By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM
Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter
The anticipation will come to a climax Monday.
Peggy Hughes, spokesperson for the Fort Thomas
Independent School District, sent out an e-mail announcing Highlands High
School will have a press conference announcing the successor to Dale Mueller as
Head Coach of the vaunted Highlands Bluebirds. It will take place at 3 p.m. in
the Performing Arts Center. Everyone is invited to attend.
Mueller announced his retirement from the position
on Dec. 9 of this past year after 20 years on the job. Mueller guided the
Bluebirds to a record of 250-36, 11 state championships and three state
runner-up finishes making him the winningest and longest-tenured coach in the
99 years of the program.
Mueller finished with an overall record of 309-67 in
29 years as a Head Coach. He coached at Cincinnati Withrow and Cincinnati Sycamore
before succeeding Tom Duffy as Head Coach of the Bluebirds in 1994.
Highlands Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator
Brian Weinrich has long been the leading candidate to succeed Mueller. Weinrich
came on staff in 1995 as a volunteer assistant and worked his way up to
Defensive Coordinator in 2002. Weinrich helped the Bluebirds to the 1989 Class
AAA state championship in a 7-3 win over Paducah Tilghman.
Highlands owns the second-most wins in the country
with an overall record of 855-227-26 since the program began in 1915. Valdosta
(Georgia) has the most wins in the country with an overall record of
882-214-34.
The selection culminates with the start of winter
conditioning. It goes from 3-6 p.m. after school starting Monday.
The new head coach will have a lot of talent to work
with. Beau Hoge is the leading candidate to take over at quarterback and the
offense returns wide receivers Jensen Feggins and Alex Veneman. The defense
returns players like Griffin Urlage, Andrew Abner, Rocco Pangallo, Bo Hebel and
D.J. Mills.
Has anyone else interviewed for the position?
ReplyDeleteWho is it? Wasn't the presser today (Monday) at 3?
ReplyDeleteIt was moved back to Wednesday at the same time.
ReplyDeleteWas the press conference cancelled again? Who got the job?
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