reported the signing to wyoming-football.com this morning.
More details will be posted here as I receive them. If you know of any other open head football coaching positions in Wyoming, comment below or email me at pschmiedt@yahoo.com.
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Powell will build new stadium (Powell Tribune).
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Don Maggi will be the new football coach in Green River.
Maggi was the offensive coordinator at Natrona County (see bio here).
Maggi takes over for Darren Howard, who was 22-19 in four years with the Wolves, including a state runner-up finish in 2008. Howard is taking an administrative position at Green River High. The Wolves were 2-8 last year but will be moving from Class 4A to Class 3A in 2012.
This is the fifth head coach opening in the state this year; openings at Kelly Walsh and Torrington have already been filled, while openings at Rock Springs and Greybull, last I knew, were still open.
The Green River opening is an attractive one for several reasons — one of those is all the experience in the building. Former Wolf coaches Howard, Jason Fuss and Tom Wilson are all now in administrative positions at the school.
Maggi will also teach social studies at GRHS.
Wilson announced the hiring in a press release on Tuesday. The Casper Star-Tribune reported the hiring; see the CST story here.
Know of any other openings in the state? Let me know here or email me at pschmiedt@yahoo.com.
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Former Douglas standout Daniel Hancock keeps improving at Black Hills State (Rapid City Journal).
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Torrington hires Mark Lenhardt as coach (Torrington Telegram).
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The Shrine Bowl will be played at Cheney Alumni Field, after all.
The annual high school all-star football game has been moved back to the home field of Natrona County after the start of construction on the stadium was pushed later into the summer.
The game has been at NCHS for the past several years, but with construction looming on the stadium, the game was moved to Kelly Walsh’s Harry Geldien Stadium back in March. But with the construction now delayed, the game is once again scheduled for Cheney Alumni Field.
The Shrine Bowl is scheduled for 7 p.m. June 11 in Casper.
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South Dakota considers shifting classifications (Rapid City Journal).
South Dakota has six classifications right now — three 11-man, three nine-man. They are looking at changing this to four 11-man and two nine-man divisions… but the top classification of 11-man would have only nine schools in it, as opposed to the 16 or 17 in there now. Thoughts?
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