Name your favorite coach
July 1, 2009 @ 11:39 a.m. by Joannaby joanna
There’s always someone getting dogged on the blog, and some people seem to get the heat more than others. But then there are other athletes and coaches who just don’t even get mentioned in a negative light.
So that’s what I want to talk about — the people you like.
There are coaches who have been successful and yet don’t seem to be well-liked. Then there are coaches who have had mediocre careers who are extremely well-liked.
So name a coach you like. If you want to take it national, fine. But I’d love to keep it local. Brag on your coach. By the way, this is not meant as an avenue to completely rip people. You all know how I feel about such negativity.
Feel free to talk about a coach in what you like about this person as a coach or as a person.
I’ll get it started with a coach who I think is one of the nicest people out there. It’s new Northwest girls basketball coach Jim Mernagh. The guy is just nice. He’s always got a kind word, he’s low-key and his wife, Rita, the Bishop Carroll volleyball coach, is the same way.
Jeff Lutz says:
July 1st, 2009 at 11:47 am
Weston Schartz.
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Joanna says:
July 1st, 2009 at 11:50 am
Jeff Lutz — please back up your comment. Tell us why.
And I know you really are Jeff Lutz because of course Weston is the first name from you.
Not a bad pick, though. Although he doesn’t call me as much as he used to, Weston has always been the type to talk about anything and everything.
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BBALLFAN says:
July 1st, 2009 at 11:51 am
Retired but a great coach and even better person. Bob Thompson
He was a great motivator and he would and still would do anything for his players. Thanks T
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sportsfan101 says:
July 1st, 2009 at 12:50 pm
KEVIN DAVIS!!!from derby
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JJFlash2b says:
July 1st, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Mike Darrah- current Head Men’s soccer coach at Maize. Has a good rapport with all his players, past and present. Is not afraid to talk with them about Jesus Christ and what matters in life. The door is always open to his players to communicate whether it be at school, home or on the field. My favorites as a player in High School had to be Billy Means and Bruce DeHaven of Southeast. Both great coaches as far as knowing the game of basketball and football, but you wanted to bust your tail the whole time you were playing for them! They knew how to motivate and encourage you as a player and a person. They could be as hard as heck on you and sometimes push you to the limit, and knew how to get every ounce of potential out of each individual player! Great coaches and men! I used to see coach Means around town here in Wichita. Always a big grin on his face when he’d greet you! Coach DeHaven, the last time I saw him was on T.V. on the Dallas Cowboy’s sideline. Made it big through the NFL coaching ranks I believe as a special teams coach.
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Jeff Lutz says:
July 1st, 2009 at 1:02 pm
I enjoy Weston because I can routinely beat him in Wii tennis, yet he’ll still buy me pizza. And for Weston, a notorious tightwad, that’s impressive.
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Joanna says:
July 1st, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Hmmm. But is it Knolla’s pizza? Because if it’s not….
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JJFlash2b says:
July 1st, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Weston, ever since he was little was a competitor! Did’nt matter what you were playing, checker’s, cards, kick-ball, didn’t matter, he wanted to win and then talk some smack afterwards! Just don’t ever get him started on the Green Bay Packers! He is a good coach!
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bbfan says:
July 1st, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Bruce Dehaven is a great choice. I had him as a coach the first five years of his coaching career, just after he graduated from Southwestern.
Great motivator and really cared about his kids.
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Crack says:
July 1st, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Coach Means from the REAL DEAL POWER HOUSE IN THE DAY ” kick ing your butt then putting you back in to show the old man what you got. I know Billy still teaches and helps coach at AC and yes he’s still smiling.
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koog says:
July 1st, 2009 at 3:00 pm
My son really liked Larry Becker and Craig Broadbent with Maize football. Both made him work hard, taught him the finer points of the game and positions, didn’t use a lot of foul language, and taught him what it meant to be a respectable honorable man.
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HSSportsfan says:
July 1st, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Coach Brian Chadwick, I feel he brings the best in his girls during track season. Doesn’t have the best, but does his best to make them the best. This year for example took fourth in state in the girls 4×100 with three sophmores and one freshman. And one of the sophmores has only ran track the past two years. No AAU expreince or nothing. Awesome job Coach Chadwick.
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Lushous Lou says:
July 1st, 2009 at 4:01 pm
hha sportsfan101: thats what i’m talkin about! lol
but i would probly have to go with our derby jr coaches for the blue devils back in the day. matt liston and jimmy queen. without them we wouldnt know anything about character, sportsmanship and just the basic’s of being a team and playing the right way. they taught us a lot. and by we i mean the 6 people that are on the varsity football team. the 1 that starts for olathe north. another that starts OL for east, who is actually Big B’s son lol. another who is starting saftey in south carolina i think. the 4 that are on the varsity basketball team. and the 4 that start for the varsity baseball team. so it was a pretty talented group of kids. my point is, without those two great coaches these guys would’nt be as good of players. if that makes any sense
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KSFOOTBALL says:
July 1st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
If we are including youth sports Kirk Westmoreland and Troy Scott are 2 of the best football coachs period . 15+ years 20games a year and 90+ win% . Coaching and teaching teams without even having a kid on the team. I would agrue that the staffs they put together are higher quality than a lot of high school programs. This state needs more coachs like these 2 .
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DrJay says:
July 1st, 2009 at 4:58 pm
I’ll second JJ’s Bill Means. “You get up under their cage and knock em stem windin” OMG, the three a days at SE in 100 degree heat was made only made better by Coach Means. Hardest and most demanding coach I ever played for, and when I started a career and family was I ever thankful for the lessons he tought me about discipline and hard work. I see him on occassion and he’s still Coach to me. As the son of a single mother he made a great impact on my life. Years later my mother told me about some of their personal conversations about me and he assured her that they would make me a better a man for the experience. Coach, thanks for all you did and continue to do.
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JJFlash2b says:
July 1st, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Hey Lutz,
Ask Weston who his personal favorite all-time coach was and if he say’s “Wild Willie” Wilhelm back in the day, boy can he tell you some stories about this one! Ask him about shooting free-throws for Cherry Mashes!
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Deemer says:
July 1st, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Westons favorite coach could also be his little league baseball coach John Simon who used to call him “pretty boy” when he wouldn’t stay down on a ground ball lol. Dan Johnson is probably in his top 5 too.
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JJFlash2b says:
July 1st, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Oh man, I forgot about Simon! Talk about a no water break coach! That guy was brutal when it came to Panther football!
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JJFlash2b says:
July 1st, 2009 at 8:15 pm
So Deemer, who the heck are you “Little Deemer”?
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JJFlash2b says:
July 1st, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Hey Deemer, was that when Simon was coaching the Blue Jays back in the day at Stearman Elementary?
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bike nut says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 8:15 am
Interesting note about Schartz, is he is known for football, but you ought to see the dude handle a fungo bat. I watched him coaching NW C team baseball about 5 yrs. ago, pretty impressive
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putmein says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 10:51 am
Coach Means hands down has my vote. I didn’t know his first name was until later. I assumed it was just “Coach” since everyone called him that
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crack says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 7:25 pm
JJflash2b, did Wild Willie ever give you a Double Barrel? Biggest hands ever.
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LaneTech81 says:
July 3rd, 2009 at 10:34 pm
JJ, if you’re still watching this thread, don’t let anyone sway you about what kind of pizza rules. I brought some Giordanos back and may try to find a way to get you a slice. Does messaging work on the Discussion side?
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For Pete's Sake says:
July 5th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Did he teach you dumpster diving Crack?
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Crack says:
July 6th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Petey, you bore me to tears, no game same old same old, I’m done with you just like the hamburgers you cook, I believe what I’m saying is “You’ve been served” OUT
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Crack says:
July 6th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Game, Set, Match Petey!!!!!!!
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Spike says:
July 6th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
A guy who knows the x’s and o’s and has great rapport with kids: Terrence Phox.
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For Petes Sake says:
July 6th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
It would be just like you to claim some kind of victory. The real losers are those that talk about winning but never come through. I get the feeling that is you Cracky. If I bore you so much why don’t you run along and try to show the rest of the bloggers your so called knowledge of anything sports related. You can’t because the truth is beyond insulting people you can’t logically post anything about sports because you never played them. Heck I am betting if someone threw you a ball it would smack you in your big nose. But hey I am game if you want to keep on playing this game of smack talk I will match your so called smack. You should follow KSFOOTBALL’s advice from a few blog topics ago and find something else to do because this is a game you can’t win. But you already know that because you have never won at anything.
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wise old owl says:
July 6th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Jerry Gerber 600+ career wins . majority of the wins are from when he was out at Garden Plain
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prana yoga mat says:
July 21st, 2009 at 7:03 pm
When the boy is growing he has a wolf in his belly
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cricut machines says:
July 25th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
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July 29th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
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abs says:
August 7th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
If it weren’t for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn’t get any exercise at all
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