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85th Annual
Kansas State High School
Activities Association
Coaching
School
July 31 - August 2, 2017
Capitol Plaza Hotel, Maner Conference Center
Why Do We Coach?
Jody Redman, Associate Director of
the Minnesota State High School League
In the current win-at-all-costs sports culture, we too often forget our
WHY and the way we are showing up to our students. Kornfield
states, “If you have the privilege of being with a person who is aware
at the time of his or her death, you find the questions such a person
asks are very simple. ‘Did I love well?’ ‘Did I live fully?’ ‘Did I learn
to let go?’ The reality is when you get to the end of your life and look
back, you won’t be concerned with how many state championships
or games you won, but you will be concerned with the depth of your
relationships and how you impacted the young people you had the
privilege to coach. Love them well—the students you coach are in
desperate need of love, acceptance and belonging. Live life fully—
they need you to show them how to be real, authentic and joyful.
Let go—of old coaching paradigms to help them live, play and grow
without negativity and judgment. Take time to search your heart
and reflect on these questions— ‘Did I love well?’ ‘Did I live fully?’
‘Did I learn to let go?’ and you will coach with heart which will
positively impact both you and your students for a lifetime.
At this summer’s KSHSAA Coaching School Jody Redman will
be our keynote speaker. A nationally recognized facilitator and
speaker, Jody Redman is a former collegiate basketball player and
has served as a teacher, coach, athletic director and administrator
at both the high school and collegiate levels. Jody carries a dual
portfolio as Associate Director for the Minnesota State High School
League (MSHSL) and the Executive Director of the InSideOut
Initiative. Jody oversees Minnesota’s education program for 500
member high schools that includes a professional development
program, continuing education requirement, and ongoing support
and outreach. Her leadership skills and passion for educationbased-athletics led her to develop an extensive curriculum called
WHY WE PLAY, intended to redirect the focus of the win-at-all-costs
sports culture. She is also co-founder of the InSideOut Initiative
funded by the NFL Foundation to reclaim the purpose of sport as
an integral component of education in American schools. Jody has
developed and supported two national health and safety initiatives:
"Coaching For Change," addressing cultural norms and expectations
of youth as it relates to identity, sexual harassment and sexual
violence; and "Anyone Can Save A Life," a program that assists
schools in establishing emergency action plans. Among many other
responsibilities, Jody also serves on the National Federation of High
Schools Strategic Planning and Coaches Education Committee.
Welcome to the
85th Annual
Kansas Coaching School
"The staff of the Kansas State High
School Activities Association has sought
to develop a conference which we hope you
will find meaningful. Our commitment
to our member schools is to provide a
multi-sport educational conference at
as low a cost as possible. We hope this
experience is of value to you and perhaps
more importantly, to the young men and
women whose lives you touch on a daily
basis. Best wishes for a rewarding year in
2017-18!"
Gary Musselman
KSHSAA Executive Director
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Legend for Session Locations
(see inside back cover for map)
SH-Shawnee Room
SU-Sunflower Ballroom
P-Pioneer Room
R-River Room
B-Bison Room
H-Homestead Room
W-Wheat Room
E-Emerald Ballroom
E-4 - Emerald 4
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Fall sports rules books will be
on sale beginning Monday afternoon
at the Registration Center.
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NAME BADGES MUST BE
WORN ALL SESSIONS
2017 Coaching School Schedule
Monday, July 31, 2017
Registration Begins 8 a.m. - Maner Conference Center
RoomActivity
Session 1 - 9:30 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.
SU
SH
P
H
E-4
Basketball
Football
Cross Country
Softball
Cheerleading
Session 2 - 10:30 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
SU
General Session
Presenter
Randy Jordan
Caleb Smith
Patrick Younger
Jay Monhollon
Varsity Spirit Staff
Jody Redman
Session 3 - 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m.
SU
E
SH
P
H
Sport Psychology
Jody Redman
Volleyball - MS/JH
Nikki Honeyman
Strength & Conditioning David Trupp
Track & Field
Greg Smarsh
Softball
Susan Mayberry
Session 4 - 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
SU
E
SH
P
H
Basketball
Volleyball
Football
Track & Field
Softball
Jeff Mittie
Jackie Hall
Anthony Orrick
Nick Knight
Brenda Holaday
Session 5 - 2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
SU
E
SH
P
H
E-4
Basketball
Jeff Mittie
Strength & Conditioning Trent Smith
Football
Steve Martin
Track & Field
Eric True
Softball
Brenda Holaday
Cheerleading
Varsity Spirit Staff
Session 6 - 3:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.
SU
E
SH
P
H
E-4
Basketball
Mark Applegate
Volleyball
Kelsey Perry
Strength & Conditioning Randy Wells
Athletic Training
Heather Patterson
Softball
Cassie Rhuems
Cheerleading
Varsity Spirit Staff
Session 7 - 4:00 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.
SU
E
SH
P
H
E-4
General Session
Volleyball
Football
Track & Field
Softball
Cheerleading
Don Melby & Brad Smith
Jason Peters
Sean Price
Justin Wrigley
Shelly Huber
Varsity Spirit Staff
Topic
Triangle Offense & Teaching Players to Enjoy Defense
Maximizing Talent and Program Building
Training Principles for Every Athlete
Beyond the X's and O's
Game Day Showcase - Education and Training
Coaching: A Path with Heart
Intentionally Coaching Character
Middle School Volleyball Philosophy
Power Lifting
Building a Consistently Successful Program
Drills for Infielders & Outfielders in 30 Minutes
Playing Multiple Defenses
Tips from the Trenches - Lessons Learned from the Court
Building a Football Culture
Preparing in Practice
Building Mental Toughness & Competitive Drive
Off-Season Individual Training
Prepping the High School Athlete for College Athletics
Protecting Your Base Plays in Your Offense
Building a Champion Track Team at a Small School
Hitting is an Attitude…and Yes, it is Contagious
Safety and Stunting
Rebel Continuity Offense
Mentor Programs - Impacting Your Volleyball Program
Building Muscle Without Weight - Myofascial Release
Nutrition for the High School Athlete
The Importance of Fundamentals in Practice
Music Copyrights Compliance for Spirit
First Year Coaches: What You Need To Know
Maximizing Your Team's Potential
Grizzly Passing Game - Screens & Drop Back
Distance Training for the 1600m and 3200m
Setting the Stage for a Successful Season
Creating “Raving Fans”
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017
RoomActivity
Session 8 - 9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.
SU
E
SH
P
H
Basketball
Sport Psychology
Volleyball - MS/JH
Track & Field
Softball
Session 9 - 10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.
SU
E
SH
P
H
Basketball
Football
Sport Psychology
Track & Field
Softball
Session 10 - 11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
SH
General Session
Presenter
Davis Laughlin
Rob Miller
Amy Gilliland
Steve Simpson
Crystal Kohman-Smith
Sam Stroh
Joe Dreher
Rob Miller
Rick Attig
Mark Mahoney
KCA Board
Session 11 - 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m.
SU
E
SH
P
B
H
R
Basketball
Brett Ballard
Strength & Conditioning Joe Dreher
Volleyball
Ray Bechard
Track & Field
Rick Attig
Golf
Jared Goehring
Sports Medicine
Ryan Tomlins
Wrestling
Cody Parks
Session 12 - 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
SU
E
SH
P
B
H
R
Basketball
Football 8-man
Volleyball
Track & Field
Golf
Baseball
Wrestling
Session 13 - 2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
SU
E
P
B
H
R
Basketball
Football
Track & Field
Golf
Baseball
Wrestling
Session 14 - 2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
SH
Volleyball
Session 15 - 3:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.
E
P
4
Football
Track & Field
Topic
Develop A Game-Changing Team Culture
Impact of Trust
Tips for a Successful Middle School Program
400m & 4x400m Relay Training
Kansas Softball Coaches Association Meeting
Building a Successful Program
Practice Planning
Life Lessons
Developing a Learning Atmosphere in Pole Vault
Building and Maintaining a Winning Program
KCA Business Meeting
Foundation to a Winning Program
Weight Room Philosophy
KU Volleyball
Pole Vault Technique & Teaching Sequence
Drills, Drills and More Drills
Tommy John Epidemic: Prevention, Diagnosis & Treatment
Little Things to Win Big Matches, On and Off the Mat
Brett Ballard
Marc Cowles
Ray Bechard
Cameron Babb
Scott Mitchum
Heath Gerstner
Travis Keal
Defensive Concept Drills
What I've Learned at Coaching School
KU Volleyball
Hurdle Events
Tru-Vu: Change the Way You Look at Putting Forever
High School Arm Care & Velocity Training
Daily Functional Drills that Lead to Success
Ryan Hoopes
Tony Trimble
Jeff Roudebush
Tim Hiebert
Josh Regan
Danny Grater
Progression Drills for Elementary thru High School AND More
Option Football—How to Compete with Smaller Athletes
Sprint Training Using Scientific Principles
If I Had Known Then What I Know Now!
A Championship Approach: Attitude, Skills & Drills
Building a Program From Scratch
Cheryl Gleason
Volleyball Rules Meeting
Matt Biehler
Brian McGee
Benefits of Running the Single-Wing
Creating a Track-Crazed Culture
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
RoomActivity
Session 16 - 9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.
SU
E
SH
P
H
R
Football
Basketball
Volleyball
Athletic Training
Baseball
Wrestling
Session 17 - 10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.
SU
E
SH
P
H
R
Football
Basketball
Volleyball
Track & Field
Baseball
Wrestling
Session 18 - 11:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
SU
E
SH
P
B
H
R
Football
Sport Psychology
General Session
Cross Country
Golf
Baseball
Wrestling
Session 19 - 12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m.
SU
E
SH
P
B
H
Football
Basketball
Volleyball
Cross Country
Golf
Baseball
Presenter
Topic
Terry King
Benji George
Chris Lamb
Krista Andereck
Steve Bushnell
Daniel Schmidt
Relationships, Experiences & Lessons Learned
Developing & Implementing Effective Practice Plans
Trouble Shooting
Dangers of Environmental Conditions - Heat Illness
Roundtable Discussion
On Your Feet (Sweep Singles/Cut Doubles)
Scot Koranda
Steve Wallace
Chris Lamb
Jeff Wyrick
Harley Douglas
Beau Vest
Defensive Secondary Coverages
What I Have Learned…So Far
Out of System Drills
Competing for Track Athletes in a Small School Setting
Ichabod Baseball
Second Touch Offense/Drills
Jason Feeback
Buddy Welsh & Tom Horstick
Brummett, Clay & Kohman-Smith
Eric Wellman
Scot Weller
Harley Douglas
Beau Vest
Lee Weber
Darrel Knoll
Barry Lenth
Eric Wellman
Dan Key
A.C. Russell
Session 20 - 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
Finding Ways to Win - Building Your Program from the Ground Up
Program & Player Development: Attention to Detail
Strategically Planning Highly Effective & Competitive Practices
Strength/Power Training for Distance Runners
Practice Drills
Small, Rural School Coaching
SU
Football 8-Man
Lewis Whitson
E
Basketball
Scott Mall
SH
Volleyball
Jessica Koch
P
Track & Field
Michael Lanzrath
B
Golf
Greg Hobelmann
Session 21 - 2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
SU
Football
Developing a Culture of Excellence
Building Relationships
Social Media and Coaching
The Anatomy of a Cross Country Season
Player Development/Retention
Ichabod Baseball
Score With Hi-C Attacks
Culture Building
Manhattan Defense
KCA/KVA Session
Why Do We Coach? A Good, Bad &
Ugly Approach to Making a Difference
KGA Coaches Meeting
Mark Lentz
Football Rules Meeting
Brenda Soldani
Sports First Aid Course
Session 22 - 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
SH
Human Kinetics
Coach Education
Thursday, August 03, 2017
Session 23 - 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
P
H
Human Kinetics
Coach Education
Human Kinetics
Coach Education
Tim Klein
Brenda Soldani
Human Kinetics Coaching Principles
Sports First Aid Course
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Coaches may join the KCA at the KCA registration table during the Kansas Coaching School. Membership
includes membership in the National Federation Coaches Association. KCA membership includes: NFCA dues
(which includes liability insurance) and KCA dues.
The Kansas Coaches Association is continuing to grow with 855 members. We encourage you to join or renew your membership
in the Kansas Coaches Association. The membership fee of $30 enrolls you as a member in the state and two national
organizations, as well as providing you with some liability insurance. There are several reasons why your membership is
valuable:
• KCA has annual input to the KSHSAA on rule revision
• An online subscription to the National Federation Coaches Quarterly http://www.nfhs.org/hstoday
• Awards programs recognizing Kansas coaches at the state and national levels
• Involvement on 16 national high school sport playing rules committees
• Outstanding coaching education programs like NFCA
KCA Membership
"Important Things All First Year Coaches Should Know"
Your attendance at this session will allow you the
opportunity to receive a free membership to KCA.
Congratulations to our National Federation of High Schools
2016 State Coach of the Year Award Winners!
* Boys Golf��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Mark Watts, Hays High School
* Boys Soccer������������������������������������������������������������������������ Saul Hernandez, Dodge City High School
Girls Soccer������������������������������������������������������� Sarah Gonzalez, Shawnee Mission West High School
* Boys Tennis���������������������������������������������������������������� Dave Hawley, Wichita-Collegiate High School
* Boys Cross Country..................... Justin Wrigley, Overland Park-St. Thomas Aquinas High School
* Boys Track and Field������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Eric True, Olpe High School
** Volleyball...............................................Gwenn Pike, Shawnee Mission-Bishop Miege High School
* Softball������������������������������������������������������������������������� Jay Monhollon, Topeka-Seaman High School
* Girls Golf���������������������������������������������������������������������������������� David Bertholf, Winfield High School
* Girls Tennis��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Travis Sebits, Hesston High School
* Boys Basketball������������������������������������������������������������������������ Dennis Fort, Osage City High School
Baseball�������������������������������������������������������������������������������Chris Mercer, Baxter Springs High School
* Girls Track and Field����������������������������������������������������������� Mike Wallace, Olathe East High School
Wrestling������������������������������������������������������������������������� Kevin Weber, Howard-West Elk High School
Girls Basketball���������������������������������������������������������������Antwain Scales, Wichita-South High School
Girls Cross Country���������������������������������Wade Caselman, Gypsum-Southeast of Saline High School
11-Man Football������������������������������������������������������� Joel Applebee, Shawnee-Mill Valley High School
* Boys Swimming & Diving��������������������Derek Berg, Overland Park-Blue Valley North High School
* Section 5 award winner | ** National award winner
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2017-18
All first year coaches are encouraged to attend the
Monday 4 p.m. session:
What Every Coach Should Know…
1.Rules Meeting & Open-Book Exam
Head coaches in the following sports are required to complete an online rules meeting and
complete an open-book exam:
•Baseball
•Basketball
•Football
•Gymnastics
•Soccer
•Softball
•Spirit
• Track & Field
•Volleyball
•Wrestling
Exam Only
•Bowling
• Cross Country
•Golf
•Swimming/Diving
The online rules meetings and exams are located on our website www.kshsaa.org. Login as a
coach/sponsor and select your sport. Coaches must see their Athletic Director to obtain the coach
password and a written copy of the exam questions.
2.Recommendations for Postseason Officials
KSHSAA participating school administrators are required to submit (online) the names of officials they would recommend for postseason events. Head coaches are encouraged to submit a list
of registered officials to their AD in advance of the deadline date.
3.Knowledge Of Rules
Coaches have a responsibility to be aware of KSHSAA rules (general and those specific to their
sport) and NFHS playing rules (or other rules specific to their sport: Golf-USGA, Tennis-USTA). NFHS, USGA and USTA rules books may be purchased from the KSHSAA. The KSHSAA
Handbook is located online at www.kshsaa.org. Sport specific information is available in KSHSAA sports manuals and/or the rules meeting announcements sheet. Coaches should direct questions to their school administrator.
4.KSHSAA Activities Journal The KSHSAA publishes an Activities Journal 10 months of the year (August – May), which contains sport-specific news and information. Please see your AD if you do not have access to this
publication.
5.KSHSAA Website (www.kshsaa.org)
Sport specific information is available at www.kshsaa.org/athletic. Refer to the specific sport for
postseason assignments and brackets, state qualifiers, state results, sport-specific information
and updates, etc. Publications such as the monthly Activities Journal and sport-specific manuals
are also available on the KSHSAA website.
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first,
and the lesson afterwards.
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Baseball/Softball
Baseball
Heath Gerstner – McPherson High School
“High School Arm Care & Velocity
Training”
Coach Gerstner took over the Bullpup
program in 2015 and captured a league
title in 2016. Most notably he started
his head coaching career at Junction
City, taking them to 6A state in 2014,
and the very next year coaching
McPherson to a 4A DI state baseball
appearance. It marked the first state
baseball trip for the Bluejays in 15 years. During his fiveyear coaching career he has been dubbed the Hutchinson
News Area Coach of the Year and the AVCTL D-III Coach
of the Year. In addition to coaching baseball, Gerstner is an
assistant football coach and biology teacher at McPherson.
Harley Douglas – Washburn University, Topeka
“Ichabod Baseball”
Former Ichabod All-MIAA outfielder
Harley Douglas just finished his third
season at the helm of the Washburn
baseball program in 2016-17. In his
first season, Washburn went 33-20
and finished in the final three at the
2015 MIAA tournament. The Ichabods
won more than 30 games for the first
time since 2000 and saw eight players
selected to the All-MIAA team. WU started the season 140, climbing to as high as No. 19 in the American Baseball
Coaches Association national poll (weeks four and five) and
No. 6 in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
rankings (week four). Douglas is the first former Ichabod
player to serve as Washburn's coach and just the fifth person
to coach the Ichabods since complete historical records
were archived in the 1950s. Douglas has been involved in
baseball on many levels while also working in education. He
is a Washburn graduate with two bachelor's degrees and a
master's from Emporia State. He played in the New York
Mets Minor League organization after his All-MIAA career as
an outfielder at Washburn. He then served as a high school
head coach before working as a special education teacher at
Rossville Junior/Senior High School.
Steve Bushnell – Seaman High School, Topeka –
Kansas Association of Baseball Coaches
Roundtable Discussion
Steve Bushnell is the current president
of the Kansas Association of Baseball
Coaches and head coach at Seaman
High School. Steve will use this time
to discuss the current pitch count rule/
procedures, along with facilitating a
roundtable to discuss possible early
season workout plans.
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Josh Regan – Fort Scott High School
“A Championship Approach: Attitude,
Skills & Drills”
Coach Regan is the current baseball
coach at Fort Scott High School.
Regan played baseball at Fort Scott
Community College from 1998-1999.
His head coaching career began at
Jayhawk-Linn High School in 2008,
before taking over at Fort Scott High
School in 2012. Regan's 2014 and
2015 Fort Scott baseball teams experienced a berth in the
KSHSAA state baseball tournament with a 4th place finish
in 2015. Josh teaches at Fort Scott High School where he also
helps coach football.
A.C. Russell – Elk Valley High School, Longton
“Small, Rural School Coaching”
Coach Russell has coached football,
basketball and baseball for 20 years
in three states (Virginia, Pennsylvania
and Kansas).
He has coached in
urban, suburban and rural districts.
His baseball teams have won four
Northern District championships and
two city championships in Virginia
Beach, Virginia, and two Freshman
Suburban One League titles in Pennsylvania. Russell touts
an overall baseball record of 86-58-1.
Softball
Crystal Kohman-Smith – Kansas Softball
Coaches Association
The
Kansas
Softball
Coaches
Association will hold their annual
meeting at the KSHSAA Coaching
School.
All softball coaches are
encouraged to attend this session.
Discussion topics will include: AllState Team Selection, Membership,
All-Star games and many other topics.
Crystal is a teacher and coach at Pratt
High School and the President of the
Kansas Softball Coaches Association.
Baseball/Softball
Softball
Brenda Holaday – Washburn University, Topeka
“Building Mental Toughness &
Competitive Drive”
“Hitting is an Attitude….and Yes, it is
Contagious”
Coach Holaday took over the Washburn
Ichabod softball program in July 2016
after 19 successful seasons at Washburn
Rural High School. Holaday played
competitive softball at Kansas State
University from 1981-1983 before
they ended the program. Her record at Washburn Rural
High School was an impressive 351-93 including three 6A
state championships. Her teams were Centennial League
champions 14 of her 19 years at the helm and qualified for
the state tournament 16 times. She has numerous coaching
honors including Centennial League Coach of the Year and
City League Coach of the Year nine times. She was named 6A
Coach of the Year twice and the Kansas Coach of the Year in
2011. Coach Holaday has been active in the Softball Coaches
Association. Her first Ichabod team has shown consistent
improvement throughout the season. She has a bachelor’s
degree from Kansas State University and a master’s degree
from the University of Kansas.
Shelly Huber – Spring Hill High School
“Setting the Stage for a Successful
Season”
Winning the 2016 Class 4A DI state
title is one of the highlights of Coach
Huber’s coaching career. A graduate of
Paola High School, she played softball
at Johnson County Community College
where she was an NJCAA All-American.
She also played at the University of
Missouri-Kansas City where she was
named All-Conference and was the team MVP in 2001. Coach
Huber took over as the head coach at Spring Hill in 2009 and
is the Library Media Specialist at the elementary school. Her
team won Frontier League titles in 2015 and 2016.
Cassie Rhuems – Frontenac High School
“The Importance of Fundamentals in
Practice”
Coach Rhuems returned to her alma
mater and took over as the head coach
at Frontenac High School in 2008. After
a successful high school career where
she earned All-League and All-State
honors, Cassie went to Pittsburg State
University and played on the softball
team. The Frontenac Raiders won the
Class 4A DII state title in 2016 with a record of 18-7. Her
overall record at Frontenac is 151-53. Coach Rhuems is also
the head volleyball coach and teaches physical education and
weight training.
Mark Mahoney – Olathe Northwest High School
“Building and Maintaining a Winning
Program”
Coach Mahoney has built a highly
successful program at Olathe Northwest
High School, winning state 6A titles in
2009 and 2011. His teams have won
multiple Sunflower League titles and he
has been named the Sunflower League
Coach of the Year four times. He began
his coaching career at Jackson County
High School in Georgia where he spent four years and was
named the 2001 Northeast Georgia Softball Coach of the
Year. In his 16 years of coaching he has an overall record of
285-82. Highlights of his career include a 44-game winning
streak and winning the 2009 state championship with a 25-0
record. A Hays High graduate, he got his bachelor’s degree
from Fort Hays State University and a master’s degree from
the University of Alabama.
Susan Mayberry – Basehor-Linwood High School,
Basehor
“Drills for Infielders & Outfielders in 30
Minutes”
Coach Mayberry has been the head
softball coach at Basehor-Linwood
High School since 1998. Prior to that
she was the head coach at Shawnee
Mission East High School. She has an
overall record of 278-125 and her teams
have won seven regional titles. In 2010,
Basehor-Linwood won the Class 4A
state title and Susan was named Class 4A State Softball Coach
of the Year. Coach Mayberry has spoken at several ASA and
National Softball Coaches clinics. Her teams have won five
Kaw Valley League titles and finished in the top four every
year under Coach Mayberry’s guidance. She is a graduate of
Pittsburg State University and has a master’s degree from the
University of Saint Mary.
Jay Monhollon – Seaman High School, Topeka
“Beyond the X’s and O’s”
Coach Monhollon took over as head
coach at Seaman High School in 2012
after serving for several years as an
assistant coach.
Monhollon played
baseball at Washburn University prior
to starting his teaching and coaching
career. In 2016, the Vikings won the
Class 5A state title, pushing Monhollon’s
career record to 107-16. His teams have
won the Centennial League title four times and been the
regional champions five times. Following the 2016 season,
coach Monhollon was named the KCA Coach of the Year, the
Midwest Sectional Coach of the Year and the NFHS State
Coach of the Year. He was named the league and city coach of
the year in 2014 and 2015. Coach Monhollon has built lasting
relationships with his players, who frequently come back to
support the team.
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Basketball
Jeff Mittie – Kansas State University, Manhattan
“Playing Multiple Defenses”
“Off-Season Individual Training”
Coach Mittie will be starting his fourth
season at the helm of the K-State
women’s basketball program and is
coming off a season in which they hosted
an NCAA first round tournament
for the first time since 2003. The
Wildcats defeated Drake and then lost
to Stanford in the NCAA tournament.
Stanford finished in the Final Four. Coach Mittie has a
career record of 514-273 and had been the head coach at
Missouri Western, Arkansas State and TCU before arriving
at K-State in 2014. In his 25-year head coaching career, his
teams have played in either the NCAA or WNIT tournament
18 times. Mittie has received a number of accolades during
his coaching career including: 2010 Mountain West Coach
of the Year, 2002 Conference USA Coach of the Year, 2001
WAC Coach of the Year and the MIAA Coach of the Year in
1994 and 1995. In 2017, he was recognized as the Kansas
Basketball Coaches Association College Women’s Coach of
the Year. Coach Mittie has several former players playing at
the WNBA level.
Brett Ballard - Washburn University, Topeka
“Foundation to a Winning Program”
“Defensive Concept Drills”
Coach Ballard will begin his first
season as the head men’s basketball
coach at Washburn University. He is a
native of Hutchinson where he played
basketball at Hutchinson Community
College. Ballard then transferred to
the University of Kansas and played
two seasons under Roy Williams.
Following completion of his playing career, he stayed on the
KU coaching staff for seven years working under Bill Self.
In 2010, he was named the head coach at Baker University.
When Danny Manning left KU to become the head coach at
Tulsa and later Wake Forest, Coach Ballard took a position
as assistant coach. In April 2017, he became the head men’s
basketball coach at Washburn. Ballard was named to the
Academic All-Big 12 team as a senior, and the Jayhawks
went 56-11 during his playing career including playing in the
Final Four while at KU.
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Mark Applegate – South Gray High School,
Montezuma
“Rebel Continuity Offense”
Coach Applegate has an impressive
career record of 628-214 over his
coaching career. He began coaching at
Montezuma High School in 1982, and
when the school became South Gray
High School he continued as the head
coach. His teams have made numerous
state tournament appearances.
In
2017, the Rebels finished with a record
of 24-2 and finished 2nd in Class 1A DI. In addition to
coaching basketball he is the assistant principal and athletic
director.
Benjamin George – Manhattan High School
“Developing & Implementing Effective
Practice Plans”
Coach George took over the Manhattan
High School boys basketball team in
2014 after serving as an assistant
for six seasons. A graduate of Clifton
Clyde High School he earned bachelor’s
and master’s degrees from Kansas
State University. Coach George has
a career record of 54-12 including an
18-5 season in 2017. The 2017 squad qualified for the Class
6A state tournament. Coach George has been named the
Centennial League Coach of the Year three times and the
Indians have won the league the past three years. He was
also named Flint Hills Area Coach of the Year in 2016 and
2017. George is a biology teacher at Manhattan High School.
Ryan Hoopes – Goessel High School
“Progression Drills for Elementary
through High School – AND More”
Coach
Hoopes
graduated
from
Chaparral High School and then
attended Bethel College on a
basketball scholarship. He began his
coaching career while still a student
at Bethel when he accepted a position
as the assistant junior high boys and
girls basketball coach at Moundridge.
In 2005, he took over as the junior high girls coach at Goessel
and in 2008 was named the head girls coach at Goessel High
School. His teams have been the undefeated Wheat State
League champions the past three years and have a record of
58-11 during that span. The 2017 team finished with a record
of 19-4 and sub-state runners-up. In addition to coaching
basketball he also helps with football and track.
Basketball
Randy Jordan – Newton High School
“Triangle Offense & Teaching Players
to Enjoy Defense”
Coach Jordan took over as the head
basketball coach a Newton High
School in 2003 after serving as an
assistant for one season. The 2017
team won their sub-state tournament
and qualified for the state tournament
for the eighth time in Jordan’s career.
He has an overall record of 217-86.
The 2006 team finished as the 5A state champions. Coach
Jordan graduated from McPherson College with a degree in
secondary education. He has been named KBCA Coach of the
Year, AVCTL Coach of the Year and Wichita Eagle 5A Coach
of the Year. A WaKeeney native, Coach Jordan serves as the
Chief of Police in North Newton.
Darrel Knoll – Hillsboro High School
“Program & Player Development:
Attention to Detail”
Coach Knoll has had 12 of his teams
qualify for the state basketball
tournament while the head coach
at Hillsboro High School. He has an
overall career record of 492-185 and
has won three state titles. He began
his coaching career at Hillsboro High
School in 1989 and has been named
KBCA Coach of the Year three times. The 2017 team finished
with a record of 17-7 and lost in the first round of the state
tournament to eventual champion Salina-Sacred Heart.
Coach Knoll has earned numerous honors including being
named the National Federation Section 5 Distinguished
Service Award in 1996. In addition to his coaching duties he
teaches history and government.
Davis Laughlin – Circle Middle School, Benton
“Develop a Game-Changing Team
Culture”
Coach Laughlin has been coaching
in the Circle school district for many
years in different roles. He was the
varsity coach for both boys and girls
teams and accumulated a record of 390170. He played basketball collegiately
at Bethany College. Coach Laughlin
retired after 34 years of teaching
but has returned as a middle school coach at Circle Middle
School. In 2017 his 7th grade girls team finished the season
14-1 and was league champion. Coach Laughlin now teaches
education classes at Butler County Community College and
Friends University. He published his first book Ripple Maker
– Teaching, Effectively and Loving it.
Scott Mall – Manhattan High School
“Manhattan Defense”
The Manhattan girls basketball team
finished the 2017 season by winning
their first ever state 6A title with a
record of 24-1. Coach Mall has been the
head girls coach at Manhattan High
School since 1993 and has an overall
coaching record of 346-182. A graduate
of Linn High School and Kansas State
University, he also was the head boys
varsity coach at Girard High School for six seasons. During
his tenure as the Manhattan High School coach, the teams
have won five Centennial League titles and four I-70 League
titles. In addition to his coaching duties, he teaches math
and assists in volleyball and track.
Sam Stroh – Free State High School, Lawrence
“Building a Successful Program”
Coach Stroh was named the Sunflower
League Coach of the Year after leading
the 2017 Firebirds to a 3rd place
finish in the 6A state boys basketball
tournament.
A graduate of Lake
City High School in Idaho and the
University of Nebraska, he started his
coaching career at Blue Valley North
High School as the JV coach where
his 2010 team went undefeated. In 2013, he took over the
Shawnee Heights program and was named city coach of
the year in 2015. Following the 2015 season, Coach Stroh
took over the Free State program and led them to an 18-7
record this past season. In addition to his coaching duties he
teaches history.
Steve Wallace – Shawnee Heights High School,
Tecumseh
“What I Have Learned... So Far”
Coach Wallace capped his second
season at Shawnee Heights High School
with the Class 5A boys basketball
state championship. Coach Wallace
was also named the KBCA, TopekaCapital Journal and Wichita Eagle
5A Coach of the Year. A graduate of
Olathe East High School, he completed
his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at
the University of Kansas. He served as a graduate assistant
for the University of Kansas women’s basketball team from
2007-2009. He then worked with women’s programs at
the University of Rhode Island and Tennessee Tech before
becoming the boys head coach at Piper High School in Kansas
City. After a one-year stint as an assistant women’s coach at
the University of Kansas, he took over the boys program at
Shawnee Heights in 2015.
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Cheer
Varsity Spirit Presenters
Jamie Graham – Varsity University
With over 20 years of experience
as a participating athlete, coach,
choreographer, and national and
international competition judge, Jamie
brings a wealth of knowledge to those
involved in the cheerleading industry.
A three-sport athlete and cheerleader
in high school, Jamie’s focus turned to
the activity of cheer while in college at
Oklahoma State University, where she
was a member of the spirit squad for
three years. While her passion is focused on the leadership
and ambassadorship roles of cheerleaders, she also enjoyed
the opportunity to represent OSU while successfully
competing at several National Cheerleaders Association
Collegiate National Championships. Since serving on
Universal Cheerleaders Association instructional staff
throughout college, Jamie has made a career with Varsity
Spirit, currently serving as the Southwest Regional Manager
and Director of State Association Partnerships. She lives in
Amarillo, Texas, with her husband and three children.
Jason Sack – Universal Cheerleaders
Association (UCA)
A native of Independence, Kansas,
Jason Sack enters his 12th year at
Northwest Missouri State University
after five years at Avila University,
an NAIA institution in Kansas City,
Missouri. At Avila, he coached the
cheerleading squad to three consecutive
UCA College Cheerleading National
All-Girl Division II top-10 finishes
and was named the Heart of America
Conference Spirit Squad Coach of
the Year in 2003. In 2005-06, he judged at the American
Championships "Official Florida State Championships" and
the UCA's "National All-State Cheerleading Competition."
While at Northwest his Bearcat cheerleaders have been
named the Universal Cheerleaders Association Division II
National Champions in 2010, 2012 and 2013, runner-up in
2016, and 3rd place in 2017.
As an athlete at Pittsburg State University, Sack was a
member of the cheer squad that finished in the top-10 at
the UCA College Nationals from 1996-99, including a 2nd
place finish in 1997. He was named captain in the 1997-98
academic year and earned the team's "Hustle Award" in 1997
and 1998.
He has worked for Universal Cheerleaders Association since
1997, teaching camps and choreography across the Midwest,
and has been a speaker at numerous coaching conferences
including Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and Colorado.
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Holly Schaffner – National Cheerleaders
Association (NCA)
Holly began as a dancer and gymnast
at age 6. She moved to cheerleading in
junior high and high school, where she
was a Missouri State Champion two
years in a row and a top 20 competitor
at NCA Nationals. She eventually
earned collegiate All-American honors
at Northwest Missouri State as a
Bearcat cheerleader where the team
also finished 5th in the nation. She
was an NCA instructor and head
instructor for 12 years. She has coached at the high school
level, winning a state championship in New Mexico, and at
the collegiate level including stints at Eastern New Mexico
University and Butler Community College. At Butler she led
the team to their first trip to both NCA and USA nationals,
and the team placed as high as 2nd place in the nation
under her direction. Holly is currently a State Director for
the National Cheerleaders Association, overseeing camps
in four states. She has a degree in Elementary Education
from Eastern New Mexico University and lives in Augusta,
Kansas.
“Spirit Day” – Monday, July 31, 2017
9:30
2017 KSHSAA Game Day Spirit
Showcase Competition Education
and Training
Varsity Spirit Staff
10:30
Jody Redman (Keynote)
12:00
Jody Redman (Session)
1:00
Lunch/Visit Exhibits
2:00
Safety and Stunting
Varsity Spirit Staff
3:00
Music Copyrights Compliance for
Spirit
Varsity Spirit Staff
4:00
Creating “Raving Fans” (Leading
and Exceeding Expectations in Your
School and Community)
Varsity Spirit Staff
Cross Country/Track and Field
Cross Country
Eric Wellman – Emporia State University
“The Anatomy of a Cross Country
Season”
“Strength/Power Training for
Distance Runners”
Coach Wellman just completed his first
season as the head cross country coach
at Emporia State University. He is no
stranger to ESU as he competed on the
Hornet cross country and track and
field teams from 2003 to 2008. Coach
Wellman was a five-time MIAA track and field champion and
three-time NCAA qualifier. He was the men’s high point scorer
at the 2006 MIAA Indoor Championships. After completing
his collegiate running career he became an assistant track
and field coach at Emporia State University. In addition to
being the head cross country coach, he also is an assistant
track and field coach responsible for middle and long distance
runners. A graduate of Horton High School, coach Wellman
has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in physical education
from Emporia State University.
Patrick Younger – Ness City High School
“Training Principles for Every Athlete –
Not Just Distance Runners”
Coach Younger has been the head
cross country and track and field coach
at Ness City High School since 2007.
His cross country teams have been
highly successful during his tenure.
In 2010, both the boys and girls cross
country teams won the class 2A state
championships. Coach Younger was
named the Cross Country Coach of the Year in 2008 and 2010.
In 2010, he was also named the Kansas Coaches Association
Coach of the Year. A graduate of Fort Hays State University,
he teaches K-12 physical education at Ness City. A highlight
of his career was winning titles in 2009 and then again in
2010 with only two returning runners from the previous
team.
Track and Field
Cameron Babb – Washburn University, Topeka
“Preparing for and Competing in the
Hurdle Events”
Cameron Babb was tabbed to restart
the Ichabod men's and women's track
and field and cross country programs
on August 10, 2015 after a more than
35-year hiatus at Washburn. Babb
completed his first season as Assistant
Track & Field Coach for West Texas
A&M (Canyon, Texas) in the 2014-15
school year after primarily taking over the coaching duties
of WTAMU’s jumpers, javelin and multi-event athletes who
accounted for five of the program’s seven All-America awards
in 2014.
In a very successful first season in Canyon in 2015, Babb
helped coach the Lady Buffs indoor team to a secondstraight Lone Star Conference title while program-best
national finishes were achieved by the men's and women's
indoor teams and women's outdoor team. Additionally, the
Buffs finished a program-high 8th place in the USTFCCCA
Program of the Year rankings. During the 2015 seasons,
Babb coached his athletes to eight national qualifiers, three
First-Team All-America and two Second-Team All-America
accolades, and three LSC titles.
Babb joined the WT coaching staff after an outstanding
three-year tenure and the previous two as head coach at
Limestone College in Gaffney, South Carolina. In 2013, his
first at the helm of the program, Babb led the Saints to one of
their most successful seasons in school history, as his men’s
team won its first-ever Conference Carolinas Outdoor Team
Championship. That season he also coached the NCAA DII
Southeast Region Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year and was
named the Conference Carolinas Outdoor Head Coach of
the Year and the NCAA DII Southeast Region Indoor Head
Coach of the Year.
In only two years running the Saints’ program, Babb coached
the school’s first track and field national qualifier, and
eventually four total, including its first track and field AllAmerican. Additionally, under his three-year watch on the
staff, the men and women combined to break an astounding
59 school records.
Prior to arriving in Gaffney, Babb coached for two years at
Blue Valley North High School (Overland Park, Kansas)
where he was mentored by former DI and USA National
Coach Rick Attig (University of Kansas and University of
Nebraska). There, Babb coached six Kansas state qualifiers
in jumps, five of whom scored at the state meet, and helped
the boy’s team to an Eastern Kansas League championship.
Babb’s first stint in the coaching realm was at his alma mater,
Emporia State. As the assistant in Emporia, he coached
21 national qualifiers, 13 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Athletics Association (MIAA) champions, eight NCAA DII
All-Americans, four school record holders, and one NCAA DII
National Champion in jumps and multi-events.
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Cross Country/Track and Field
He was a student-athlete at Emporia State from 2003 to 2007
where he was a five-time qualifier for the NCAA Division II
National Championship in the long jump, decathlon and
javelin events. In 2006, Babb won the MIAA decathlon
championship. During his athletic career with the Hornets,
he was a 12-time All-Conference selection and competed in
the decathlon at the USA Junior National Championships as
a freshman in 2004.
Babb earned a B.S. in Health Promotion and a minor in
Coaching from Emporia State in 2007. In May of 2014,
he completed his M.S. in Health, Physical Education and
Recreation, also at Emporia State. Babb also has a teaching
background in fitness and aerobic conditioning at both
Emporia State and Limestone College.
Rick Attig – Washburn University, Topeka
“Developing a Learning Atmosphere in
Pole Vault”
“Pole Vault Technique and Teaching
Sequence for All Levels”
Rick Attig is in his first season on the
Ichabod track and field coaching staff,
joining Washburn on July 6, 2016. He
joins the Ichabod staff just prior to
the first season of competition for the
newly reinstated program and will focus his efforts primarily
with field and multi-events. Prior to joining Washburn,
Attig was the head track coach and assistant cross country
coach at Blue Valley North High School in Overland Park
where coached since 2006, but brings to Washburn over two
decades of NCAA Division I experience between stops at the
University of Kansas and the University of Nebraska.
In his most recent spot, Attig coached the high school boys
pole vault national record holder (5.61 meters), and in his
two years of running Xtreme Athletics club, his athletes have
broken four state high school pole vault records (Kansas and
Missouri boys and girls).
An assistant coach at UNL from 2001 to 2005, Attig coached
and recruited pole vaulters, heptathletes and decathletes,
and coached two NCAA National Champions, one USA
National Junior Champion, 15 NCAA All-Americans and 13
Big 12 Champions.
Prior to UNL, Attig served as Assistant Track Coach at KU
from 1984 to 2000 where he instructed 33 All-Americans, 34
Big 8/12 Champions, four USA National Championships and
three Pan American Champions. In addition, KU athletes
under Attig's teaching set two NCAA records, eight Big 8/12
records and one American record (Scott Huffman, 19'7").
Attig had one pole vaulter earn a spot on the 1996 Olympic
Team and his student-athletes held the No. 1 United States
ranking in 1993, 1995 and 1996.
On the national stage, Attig served as the USA Track &
Field National Pole Vault Coach from 1990 to 1996 and was
an assistant coach for the 1989 Olympic Sports Festival
for the jumping events. He was the North Region Javelin
Development Chairman from 1980 to 1984, and wrote the
USA Track & Field Pole Vault Manual in addition to being
published several times in numerous track and field journals.
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A native of Murphysboro, Illinois, Attig earned his Bachelors
of Science in Secondary Education from Southeast Missouri
State and picked up his Master's Degree in teaching Physical
Education from Southeast Missouri State in 1978, where he
was a four-year letterman and team captain in both football
and track. He was inducted into the Southeast Missouri
State Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003 for his contributions to
the program as a student-athlete. He then coached at Cape
Girardeau Central High School (Missouri) for two seasons
and at Raytown South High School (Missouri) for seven
seasons before joining the Kansas staff in 1984.
Steve Simpson – Abilene High School
“400m and 4x400 Relay Training”
With 42 years of coaching experience
and a history of developing 400m and
4x400 runners, Coach Simpson will
talk on that subject as well as Speed
Development Drills. Steve has coached
multiple 4x400 state champions and
runners-up in both boys and girls
track. A graduate of Fort Hays State
University, Coach Simpson began his
career at Baileyville B&B High School in 1975 and took over
the Abilene program in 2014.
Justin Wrigley – St. Thomas Aquinas High
School, Overland Park
“Distance Training for the 1600m and
3200m”
Justin Wrigley has been coaching
girls and boys distance runners at St.
Thomas Aquinas since 2002. He was
named the head track and field coach
in 2014 and has also been the head
cross country coach since 2006. During
his time as head coach, the Saints
have won two state track and field
team titles (girls-one, boys-one) and 13 state cross country
team titles (girls-eight, boys-five). Saints distance runners in
this era have won 10 individual state titles on the track and
seven on the cross country course as well as 11 state titles in
the 4x800m relay. In 2016, the Saints boys set the all-time
Kansas record in the distance medley relay, and in 2014 the
Saints girls also set the all-time Kansas record in the 4xMile
relay. Both relay teams finished 7th place in the U.S. at the
New Balance Outdoor National Championships. The 2013
Saints girls cross country team swept the top four spots and
finished with a perfect score of 15 points in the 5A state meet.
Two years later the boys nearly replicated that feat while
also sweeping the top four spots but finishing with a 5A state
meet record of just 22 points. Wrigley attended Bishop Miege
High School, where he helped win two 5A state cross country
team championships, and Kansas State University where he
earned his B.S. degree in History.
Cross Country/Track and Field
Greg Smarsh – Andale High School
“Building a Consistently Successful
Program"
Greg Smarsh took over the head
coaching responsibilities at Andale
High School in 2005, having previously
served as an assistant from 1993
to 2004. During his tenure, both
the girls and boys track and field
teams have shown a great deal of
success. Both teams have won over 10
league championships, both teams have won nine regional
championships and both teams have garnered a great deal
of success at the state track and field meet. The boys teams
have won five state 4A championships.
Jeff Roudebush – Shawnee Mission North High
School
“Sprint Training Using Scientific
Principles”
Jeff began coaching track and field
in the early 1990s as a sprint coach
at Truman High School (Missouri).
He also coached the shot and discus
in his time there. His head coaching
experience was at Pembroke Hill for
many years, as well as an associate
head coach at Truman High School.
After retiring from Missouri, he became an assistant at
Shawnee Mission Northwest in the shot, discus and sprints.
Jeff currently is the head track coach at Shawnee Mission
North and has coached numerous All-State athletes as well
as state champions.
Michael Lanzrath – Northern Heights High
School, Allen
Brian McGee – Gardner-Edgerton High School,
Gardner
“Creating a Track-Crazed Culture”
Over his 17 year career in track and
field, both as an assistant and as head
boys coach, Brian McGee has been a
part of six team league championships,
eight regional team championships,
eight team state trophies, and one team
state championship. During his time at
GEHS, the Blazers have qualified 372
athletes to the state meet, medaling
264 and producing 29 state champions. Coach McGee, along
with his dedicated coaching staff, has worked tirelessly at
creating an environment of high expectations, athleteempowerment, support, fun and winning.
Eric True – Olpe High School
“Building a Champion Track Team at a
Small School”
A graduate of Council Grove High
School and Emporia State University,
Eric taught in the De Soto School
District for three years before
spending the last 19 years at Olpe
High School. In his 19 years, the
girls track and field team has won 12
league championships, seven regional
championships and three state championships. The boys
team has won six league championships, three regional
championships and one state championship.
Jeff Wyrick – Caney Valley High School, Caney
"Competing for Track Athletes in a
Small School Setting"
“Why Do We Coach? A Good, Bad and
Ugly Approach to Making a Difference”
Michael is a graduate of and current
head cross country and track and
field coach at Northern Heights High
School in Allen. A former state cross
country runner, he also participated
in cross country at the junior college
level. After 10 years away from NHHS,
he was very excited and fortunate to
be presented an opportunity to return to his alma mater
and coach the team that shaped so much of his high school
experience. He is a firm believer that if a coach can make one
difference with one athlete on one day, coming back tomorrow
is more than worth it.
Nick Knight – Maranatha Christian Academy,
Shawnee
"Preparing in Practice"
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Football
Marc Cowles – Ness City High School
“What I’ve Learned at KSHSAA
Coaching School”
Lewis Whitson – Hartford High School
“Culture Building: How to Get it
Going in the Right Direction”
Marc Cowles has been coaching and
teaching at Ness City High School
for the past two years, after spending
13 years at Weskan High School.
He graduated from Wallace County
High School in 1991 and attended
Garden City Community College.
He graduated from Fort Hays State
University with a Bachelor of Science degree. Marc’s overall
record is 73-67, with this year’s team finishing 7-3.
Coach Whitson will discuss the
difficulty of growing a culture in a
small school and community. The
presentation talks about some things
that have been done at Hartford to help
get the culture started in the football
program and weight room program.
He will continue with his philosophy
of holding student-athletes accountable to the program’s
expectations and following through on that accountability.
Tony Trimble – Valley Heights High School, Blue
Rapids
Sean Price – Labette County High School,
Altamont
“Option Football – How to Compete
with Smaller Athletes”
Tony Trimble has served as a head
football coach for 22 years and as an
assistant for six years. Throughout
his career, he has a record of 128-86.
Before arriving at Valley Heights,
he coached at Rossville, Neodesha,
Chanute, Hanover and Ford High
School (Texas). Since arriving at Valley
Heights 12 years ago, his teams have managed to win 60
football games. His career has earned him numerous awards
and opportunities, including the Kansas Football Coaches
Association Coach of the Year and an opportunity to coach in
the Kansas Shrine Bowl.
Joe Dreher – Decatur Community High School,
Oberlin
“Practice Planning”
Joe Dreher graduated from Plainville
High School in 1988. Coach Dreher
started working at Decatur Community
High School in 1995. During this time,
he has coached football, wrestling, and
track and field. In 2012, he took over
as the head football coach and has
guided his team to the state playoffs in
three of his five years. In addition to
his coaching duties, he serves as the school’s athletic director
and physical education teacher.
Terry King – Ell-Saline High School, Brookville
“Relationships, Experiences & Lessons
Learned”
Terry King brings 42 years of coaching
experience to the 2017 Coaching
School.
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“Grizzly Passing Game - Screens and
Drop Back”
A graduate of Caney Valley High
School, Coach Price took over the
Labette County High School program
in 2015. He previously coached and
taught at Chetopa and Columbus
High Schools in Kansas and McDonald
County and Carthage High Schools in
Missouri. His passing game philosophy
has seen 10 of his quarterbacks throw for over 2,000 yards
and seven different wide receivers catch for over 1,000 yards
in the last 13 years.
Steve Martin – Northwest High School, Wichita
“Protecting Your Base Plays in Your
Offense”
Coach Martin is starting his 6th year
as head coach at Northwest High
School in Wichita and also is the
Kansas Football Coaches Association
President. Coach Martin is 65-28 in
his career as a head coach and has
won 34 of them at Northwest. Prior
to coaching at Northwest, Martin
served as the defensive coordinator at Heights High School,
Wichita, where they reached the 6A state championship
game the three years Martin was there (2009-2011) and won
the 6A championship in 2010. Before moving to Wichita,
Coach Martin was the head football coach at Troy High
School during the 2005-2008 seasons, where he was 31-11.
Coach Martin began his coaching career as the defensive
coordinator at Halstead High School during the 2003-2004
seasons. He grew up and played football for Matt McKee
at Andale High School from 1995 to 1999. After high school
Martin played collegiately at Bethel College and graduated
in 2003. Coach Martin holds his Master’s Degree in School
Leadership from Baker University. In back-to-back years the
Northwest football team has finished as the Greater Wichita
Athletic League Champions, where his offense has broken
the state record the past two seasons for ‘yards per game’ at
a staggering 546.8 yards. The Grizzly offense is a wide-open,
fast- paced style that uses playmakers in space.
Football
Anthony Orrick – Blue Valley Southwest High
School, Overland Park
“Building a Football Culture”
Anthony Orrick graduated from Blue
Valley High School and Fort Hays State
University. Coach Orrick is entering
his 16th year coaching football at the
high school level. He has coached at
several schools throughout the Kansas
City Metro area in his career. Coach
Orrick was an assistant at Blue Valley
North High School and Blue Valley
High School, then head coach of Spring Hill High School, and
currently works as the head coach at Blue Valley Southwest
High School.
Matt Biehler – Conway Springs High School
“Benefits of Running the Single-Wing”
Matt Biehler is a native of Herington.
After graduating from Herington
High School in 1993, he attended
Hutchinson Community College on a
football scholarship, where he played
defensive end on back-to-back Valley
of the Sun bowl teams. He later
transferred to Southwestern College
in Winfield where his team won the
1996 Wheat Bowl, and he earned All-Conference honors as
well as Academic All-American. He earned his bachelor’s
degree from Southwestern College in 1998 and a Master’s in
Building Leadership from Newman University in 2010.
Matt began his coaching career as a student assistant at
Southwestern College, helping the Moundbuilders win the
KCAC Conference and compete in the NAIA playoffs. He
began coaching in Conway Springs in the fall of 1998. In 2005,
Matt was promoted to defensive coordinator and took over
head coaching duties in 2009. During this time the Cardinals
are 210-28 with seven Class 3A state championships and one
runner-up finish. He has amassed a 77-14 record as a head
coach.
Matt has been married 18 years to the former Jennifer
Wahlenmaier of Arkansas City. They have three daughters:
Kasha, 24, Kenzie, 17 and Karlie, 14 and a two-year-old
granddaughter, Kennedy.
Jason Feeback – Spring Hill High School
“Developing a Culture of Excellence”
The former head coach at Chanute
High School and now of Spring Hill
High School will talk about creating
belief, forming positive relationships,
building
community
support,
developing assistant coaches and
finding what works in your program.
Caleb Smith – Valley Center High School
“Maximizing Talent and Program
Building”
Caleb Smith is the Assistant Principal
and Athletic/Activities Director for
Valley Center High School and also
currently serves as the head football
coach. He also spent three years as
the head track coach. In his four years
as head football coach, he took a team
that had won 10 games in 10 years to a
regional championship and a 9-2 record in 2016. He attended
Emporia State University where he earned a Master’s Degree
in School Leadership. Coach Smith previously worked in the
Derby school district as the head girls basketball coach, head
middle school track coach, football defensive coordinator,
and Business and History teacher. Smith played football
at Kansas State University and Garden City Community
College and was an All-State quarterback at Garden City
High School.
Scot Koranda – Riverside High School, Wathena
“Defensive Secondary Coverages”
Scot Koranda has coached football for
26 years, the last 17 as a head high
school coach. He has been the head
coach at Wichita-South, Hiawatha
and Wathena, and currently for
Riverside High School (consolidated
Wathena and Elwood). In his first
year at Riverside, the team went 9-2
and Coach Koranda had the privilege
of coaching in the Shrine Bowl that year. Since becoming
Riverside High School’s coach, the team has gone 35-22 and
made the playoffs twice. Coach Koranda also serves as the
First Vice President of the Kansas Coaches Association.
Lee Weber – Wamego High School
“Finding Ways to Win: Building Your
Program from the Ground Up”
Before arriving at Wamego High
School, Lee Weber worked as the
head football coach at Plainville High
School, Mission Valley High School and
Council Grove High School. In 2015,
Coach Weber took over as the head
football coach at Wamego. His firstyear team won both the district and
regional championships – the first regional title at Wamego
in 40 years. His success at Wamego is not surprising, as
building a winning program is what he has done at the
previous schools as well.
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Golf
Dan Key – Hayden High School, Topeka
“Practice Drills”
Dan Key is currently serving as the
girls golf coach at Hayden High School,
winning the Class 4A state title in 2009
and 2013. Past golf experience includes
10 years as the course pro at Topeka
Country Club. During that time he has
run a junior program which grew from
45 to over 120 student golfers. Many of
the top junior golfers in Topeka were a
product of this program. Key turned pro in 1986. In 1998 he
qualified for the National Club Professional Championship.
In 1999 he was the Sectional Champion and has been the
runner-up Sectional Player of the Year four times.
Jared Goehring – Washburn Rural High School,
Topeka
“Drills, Drills and More Drills”
Jared Goehring recently coached his
girls team at Washburn Rural to a
6A state championship in the fall of
2016. Prior to the girls championship,
he led his boys team to a 6A state
championship in 2015. In 2013 the
Rural boys team captured the city,
league and regional titles and the 6A
state medalist spot; and in the fall,
the girls team won 10 varsity events and the 6A state title.
Goehring has been named the KCA Coach of the Year as well
as multiple honors as the City and League Coach of the Year.
A graduate of Washburn Rural High School and Washburn
University (BS degree), he is the chair of the Physical
Education Department at Washburn Rural.
Greg Hobelmann – KCA Golf Representative
Greg Hobelmann is the Kansas
Coaches Association representative
for golf. He will conduct a KCA golf
business meeting with golf coaches in
attendance.
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Scott Mitchum – Central Plains High School,
Claflin
“Tru-Vu: Change the Way You Look at
Putting Forever”
Scott Mitchum is currently the
Technology Director at Central Plains
High School. He was the golf coach at
Norton High School for two years and
held the same position at Ellinwood
High School for 19 years. Mitchum has
written the only scientific book on faceforward putting, which is available
on Amazon. Tru-Vu putting is based on the concept that the
golfer should face the hole when putting, thus creating a
simple, one-armed putting motion that is instinctive for both
aim and distance control.
Tim Hiebert – Cheney High School
“If I Had Known Then What I Know
Now!”
Tim Hiebert started coaching golf
at Cheney High School in 1999, a
position he still holds. In his time at
Cheney he has coached seven teams
to state, with a runner-up finish in
2003, 5th place in 2016, 4th in 2013
and 2005, and 3rd in 2004. In 2003
and 2004 he helped lead Zac Potter
to individual state championships. A graduate of Friends
University, Coach Hiebert is an English 1 and English 3
teacher in addition to instructing an ACT Prep course.
Scot Weller, Golf Pro – Auburn Hills Golf Course,
Wichita
“Player Development/Retention”
Scot is currently at Auburn Hills
Golf Course in Wichita, coming from
Topeka and the Midwest Section PGA
where he worked at both private and
public facilities for the past 25 years.
Scot has a strong passion for junior
golf programs and working with high
school players regardless of skill
level. During his career he has had
numerous players, both men and women, pursue college golf
opportunities. He also emphasizes strong short game skills
to better equip players to lower their scores and handicap.
Sports Medicine/Sport Psychology/
Strength & Conditioning
Sport Psychology
Jody Redman, Associate Director, Minnesota
High School League – Brooklyn Center,
Minnesota
"Coaching: A Path with Heart"
"Intentionally Coaching Character"
A nationally recognized facilitator and
speaker, Jody Redman is a former
collegiate basketball player and has
served as a teacher, coach, athletic
director and administrator at both the
high school and collegiate levels. Jody
carries a dual portfolio as Associate
Director for the Minnesota State High
School League (MSHSL) and the Executive Director of the
InSideOut Initiative.
Jody oversees Minnesota’s education program for 500
member high schools that includes a professional
development program, continuing education requirement,
and ongoing support and outreach. Her leadership skills
and passion for education-based athletics led her to develop
an extensive curriculum called WHY WE PLAY, intended
to redirect the focus of the win-at-all-costs sports culture.
She is also co-founder of the InSideOut Initiative funded
by the NFL Foundation to reclaim the purpose of sport as
an integral component of education in American schools.
Jody has developed and supported two national health and
safety initiatives: “Coaching for Change,” addressing cultural
norms and expectations of youth as it relates to identity,
sexual harassment and sexual violence; and “Anyone Can
Save a Life,” a program that assists schools in establishing
emergency action plans.
Among many other responsibilities, Jody also serves on the
National Federation of High Schools Strategic Planning and
Coaches Education Committee. She is the proud mother of
Macee (13) and Carter (10).
Rob Miller – Proactive Coaching – Liberty,
Missouri
“Impact of Trust”
“Life Lessons”
As a three sport athlete in high school
and a college basketball player at
Spring Arbor College in Spring Arbor,
Michigan, Rob understands what it
means to be coached in different styles.
As a coach at the youth, high school
and college levels, he created his style
from his own life experiences. After
working for the NAIA as the Director of the Champions of
Character program, Miller had the opportunity to join the
Proactive Coaching Team.
Proactive Coaching works with coaches and teams to help
intentionally create character-based team cultures, provide
a blueprint for team leadership, develop confident, toughminded, fearless competitors, and train coaches for excellence
and significance. Rob is a motivational speaker for “Proactive
Coaching.” Along with Bruce Brown, Rob uses his speaking
skills and “coaching” knowledge to promote the “Proactive
Coaching” mission of helping coaches positively impact their
athletes’ lives. His experience gives him an amazing view at
the status of modern day coaching and parenting.
Now after speaking for 15 years (about 130 presentations a
year), Rob brings experience and encouragement to coaches
who want to do more for their teams. He and his wife,
Susan, have been married 31 years, raised their daughter
Kendall and live in Liberty, Missouri. He also serves as the
Commissioner of the Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference.
Jeri Brummett – Rock Creek High School,
St. George
"Social Media and Coaching"
Jeri Brummett is a graduate of
Emporia State University, teaching
Biology, AP Biology and Anatomy.
Coach Brummett taught six years at
Halstead High School while coaching
basketball. Currently, and for the past
17 years, Jeri has been at Rock Creek
High School, coaching basketball
for the first eight of those years and
coaching softball for the duration.
Jeri Brummett is the newly elected KCA Second Vice
President and will begin a more active role at the KSHSAA
Coaching School. Coach Brummett also serves as the KCA
Chairperson for Softball.
Rod Clay – Everest Middle School
“Social Media and Coaching”
Rodney Clay is the head football coach
at Everest Middle School and has
held that position for 36 years. Coach
Clay also serves as the head track
coach (for 30 years) and is the middle
school’s activities director. He teaches
technology at the middle school
and serves as the district’s Driver’s
Education instructor. He is currently
the Kansas Coaches Association’s Second Vice President and
Media Specialist. He will be leading a panel of current, future
and past KCA executive officers who will be sharing ideas on
social media and coaching.
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Sports Medicine/Sport Psychology/
Strength & Conditioning
Tom Horstick, Principal – Central Heights High
School, Richmond
“Building Relationships”
Tom Horstick is an Ottawa University
graduate with a degree in Elementary
Education and a Master’s in P-12
School Administration from Pittsburg
State University. Tom started his
teaching career at a private school in
Litchfield, Illinois, where he taught
combination classes for two years. He
then taught for 20 years at USD 346
in Mound City. While there he taught elementary physical
education, coached and was an elementary principal. For the
past 14 years he has been the High School Principal at USD
288 in Richmond. Tom has been married to his wife, Linda,
who is also a teacher, for 33 years, and they raised four
children: JT, Adam, Katelin and Jordon. Tom and Buddy
Welch together will present the “Building Relationships”
session.
Don Melby – Pike Valley High School, Scandia
“First Year Coaches: What You Need to
Know”
Melby will begin his 36th season as
the head football coach at Pike Valley
High School. Coach Melby was a
charter member of the 8-Man Coaches
Association and instrumental in the
establishment of the 8-man All-State
game. In addition, Melby is currently
serving a second term with the Kansas
Coaches Association and is a representative on the KSHSAA
Board of Directors.
Brad Smith – Labette County High School,
Altamont
“First Year Coaches: What You Need to
Know”
Coach Smith has been coaching for 33
years – 10 years at Maize High School
and the last 23 years at the helm of
the Labette County boys basketball
program. While at LCHS, he has
coached two of his children and led the
Grizzlies to three state tournament
appearances, winning the 4A state
title in 2000. He has also coached volleyball, football and
track during his time as a coach, and currently serves as the
president of the Kansas Coaches Association. Coach Smith
attended Southwestern College where he was on an academic
and athletic scholarship and is a graduate of Chaparral High
School.
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Buddy Welch, Principal – Central Heights
Middle School, Richmond
“Building Relationships”
Buddy is a graduate of John Brown
University
in
Siloam
Springs,
Arkansas. He has been employed
through USD 288, Richmond-Central
Heights Schools for 37 years. Buddy
has coached basketball for 30 years
and won the 3A state baseball
championship in 1999. Buddy and
Tom Horstick together will present a
session called “Building Relationships.”
Athletic Training
Dr. Ryan Tomlins – Cotton O’Neil Orthopedics
and Sports Medicine, Topeka
"Tommy John Epidemic: Prevention,
Diagnosis & Treatment"
Dr. Tomlins is a non-operative
orthopedic and sports medicine
physician
with
Cotton
O’Neil
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
in Topeka. He received his medical
degree at American University of
the Caribbean, St. Maarten, Lesser
Antilles NA, in 2009. He completed
a family medicine residency in 2012 at Greenville Health
System, Greenville, South Carolina, and a primary care
sports medicine fellowship in 2013 at Andrews Sports
Medicine Institute, Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. Tomlins and
his wife, Erin, have two children: Grayson, age 3, and Avery,
age 20 months. Dr. Tomlins enjoys playing golf, running and
participating in triathlons.
Krista Andereck, MS, ATC, LAT – Manhattan
High School
"Dangers of Environmental Conditions
- Heat Illness"
Krista is the head athletic trainer at
Manhattan High School. She graduated
from the University of Kansas in 2010
with a degree in Athletic Training
and received a Master’s in Sports
Administration from Fort Hays State
University in 2014. She worked at
Adams State University for one
year before coming to Manhattan High. Krista serves as a
preceptor for the Kansas State University athletic training
program, mentoring students. She was part of the successful
2017 winter season for Manhattan High School, with two
state championships in wrestling and girls basketball.
Sports Medicine/Sport Psychology/
Strength & Conditioning
Heather Patterson, MS, LAT, ATC – Emporia
High School
"Nutrition for the High School Athlete"
Heather grew up in Garden City and
graduated from Garden City High
School in 2005. She ran track and cross
country for Garden City Community
College and then attended and
pursued an Athletic Training degree
from Washburn University in 2011.
Upon graduation, Heather returned
to Garden City where she spent a
year as a high school outreach athletic trainer and provided
rehabilitation services in an outpatient physical therapy
clinic. In the fall of 2012, Heather moved to Manhattan,
where she spent three years as the athletic trainer for
Manhattan High School. In May of 2013, Heather graduated
from Emporia State University with her Master’s of Science.
In July of 2015, she was hired as the Athletic Trainer and
Wellness Coordinator for Emporia Public Schools. In her
spare time, Heather enjoys spending time with her family,
traveling and attending various sporting events.
Strength & Conditioning
David Trupp, Strength and Conditioning
Coordinator – Washburn University, Topeka
"Power Lifting"
David Trupp, C.S.C.S., is in his 14th
season on the coaching staff and has
moved into the full-time strength and
conditioning coordinator position.
Prior to concentrating on the Ichabod
football team’s weightlifting program,
Trupp spent 10 seasons as the
Ichbods’ defensive line coach. Trupp
has also attained his Level 1 Olympic
Certification training.
While at Washburn, he coached 13 defensive linemen and
one tight end who have received All-MIAA honors, three AllRegion honorees and four All-American picks including Trey
Lewis, the 2006 MIAA Defensive Player of the Year and 2007
sixth round draft choice by the Atlanta Falcons. Trupp’s 2006
and 2005 defensive lines helped the Ichabods reach the top
10 in sacks for the two respective seasons, and the 2005 and
2007 defensive lines pushed the Washburn defense to two of
the top three Tackles for Loss totals in school history.
Trupp played high school football at Washburn Rural High
School and received his teaching certificate in 1992 from
Washburn University after completing his Bachelor of
Science degree from Baker University. He was also a member
of the Nebraska Cornhusker’s football team from 1986 to
1987 before transferring to Baker.
Trent Smith, Strength and Conditioning Coach
for Olympic Sports – Washburn University,
Topeka
"Prepping the High School Athlete for
College Athletics"
A native of Basehor, Kansas, Trent
Smith started the 2016-2017 season
as his first year as Strength and
Conditioning Coach for Olympic
Sports after spending just one year as
a graduate assistant with Washburn
University.
Smith is currently
in charge of program design and
implementation for the men’s and women’s basketball,
women’s soccer, volleyball and softball teams. As a graduate
assistant he was in charge of the men’s and women’s tennis
and golf teams as well as the cheer squad.
Before coming to Washburn, Coach Smith completed an
internship with Middle Tennessee State University where he
worked with football, men’s and women’s basketball, women’s
soccer and volleyball. Trent has also completed internships
with KC Speed and Sport in Overland Park and BasehorLinwood High School. In December of 2014 Trent received
his Bachelor's in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Exercise
Physiology from Kansas State University.
Joe Dreher – Decatur Community High School,
Oberlin
"Weight Room Philosophy"
Joe Dreher graduated from Plainville
High School in 1988 and started
working at Decatur Community High
School in 1995. During this time, he
has coached football, wrestling, and
track and field. In 2012 he took over
as the head football coach and has
guided his team to the state playoffs in
three of his five years. In addition to
his coaching duties, he serves as the school’s athletic director
and physical education teacher.
Randy Wells, Strength Coach – Emporia High
School
"Building Muscle Without Weight Myofascial Release"
Randy Wells is the current head track
and field coach and strength training
teacher at Emporia High School. During
his tenure, he has been named the
Class 5A Boys Coach of the Year twice
and Girls Coach of the Year once. In
addition, the 2008 boys team capped off
the season as a state champion. Coach
Wells will be giving some hands-on demonstrations of quick
5-minute finishers to compliment your strength program.
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Volleyball
Ray Bechard – The University of Kansas,
Lawrence
"KU Volleyball"
Named National Coach of the Year
(2015 PrepVolleball.com), Big 12 Coach
of the Year (2012, 2013, 2015, 2016)
and AVCA Region Coach of the Year
(2012 Central, 2013 Midwest, 2015
Midwest), Ray Bechard has overseen
the steady transition of Kansas
volleyball onto the national stage as he
enters his 20th season as head coach in
2017. Bechard has led the Jayhawks to five straight NCAA
tournament appearances, including a national semifinalist
finish in 2015 and a Big 12 Conference title in 2016. Entering
the 2017 season, the Jayhawks have been nationally ranked
in the AVCA Coaches Poll 31 straight times and have finished
the last five seasons with a top-15 ranking in the NCAA RPI.
The winningest coach in Kansas volleyball history reached
300 victories at Kansas in 2015 and collected his 1,000th
career win in 2014. Both milestones put him in elite
company, with the latter putting him second among active
Big 12 Conference coaches. Since his arrival on the coaching
scene 33 years ago, Bechard spent 13 seasons on the sidelines
of Barton County Community College in Great Bend before
taking over the reins at KU. Additionally, Bechard has built
a solid fan base for Kansas volleyball as the Jayhawks have
consistently finished among the nation’s top atmospheres in
both attendance and match-day environment. Last season,
Kansas sold out its entire allotment of season tickets for
Horejsi Family Athletics Center.
All eight NCAA tournament appearances occurred in the
Bechard era and every postseason trip breaks new ground.
In 2016, the Jayhawks earned their fifth-consecutive and
highest national seed (No. 5) in the NCAA tournament to
earn the right to host the first and second rounds for the fifth
consecutive season and second time at Horejsi. No Kansas
team in the 40-year history of volleyball at the University of
Kansas had won a conference title. That all changed in 2016
as Kansas tore through the Big 12 regular-season schedule
with a 15-1 record to capture sole possession of its first-ever
conference title. Each win during league play was crucial,
including five five-set victories, but on October 29, 2016 the
Jayhawks symbolically dethroned five-time reigning Big 12
champion Texas by defeating the Longhorns for the first time
since 2003.
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Chris Lamb – Wichita State University
"Trouble Shooting"
"Out of System Drills"
Chris Lamb is in his 17th season
at Wichita State after guiding the
Shockers to their school record 13th
straight 20-win season and 14th
straight Missouri Valley Conference
Tournament appearance. The 2015
team advanced to the second round of
the NCAA tournament before falling
to eventual national champion Nebraska. Lamb led the
Shockers to their sixth Missouri Valley Conference regularseason title and third Valley Tournament title. In 2013, the
Shockers won their fifth Missouri Valley Conference regularseason title and second Valley Tournament title. The team
competed in the NCAA tournament for the seventh straight
season. In 2012, he helped the Shockers to the first Sweet
16 in school history. WSU defeated Arkansas and Kansas in
Lawrence to advance to the regional semifinals against USC
in Austin, Texas. WSU finished the season 24-10 overall and
13-5 in the Missouri Valley Conference.
The 2011 Shockers earned their fifth straight at-large
berth into the NCAA tournament and finished 21-11 overall
and 13-5 in the Missouri Valley Conference. In 2010, the
Shockers finished 21-8 overall and 14-4 in the Missouri
Valley Conference. WSU earned its fourth straight at-large
berth into the NCAA Tournament under Lamb. In 2009,
Lamb led the Shockers to a 26-7 overall record, a 14-4 record
in Missouri Valley Conference play and a third straight trip
to the second round of the NCAA tournament.
He coached the Shockers to their fourth MVC title in five
years in 2008 with a 30-2 record overall and an 18-0 mark
in conference play. He also earned his fourth MVC Coach
of the Year award as he led WSU to the second round of the
NCAA tournament. He guided the Shockers to a 29-0 record
in regular season play, which marked the first time in school
history that a team finished the regular season undefeated.
He also led the team to an 18-0 record in MVC play for the
second time in school history.
Jackie Hall – Uniontown High School
“Tips from the Trenches – Lessons
Learned from the Court”
Coach Hall has coached volleyball at
Uniontown High School for the past
35 years with a varsity record of 713376 (.655). A graduate of Mulvane
High School (lettered in volleyball,
basketball and track) she attended
Pittsburg State University, receiving
her BS and MS degrees in Education.
She currently teaches preK-6th grade physical education, is
the middle school athletic director, coaches high school track
and is the assistant basketball coach. Named KVA Program
of the Year in 1992 and taking several teams to state, she is
very active in AVCA.
Volleyball
Barry Lenth – Olathe Northwest High School
Amy Gilliland – Jardine Middle School, Topeka
“Strategically Planning Highly
Effective & Competitive Practices”
“Tips for a Successful Middle School
Program”
In the short five year span as the head
volleyball coach at Olathe Northwest
High School, Coach Lenth led the
Raven’s to the 6A state tournament
four times, finishing 4th, 2nd, 4th
and taking the championship title in
2016. Winning back-to-back Sunflower
League titles in 2015 and 2016, he
was named Sunflower League Coach of the Year twice, 2014
Greater KC Coaches Association Coach of the Year and in
2016, KVA Coach of the Year and 6A Program of the Year. He
is a graduate of Linn-Mar High School (Iowa) and received a
BS degree in Economics from the University of Iowa.
Amy Gilliland has coached volleyball
for 12 years – four at Jardine Middle
School (64-3 record) and eight years as
an assistant coach at Osage City High
School. The highlight of her coaching
career was winning back-to-back
Topeka city championships in 2015
and 2016 with an undefeated season
in 2016, and a 4th place finish at the 3A state tournament
in 2006. A graduate of Conestoga High School (Nebraska),
she received her BA at Fort Hays State University and her
MLS from Emporia State University. She is the middle school
Media Specialist.
Kelsey Perry – Great Bend High School
Nikki Honeyman – Nemaha Central Middle
School, Seneca
“Mentor Programs – Impacting Your
Volleyball Program”
Kelsey Perry has been coaching
volleyball at her alma mater since
2006, taking the Panthers to state in
2015. She was named the WAC Coach
of the Year and has produced three
WAC Players of the Year. She excelled
as an athlete, receiving all-state honors
in basketball and all-conference honors
in volleyball and softball. Earning degrees from Fort Hays
State University (BS) and Emporia State MS-Ed. Adm., she
is a Math Instructional Coach at Park Elementary. She has
developed an outstanding mentoring program for the GBHS
volleyball program.
Jason Peters – Hesston High School
“Maximizing Your Team’s Potential”
In 11 seasons of coaching volleyball
at Hesston High School, Peters has
compiled a record of 296-146 (.672)
and taken the Swathers to the 3A
state tournament the past three years,
placing 3rd in 2015 and runner-up
in 2016. Honors include serving as
an assistant coach in the KVA AllStar Match in 2015 and being named
the 2016 Class 3A Volleyball Coach of the Year. Peters is
a graduate of Goessel High School and Bethel College with
BA degrees in Mathematics and Music. He teaches math at
Hesston High School and also serves as the head track and
field coach.
“Middle School Volleyball Philosophy”
Nikki Honeyman teaches middle
school social studies and coaches
middle school volleyball and track at
her alma mater. While in high school
she was instrumental in three state
volleyball titles, 3rd and 4th place
finishes in state basketball, in addition
to capturing three state 100m hurdle
titles. She continued participating in
volleyball and track at Emporia State where she was named
an All-American in track while earning her BSE and MS
degrees. A former high school coach (Marysville), she has a
59-37 middle school coaching record and captured the Oregon
Trail League title.
Jessica Koch – Nemaha Central High School,
Seneca – KCA Volleyball Representative
As a player and coach, Jessica Koch
has won seven state volleyball titles.
At her alma mater, Nemaha Valley
High School, she helped the Raiders
win three back-to-back Class 3A
titles (1994-1996). And as the coach
at Baileyville B&B, she guided the
Falcons to a Class 1A state title (2005)
and three back-to-back 1A DII titles
(2011-2013). Koch is preparing for her
fourth year at Nemaha Central High
School. Her overall record is 477-128 (.788). A graduate of
ESU, she is a 4th grade teacher at Nemaha Central Grade
School. Jessica will preside over the KCA meeting, an
opportunity for coach input on topics.
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Wrestling
Beau Vest, Wrestling Head Coach – Cowley
Community College, Arkansas City
“Second Touch Offense/Drills”
“Score with Hi-C Attacks”
Beau Vest knows what it is like to build
a wrestling program, having done so
at Midland University in Fremont,
Nebraska. After leading the Warriors
for the past seven seasons and to a 7th
place finish at the 2017 NAIA National
Championships, Vest was recently
named the first head coach in the history of the Cowley
College wrestling program.
Vest became Midland's head coach in 2010 after Midland
purchased Dana College. In his first season at Midland, Vest
led the Warriors to an 8th place finish at the NAIA National
Championships. He hopes to have the same impact for the
new wrestling program at Cowley College which will begin in
the fall of 2017.
Vest earned his Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics and
Secondary Education from Missouri Valley College in 2001
where he was a four-time NAIA Wrestling All-American,
three-time National Finalist and 1996 National Champion
at 118 pounds. He also attended Oklahoma State University.
He helped lead NAIA wrestling powerhouse Missouri Valley
College to two national team titles and three runner-up
finishes.
Having wrestled in Kansas and Oklahoma, Vest knows all
about the wrestling success historically in Arkansas City. “I
have got a lot of connections in that part of the state and
am proud to have grown up wrestling in Kansas,” Vest said.
“I have always known about the great wrestling high school
and kids clubs programs in Arkansas City and hope to be
able to expand that to the college level.” At Midlands, Vest
challenged his wrestlers by scheduling tough competition
year in and year out.
Cody Parks – Blue Valley Southwest High
School, Overland Park
“Little Things to Win Big Matches, On
and Off the Mat"
Cody Parks is a graduate of Fort
Hays State University with an
undergraduate degree in Industrial
Education and a Master’s Degree in
Instructional Technology. He is in
his seventh year as the head coach at
Blue Valley Southwest High School.
Previously he was an assistant for
seven years at Blue Valley West High School.
Cody competed in wrestling while attending FHSU where
he was a Division II NCAA qualifier, All-RMAC selection
and a four-year letter winner. He was also an Academic
All-American and a member of the academic national
championship team in 2001.
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Travis Keal – Mill Valley High School, Shawnee
“Daily Functional Drills that Lead to
Success”
Coach Keal will start his 18th year
as the head coach of the Mill Valley
Jaguar wrestling program. He has led
the Jaguar’s to a 103-58 dual record,
three state champions, one national
champion, six All-Americans, 45
state placers, 33 All-Academic Team
members, 3rd place in Class 5A in
2015 and 2016, and three regional championships. Coach
Keal also serves as the Head Kansas Cadet Coach for Greco/
Freestyle and is the USAWKS Regional Training Center
Coordinator. In addition, Coach Keal teaches physical
education at Mill Valley High School and holds a Master’s
Degree in Educational Leadership from Pittsburg State
University.
Daniel Schmidt – Hoisington High School
On Your Feet (Sweep Singles/Cut
Doubles)”
Daniel Schmidt has been named
Regional Coach of The Year five times,
Class 1-3A Kansas Wrestling Coaches
Association Coach of the Year, and has
been the Kansas Officials Coach of the
Year all in the past seven years. His
Hoisington wrestling team has been
state runner-up three times in the past
six years, and his current team is on a 55 consecutive dual
win streak. He has coached two Class 1-3A Wrestlers of the
Year in the past two seasons.
Danny Grater – Riley County High School, Riley
“Building a Tradition of Success
(Technique and Building a Program
from Scratch)”
Danny Grater was a four-time state
placer and a three-time undefeated
state champion as a high school wrestler,
then became a two-time Division II
All-American. Danny has now led
the Riley County wrestling program
for seven years and has developed a
culture using technique incorporation of Folkstyle, Freestyle
and Greco, and teaching young kids how to enjoy and love
the sport of wrestling. Learn wrestling drills, techniques
and games that will get your kids competing and pushing
one another.
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Capitol Plaza Hotel/Maner Conference Center • 1717 SW Topeka Boulevard, Topeka • July 31-August 2, 2017
85th Annual KSHSAA Coaching School
Kansas State High School Activities Association
Administrative Staff
Gary P. Musselman,
Executive Director
[email protected]
Cheryl Gleason, Assistant
Executive Director
[email protected]
David Cherry, Assistant
Executive Director
[email protected]
Francine Martin, Assistant
Executive Director
[email protected]
Brent Unruh, Office &
Operations Manager
[email protected]
General administration of
all KSHSAA activities and
events requiring Board action,
financial matters, eligibility
interpretations, investigations,
disciplinary and sportsmanship
matters, student insurance
programs
Administration of KAY Program,
Bowling, Gymnastics, Volleyball
and Tennis Programs,
Hall of Fame
Administration of Soccer,
Swimming & Diving and Scholars
Bowl Programs, Wellness &
Health Promotion, Student
Advisory Team, Director of
Student Council
Mark Lentz, Assistant
Executive Director
[email protected]
Jeremy Holaday, Assistant
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[email protected]
Craig Manteuffel, Assistant
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Administration of Football,
Wrestling and
Track & Field Programs
Communication and Sports
Information, administration of
Baseball and Golf Programs,
assist with Student Advisory
Team
Administration of Speech,
Drama & Music Programs, Spirit
Competition Groups, Spirit
Conferences, Approved Events
Administration of Basketball,
Cross Country and Softball
Programs
Office Operations, Personnel,
Eligibility Database, Database
Administration,
Online Support, Sports Medicine
KSHSAA Support Staff
Assistant to the
Executive Director
Mindy Nichol
Bookkeeping/Accounts
Viola Straley
Registrar of Officials
Nancy Weishaar
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Administrative
Assistants
Linsey Evans
Janet Keene
Nita Sellens
Darlene Stottmann
Melissa Thompson
Kathy Wilhelm
Information Technology &
Printing Supervisor
Bob Maendele
Digital Printing
Ed Juarez
Publications/Web Design
Mallory Heinz
There Are Little Eyes Watching
There are little eyes upon you,
And they’re watching night and day.
There are little ears that quickly
Take in every word you say.
There are little hands all eager
To do anything you do;
And little ones who are dreaming
Of the day they'll be like you.
You’re the little child’s idol;
You’re the wisest of the wise.
In their little minds about you,
No suspicions ever rise;
They believe in you devoutly,
Hold all you say and do;
They will say and do, in your way,
When they’re grown up to be like you.
There are wide-eyed little children
Who believe you’re always right;
And their ears are always open
And they’re watching day and night;
You are setting an example
Every day in all you do,
For the little ones who are waiting
To grow up to be like you.
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What’s Your Reason?
High school activities allow you to
connect to yourself, your community
and your future. Find your place.
Find yourself. Find your reason why.
My Team
Gymnastics allows me to challenge
myself both physically and mentally
while creating lifelong friendships.
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Student from Shawnee Mission West
Gymnastics, Cheer
Learn more and join in at
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Location Map
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Ballroom
P = Pioneer Room
Restaurant
Topeka Boulevard
Western Avenue
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Registration
17th Street SW
Capitol Plaza
Hotel
Exhibition
Hall
H = Homestead
Room
W = Wheat Room
E = Emerald
Ballroom
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Landon
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Kansas
Expocentre
Capitol Plaza Hotel
1717 SW Topeka Blvd., Topeka, KS 66612
785-431-7200 - 1-800-579-7937
Fax: 785-431-7206
Reservations at the conference center—Capitol Plaza Hotel—should be made well in advance. Associate your
request for rooms with your attendance at the KSHSAA Kansas Coaching School. You can make your hotel reservation online by going to https://bookings.ihotelier.com/bookings.jsp?groupID=456898&hotel ID=13576 or
by going to the hotel's homepage at www.capitolplazahoteltopeka.com.
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Kansas Coaching School
Plan Ahead:
2018 KSHSAA Coaching School
July 30 - August 1, 2018
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