4A Upper State Coach of the Year

... was my husband.  What an amazing year for football in our neck of the woods.  Chad, his coaches, and his players did an amazing job this year.  I am quite proud of all the he has accomplished since taking over this program 2 years ago.  He took a team that had only won 1 game in two years to a team that went 9-4 last year and then 11-2 this year.  The two losses this year came from the same team (who plays in the state championship game tomorrow).  Not bad!

Chad and the other players/ coaches of the year were honored last night at a nice banquet.

Our school brought 13 people, including Chad's parents, some of his coaches, and a couple of the player's parents. The pics are not that great... I didnt want to stand up and get all professional like snapping pictures.  So have a sense of humor when looking at them.

Chad, his parents, and his athletic director

 

Four of his coaches that came to support him

 

And some of the parents of the players that drove to attend.  I was amazed that player's parents would drive an hour and a half for this ceremony... shows how much they love him.

 

The Awards

The Backs- 

if you watch college football, you will probably watch some of these boys in the next few years.

 Specialty Players (kickers,etc)

 

The Lineman

These were some MASSIVE young men... massive!

The Coach Awards

 

One of Chad's coaches from his staff last year (Kyle) took a head coaching job at a smaller area high school. He had a great season and was named 2A Upper State Coach of the Year.

Chadlick, I know I dont tell you enough... but I am proud of you and all you do for your school and community.  Your players are very lucky to have you as their coach and I suppose you are a pretty good husband too ;)

Congrats on another great year!

Love ya

**** Unrelated, if you read my last post about the tooth fairy, I had some substantial edits to the post... might need/ want to re-read it!