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Pats hires new HC

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USD24

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Interesting hire. I know nothing about this guy, but I like his resume.
 
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ignazio

All-Conference
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He was a ferocious lineman for Loyola.

 
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nwfb99

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He played high school ball at Loyola Academy, went on to Lawrence University up in Appleton, Wisconsin. Ended up as a grad assistant at Northwestern and coached for many years at North Park University before ending up at St.Pat's.
 
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redmen85

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You can start with a lot of questions surrounding the JCA program.
He isn't competing with the Hillmen in the midst of a string of championships like the early 2000's.
Overall-I think the conference is down a bit from years past.
 
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pjjp

All-Conference
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Nice resume. Sounds like a quality hire.

Has he seen the field where Pat's plays their home games?
 
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Simon "GHOST' Riley

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nwfb99 said:
What do you need to know about him?
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nwf, ignazio,

Was looking for some information on his tenure at St. Patrick. I looked at his record on the IHSA site, but wanted an idea from posters here. What was his career like at Pats? Why step down? What kind of offense did he run?

Was curious for some insight on him as a football coach.
 
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nwfb99

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Simon "GHOST' Riley said:
nwf, ignazio,

Was looking for some information on his tenure at St. Patrick. I looked at his record on the IHSA site, but wanted an idea from posters here. What was his career like at Pats? Why step down? What kind of offense did he run?

Was curious for some insight on him as a football coach.
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He was there for 16 years, longer than any St Pat's football coach in the school's history. He ran a few different styles of offense while at the school from power I to a spread O but his strength was on the defensive side of the ball. If you talk to the majority of former players you will hear probably the same thing that he cared as much for his players than any body. He also prided himself on helping players further their education on going to college but also those that also wanted to continue to play football. He had many connections in college and would help any player further not only their academic career but football career.
 
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DigitalCy

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pjjp said:
Nice resume. Sounds like a quality hire.

Has he seen the field where Pat's plays their home games?
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Word is that Pat's is playing at Triton this coming season and the City is building them a stadium starting this spring to share with Taft at Dunning set to open in 18
 
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Simon "GHOST' Riley

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nwfb99 said:
He was there for 16 years, longer than any St Pat's football coach in the school's history. He ran a few different styles of offense while at the school from power I to a spread O but his strength was on the defensive side of the ball. If you talk to the majority of former players you will hear probably the same thing that he cared as much for his players than any body. He also prided himself on helping players further their education on going to college but also those that also wanted to continue to play football. He had many connections in college and would help any player further not only their academic career but football career.
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nwfb,

Thank you. He sounds like a quality man.

Any reason you know why he stepped down?
 
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nwfb99

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Simon "GHOST' Riley said:
nwfb,

Thank you. He sounds like a quality man.

Any reason you know why he stepped down?
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He has told many he wanted to see the program be lead by someone younger who can breath some fresh air into the program. He truly did put his heart and soul into the school and program I know he left with the best intentions and is currently still employed at the school as a PE teacher and part of the admissions office.
 
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Simon "GHOST' Riley

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nwfb99 said:
He has told many he wanted to see the program be lead by someone younger who can breath some fresh air into the program. He truly did put his heart and soul into the school and program I know he left with the best intentions and is currently still employed at the school as a PE teacher and part of the admissions office.
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nwfb,

Thanks again. This was very helpful.
 
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Ariel 11

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Should be an easy transition for him from a rivalry standpoint, as the article points out that, as a USC grad, he apparently doesn't care for ND. That will serve him well in his new rivalry with the boys from Niles.
 
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