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The Prep ReportPREP FACT Summerville\'s (SC) John McKissick is the winningest prep coach in history with 519 wins--he begins his 54th season this fallby: Jamie DeMoney © More from this issue
Monthly Milestones The 300-win mark is looming for at least seven veteran coaches. Jack Johnson of CM Russell (Great Falls, Mont.) enters the season with a 299-80-1 record in 34 seasons. He has coached teams to 12 state championships. . . . Bob Milloy of Good Counsel (Wheaton, Md.) begins the year with a 293-93-1 mark and eight state titles in 34 seasons. . . . Jim Bradley is in his second stint as coach at Mayfield (Albuquerque) and begins his 31st season with a 295-77-8 record. . . . Tom Jaworski of Creighton Prep (Omaha, Neb.) starts the ’05 season with a 298-72-0 record with nine state titles in 32 years. . . . Bob Schneider of Newport (Ky.) Catholic enters his 39th campaign with a 290-166 record. . . . Matt Senffnerof Providence Catholic (New Lenox, Ill.) starts the season at 295-109-1 with nine state crowns in 36 years, all at the same school. . . Bob Ladouceur of De La Salle (Concord, Calif.) enters his 27th season with a 295-17-3 record. THE LIST With our annual “Hot Coaches” issue and in every edition of AFM, we discover, track and profile the top talent in the coaching profession at the high school level. But no matter how many prep coaches we profile, there will always be more great mentors worthy of a mention. Here’s our first list: 10 Prominent Coaches You Probably Never Heard of: 1. Jim Roth, Southern Columbia (Catawissa, Pa.) Roth is a Wing-T mastermind with a 249-42-2 record and four state championships – including three in a row – in 21 years with the Lions. In 2004, Southern Columbia went 15-0 and outscored its opponents by an average score of 44-12. 2. Fred Romero, La Cueva (Albuquerque) La Cueva finished the season with a 26-game winning streak and their second straight Class 4A state championship. Romero, 48, is 52-8 overall in five seasons. 3. Bill Redell, Oaks Christian (Westlake Village, Calif.) Redell’s 17-year prep coaching record is 144-56-3 with three CIF championships. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2001 after starring on both sides of the ball at Occidental College from 1962-63. 4. Bill Maver, Acton-Boxborough (Acton, Mass.) Maver’s Colonials own prep football’s second-longest active win streak (50) with four straight Eastern Mass. Division IA Super Bowl titles. 5. Mike Glines, Central Catholic (Modesto, Calif.) Glines has led the Raiders to the nation’s third-longest current winning streak (49) and seven CIF titles in the last eight years. 6. Butch Simpson, Newark (Del.) Simpson became Delaware’s all-time leader in coaching wins last season with a 223-71-7 record in 28 seasons. He has led the Yellowjackets to 10 state titles. 7. George Quarles, Maryville (Tenn.) The Rebels are 78-9 with four state championships in six seasons under Quarles. He was a starting receiver on Furman’s 1988 Division I-AA national championship team. 8. Paul Moro, Blue Ridge (Lakeside, Ariz.) Moro, along with DC Gary Williams, has led the Yellow Jackets to 11 state championships in 21 seasons. 9. Mike Machado, Valley Christian (San Jose, Calif.) Machado has piloted the Warriors to three straight CIF titles and a 35-4 record during that span. He won a Youth Sports Award by the Positive Coaching Alliance last season. 10. Art Bortnick, Benedictine (Cleveland) Has led the Bengals to two consecutive Division III state championships in his five seasons at the school with a staff that includes 89-year-old former head coach Augie Bossu, who now coaches the freshman team. FEEDBACK: WHO ARE WE MISSING? Give us your comments related to high school football across the nation that we should know about. We might use some or all of your comments in future issues of AFM’s Prep Report. Please email us at PrepReport@AmericanFootballMonthly.com Jamie DeMoney is the editor of PrepNation.com. |
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