Who's Who of Coach Huey

well, I can tell you it ain't the founder. 

I live near a team who's won many state championships
Does that count?

Happy new year to everybody - and tog, I agree. My best job of coaching was with a 5-4 team that had way too many sophomores starting.

Sometimes I wonder if people listen to me because they think I'm Dub Maddox.

"dubber" is just a moniker for the school from which I graduated.

My thoughts on success have evolved over the years. We are going to cycle between a 1 loss team and a .500 team year to year.

We are always at least .500 because our youth program is stellar and we lift weights better than most.

However, true success is helping a young man find confidence and learn accountability.

But I digress.....tog nailed it. If you coach high school football, then I can value your opinion.

Worked my way up to be a coordinator for a program that always fights for a state title on a staff where the other coaches were like brothers to me.
Had a few real-life personal challenges and moved to a small private Christian school; the staff doesnt get along and if youve read my other posts you know how I feel about it. But I get to incorporate my faith into my coaching, and for me thats the biggest success of all.

Had three great seasons in the last seven years. I say "great" meaning I think our record reflected our talent.

Had two terrible seasons as well. I say "terrible" meaning we didn't meet my expectations as we headed into the season.


Excuses? Injuries and matchups, overmatched or outcoached I suppose. Did we win when we "should have?" and did we lose when we "should have?" - probably 95% of the time that's the case.

As stated many times, you can be 3-7 and do a magnificent job coaching 0-10 talent. You can be 8-2 coaching 10-0 talent. Who did the better job?

How do you define success? is it purely by wins and losses? or is it by outreaching your "potential?"

I'm a vagabond that can't stay in one place and hasn't won anything meaningful.

I'm moving to a school that almost made the state championship last year and has won or finished second in the section the last three years.

Doesn't really matter though, I'll still be the same guy, it's all the context.

We own the French D3 Championship. Does that count?


I do not think records matters thought.
Educate kids through sports, doing what you love... That's the main thing

I'm enjoying reading all of these posts. I agree that success is all about perspective. If we're teaching kids how to become successful young men, then records don't really matter. But, I know we are all too competitive not to look at the win and loss columns from time to time.

I love it, fantom. "We won some state championships..." He's definitely a member of the who's who.

My story - Played High School Football All-State both ways (1st team D, hon men O). Went to a D3 college, transferred to a D2 college and transferred again and never played football again. My dad is a hall of fame coach in our state so football is in our family. I worked in the private world, got sick of it and decided it was time to teach and coach. Was blessed to land on a great staff with talented kids. I got to coach one year with another hall of fame (high school) defensive coordinator with 43 years experience (can still ask him questions related to football and life). I now split D-Coordinator duties with another guy who handles the secondary. I call the fronts and coach LBs. We run his system which is quite simple, and have now put our own foot print on it. Won state last year. Lost in state semi finals this year. Should be competitive again this year. I enjoy DC Ohio posts, but I enjoy anyone who loves the game of football. I am always looking for better ways to coach, teach, and live.

I am also a USATF Level 1 Certified Track Coach and IYCA Youth Speed Specialist Certified Coach.  I am obsessed with speed and developing speed.  I study that just as intensely as I study football.

Let me start by saying that this board has made me a much better coach and I realize that many guys who are not HC's know a whole hell of a lot more about the game of football than i do.
I was an assistant at program that to that point had football for about six years (small school). I accepted the head coaching position in the same program I was an assistant at: program was 6-43-1 in the previous five seasons before i took over. There was talk about shutting the program down. I actually tried to talk my AD out of accepting the position the night before i was to be introduced (he talked me down, he was much smarter than I).
Went 6-4 in our first year and have only had one losing season in ten years. We had a 9-2 and 10-1 team in years 3 and 4 and, despite turning around a nearly dead program, got the tag of not being able to win the big game. Our highlight was running the table and going 13-0 a couple of years ago, winning a state title in an NFL stadium with 33 kids in the entire program against a Catholic school with 100+ kids in their program.
We have seen a lot of great kids come through (as athletes, students, and people), had a lot of success (75% win percentage) and I have a loyal, hard working group of assistants. It is a ton of work at a small school but with all the right pieces in place (administration, parents, kids, coaches) and on board, good things happen. There is nothing better than helping kids grow and become a part of them becoming great men down the road.

Better than being a slapd!ck with bad players......

When I found the board I was a 19 year old in Alaska coaching on an air force base. 10 years later I just finished my 3rd year as a head coach in Wisconsin. I have been on staff at the school for 7 years now. We have made the playoffs (which is easy to do comparable to other states) in 4 consecutive seasons but i'm still looking for my first winning season as head coach. We have come a long way as a program, but we have light years to go still. For the state, talent is average, my coaching staff works hard but has a lot of room to grow. Enjoying the journey but not settling for where we are at.