MONTANA COACHES ASSOCIATION 50 ANNuAl MulTI-SPORTS ClINIC

MONTANA COACHES ASSOCIATION 50TH Annual MULTI-SPORTS CLINIC

August 2ND, 3RD & 4TH 2017 ? Great Falls High School ? Great Falls, MT ? Don Olsen, Director

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Rob Miller

Motivation

Rob Miller is a nationally known motivational speaker and a partner in Proactive Coaching with Bruce Brown. Rob played college basketball for 4 years and has coached at the collegiate, high school and youth levels. He is the former NAIA National Director of "Champions of Character Program" and is the current commissioner of the NAIA Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference. Rob uses his speaking skills and coaching knowledge to promote the Proactive Coaching Mission to help coaches positively impact their athletes' lives. His experience gives him a great perspective of modern day coaches and parents. All coaches will benefit from his presentations: "Creating Characterbased Team Cultures", "Developing Confident, Tough-minded, Fearless Competitors" and a session for the ADs on "Training Coaches for Excellence and Significance".

Joe Glenn

Football

Coach Glenn was the head football mentor at the University of South Dakota,(2012 to 2015) and earlier served as the head coach at Doane College (1976?1979), the University of Northern Colorado (1989?1999), and the University of Wyoming (2003?2008). He won two NCAA Division II National Football Championships at Northern Colorado, in 1996 and 1997. Glenn coached at Montana for three seasons (2000 to 2002), and compiled a 39?6 record. In 2001, the Grizzlies won the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship, defeating Furman in the title game. The year before, the Grizzlies finished as the NCAA Division I-AA runner-up. We are pleased to have Coach Glenn back in the Big Sky Country!

Ken DeHart

Tennis

Ken DeHart, one of the all-time favorite MCA presenters, will make his 5th clinic appearance since 2004. The Director of Tennis at the San Jose Swim and Racquet Club, Ken is one of only 10 PTR and USPTA Master Professionals as well as an International Tennis speaker. Ken is a 2x PTR International and a 4x USPTA Divisional "Pro of the Year" and a 3x USPTA Career Development Award Winner. Still active in the sport, Ken is both the Singles and Doubles Champion PTR International Men's 65, ranking in the top 5 in PTR & USPTA for the past 10 years.

He is a contributing writer for "Tennis", "TennisView", "TennisPro" and "ADDvantage" magazines; has produced 8 outstanding DVD's for tennis instruction and is the coauthor of, The International Book of Drills. Topics: "Simple Tips to Improve your Communication and Player Performance ? with Drills", "Defeating the Monsters in your Mind ? Mental Tuffness Made Simple", "Improving Performance with your Practice Program" and "Competitive Drills and Games"

Chris Gorres

Basketball

Chris Gorres comes from Virginia and works with "Pure Sweat Basketball". He coaches athletes on all different levels and sports, specializing in speed, power, strength, injury prevention, functional training, and rehab. He has certifications with the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and continues to educate himself, making him one of the best, and brightest in the field of performance coaching. Chris has worked with the Washington Redskins, US Olympic Soccer, US Olympic Swimming and recently NBA draft prospects and professionals such as Cheick Diallo, Langston Galloway, Anthony Bennett, and more. He continues to train high level athletes across the globe. While Chris's sessions will be beneficial for all team sports, he will present 3 sessions focusing on Basketball Conditioning and Performance.

Thom Simmons

AD

Thom Simmons is in his 20th year as the Director of Communications for the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section. Simmons' primary responsibilities include operation and coordination of all aspects of the 584 school organizations' media and public relations. Among his duties are all media releases, standings, statistics, polls, master schedules, media credentialing, radio/TV rights and the section website. Simmons also assistants in the event management of CIF-SS championships for Football, Basketball, Baseball, T&F and Swimming. This year Simmons also assumed responsibility for the CIF Southern Section's broadcast rights agreements with Fox Sports West, the NFHS Network and all ancillary properties. Topics: "The Dos and Don'ts of Social Media", "Creating a Successful Media Plan for Coaches and ADs" and "Competitive Equity Playoffs".

Scott Garson

Basketball

Scott Garson is in his 4th season as head coach of the College of Idaho men's basketball program. During his four seasons, Garson has led the Yotes to a 99-35 record, two Cascade Collegiate Conference championships, two CCC tournament championships, and a home mark of 59-8. They have advanced to three NAIA Division II National Tournaments. Garson coached the Coyotes to the 2014 and 2015 CCC regular-season and tournament titles and his 2014-15 team posted a 30-6 record. They climbed as high as No. 2 in the NAIA Division II Top-25 poll in each of Garson's first two seasons. He was the recipient of the 2015 Red Auerbach National Coach of the Year Award, and in 2014, was named CCC Coach of the Year. Scott is a former assistant at UCLA under Ben Howland, the current Mississippi State head coach. He also spent five seasons at the University of Utah under HOF coach and mentor, Rick Majerus.

Maureen Boyle

Volleyball

Moe Boyle enters her 13th VB season coaching the Fighting Saints. As the reigning Frontier Conference COY, she led the Saints to back-to-back regular-season conference crowns. Carroll notched an impressive 11-2 start of the season and went 9-3 in Frontier play, to earn the regular-season title for the first time in Boyle's career. The Saints also won the Frontier Tournament Title and went 1-2 in the three matches at the NAIA Finals Tournament. In 12 seasons the volleyball program has accumulated a 240-146 record, making it to the NAIA Regional Tournament in both 2005 and 2006 and the National Tournament in 2012 and 2016. Prior to coaching at Carroll, Coach Boyle spent 5 years as an assistant at Helena Capital followed by 5 years as the head coach at Flathead, where she led the Bravettes to their first state title in 2001.

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Robby Sortore

Spirit

Robby is in his 7th year as the Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA) Northwest State Director & Varsity All Star Advisor and was previously an 8-year UCA Head Instructor. At UCA. Sortore learns innovative techniques and ideas in safety, stunting, pyramids, jumps, Game Day, etc. and helps implement them to squads across the Northwest. Currently Robby is the coach & choreographer for the nationally ranked Mount Si High School who just came off an amazing performance and Top 10 finish at this year's UCA National High School Cheerleading Championship. Robby started his career as captain of his high school cheer squad and went on to cheer for the University of Washington. He has worked with numerous Jr High, High School, and All-Star Championship cheer squads. Robby presented at the 2015 MCA Clinic and we are pleased to have him back this year.

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Mark Pryor

Volleyball

In Mark Pryor's three seasons at the helm at the University of North Dakota, he's led the team to three straight 20-win seasons, a pair of school-record-tying win totals and the school's first NCAA Division I Tournament appearance. Overall at UND, Pryor has a 73-32 record. His 2016 squad was a history-making team that won 19 of its last 22 matches, including an incredible 11-match winning streak that ended the regular season and swept right through the Big Sky Conference Tournament. The year was filled with accolades as Pryor was the Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year, his third different COY honor in his career. His 2014 and 2016 squads each tied the school record with 26 wins.

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Tom Rothenberger

T&F, XC

Tom has been the Track and XC coach at Jesuit High in Portland since 1982. During Tom's tenure, the Crusaders have won 81 Metro League Championships in Track and XC (men and women combined) and 24 State Championships. The Jesuit teams have had a top 4 finish at the state track or XC meet 67 times. Jesuit teams traditionally have large turnouts averaging over 350 track athletes and 160 cross country runners annually. Coach Rothenberger has been named Oregon Coaches Association Coach of the Year numerous times for both XC and track and in 2006 he was recognized as National Coach of theYear for Women's Cross Country.

At Boise State, Tom competed in XC, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track and set the school record for Indoor 1500m in1982. Topics: "Building a High School Track Program...Creating the Culture", "Developing Your High School Distance Program...A Year Long Process" and "Training the High School Distance Runner ... Middle and Long Distance Runners"

Jamie Pinkerton

Softball

The 2017 season is Montana softball coach, Jamie Pinkerton's 3rd year leading the Grizzlies but his 4th since being hired in August 2013 to start building a program that would not play its first game until 2015. Pinkerton, a Division I coach since 1994, with stops at Tulsa and Arkansas won his 300th career game in April of 2017.

In their first season of competition, with a roster of 15 true freshmen, his Griz surprised many by going 16-34 and winning 8 Big Sky Conference games. In 2016, their second year of play, they finished above .500 at 29-27, winning 16 of their last 20 games. Montana went 14-7 in league and made the postseason tournament, for which Pinkerton was honored as the Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year.

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Derek St. John

Wrestling

Derek St. John is in his first season as an assistant coach for the Iowa State wrestling program. For the past 2 years, he was on staff at Virginia Tech helping the Hokies achieve unprecedented success, with a 2016-17 top 10 finish at the NCAA Championships. They were also undefeated in ACC duals with an 18-1 mark and finished 4th at NCAA. St. John, who won the 2013 NCAA title at 157 pounds, became the 18th 4x All-American in Iowa history in 2014. He placed 4th at the NCAA Championships as a freshman, 2nd as a sophomore, 1st as a junior and 5th as a senior. He is one of the most decorated Hawkeye wrestlers of all time. St. John was the 2012 Big Ten champion and a 2x Big Ten runner-up at 157 pounds. He was 31-2 in his national championship campaign of 2012-13, earning Iowa's Most Valuable Wrestler Award.

Jeff Choate

Football

Jeff Choate was appointed Montana State's 32nd Head Football Coach in the winter of 2015. The Division I chapter of Choate's coaching career began in 2002 at Utah State, where he coached the defensive line (2002) and specials teams and safeties (2003-04). He coordinated special teams and coached safeties at Eastern Illinois in 2005-06 before returning to Idaho where he coached from 2006-11. After short stints at WSU and UTEP he moved to Florida, where he coordinated special teams and coached outside linebackers. The next season he took over special teams and defensive line duties at Washington, where he coached in 2014-15. Choate played football at Montana-Western and began his coaching career with the Bulldogs in 1991-93 followed by stints in Idaho at Challis, Twin Falls and Post Falls. An Idaho native, he graduated from Montana-Western in 1993 and has spent most of his 25 seasons in coaching within a 10-hour drive of Bozeman.

Dr. Cunningham

Basketball

Coach Cunningham and the Saints are coming off one of the best seasons in program history, going 23-10 with a 13-5 Frontier Conference record. In 2016-17, the Saints, Frontier Conference Champs, went 29-6 for the second most wins in school history and a second consecutive trip to the NAIA Quarter Finals. Dr. Cunningham, a former standout player at both Oregon State and Purdue, earned All-America honors and broke Gary Payton's freshman scoring record for Oregon State. He transferred back to his home state of Indiana, joining Coach Gene Keady's Purdue Boilermakers. He became a threeyear starter and helped lead Purdue to a pair of "Sweet 16" appearances and one spot in the "Elite Eight." In his three seasons, Cunningham scored nearly 1,000 points, handed out just under 400 assists and had 163 rebounds.

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Bob Stitt

Football

Bob Stitt enters his third season at the helm of the Montana Grizzlies. During his first year he led the Griz back to the NCAA FCA Playoffs for the 23rd time in school history. He came to UM after a 15-season stint as the head coach at the Colorado School of Mines. Stitt's Grizzlies went 8-5 his first season and finished tied for 2nd place in the Big Sky Conference. Highlights included an upset of defending champion, North Dakota State, a 57-16 rout of Eastern Washington and UM's 72nd defeat of Montana State. He is widely known in national coaching circles for his creative offensive mind and his innovative "fly-sweep" play. His 2014, Orediggers went 10-2 overall and 8-1 in the RMAC, and advanced to the Division II national playoffs. In 2013, they posted an 8-3 record. Stitt was named league COY in 2004 and 2010. He was selected the Division II SW Region COY and was also tabbed AFCA Region 5 COY in 2004.

Paul Reneau

T&F - Sprints

Paul Reneau is in his first year as a full-time member of the Montana T&F coaching staff, working with the sprinters and relay teams. Reneau, a native of Belize who grew up in Los Angeles, played football and ran track for the Grizzlies in the early 80s. He finished fifth in the 100 in the 1984 Big Sky Conference meet with a time of 10.79. He later represented Belize in a pair of Olympic Games, competing in the 100 meters at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and as a velodrome cyclist at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. At the former, he raced against eventual gold medalist Carl Lewis. Paul spent more than a decade coaching middle school sports in Missoula and seven years coaching T&F at Frenchtown. Topics: Speed/Propulsion and Conditioning vs Training.

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Ryan Nourse

Football

Ryan Nourse returned to the helm of Bulldog Football after serving as the University of Montana-Western Athletic Director from 2013-2016. Before accepting the role as AD, Nourse was the head football coach from the spring of 2011 through the Spring of 2013, where he led the team for two seasons. On top of serving as the head coach, Nourse was the offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach and coached the kickers and punters.

In his first stint as the head man for Montana-Western, he took over a 1-10 team that had suffered seven double-digit defeats, and led them to a 2-9 overall record and a 2-8 record in the Frontier Conference in his first season. Year two saw another doubled win total as the Bulldogs finished with a 4-6 record.

Mark Ator

AD

Mark Ator is the Principal and AD at Colstrip where he has spent his entire 27-year career. Mark has served as AD for the past 18 years and he also spent 18 years as the Colt's Head Football Coach. During his AD tenure, Ator has managed 19 District and Divisional BB Tournaments, 22 District and Divisional Track Meets and served as Co-Manager of the 2000 A-C Track Meet. He has also managed and hosted 7 District and Divisional Volleyball Tournaments and two Divisional Wrestling Meets. Mark is an 18-year member of the MIAAA and NIAAA and a 28 year MCA member. He is currently his final year on the MHSA Board of Directors and will serve as President in the 2017-2018 School ics:"AD Potpourri - Sharing Experiences, Thoughts, and Ideas on being an Athletic Director".

Mark Beckman

MHSA

MHSA Executive Director Mark Beckman has an extensive background as a coach and activities director. As the MHSA's top executive, he is the primary rules interpreter for all Association bylaws and regulations.

Mike Petrino

Basketball

Mike Petrino just completed his first season as an assistant for the Lady Griz, recruited by first-year coach Shannon Schweyen.

Petrino started coaching Division I Women's Basketball in 2011-12, when he was hired at Wyoming and spent four years on Joe Legerski's staff. The Cowgirls, twice, won 20 or more games and advanced to the 2013 WNIT.

The Petrino name is well known in Montana coaching circles: Mike's brother, Jason, is the head football coach at RMC and another brother, Jared, is on the Rocky coaching staff.

Petrino's cousins, Bobby and Paul, are the head football coaches at Louisville and Idaho. His uncle, Bob Sr., was the longtime football coach at Carroll.

Shannon Winant

T&F ? Horizontal Jumps

Winant joined the Whitworth staff in January 2015, and is in his second full year as a graduate assistant, where he is the Horizontal Jumps Coach and is involved in recruiting, S&C and many aspects of the Pirate T&F program. This season one of Shannon's Lady Pirates has soared over 40' in the TJ and is currently ranked 3rd (NCAA Div III). He is a 2013 graduate of Whitworth and brings with him a wealth of championship experience. He competed in the long jump and triple jump (46'2"). In 2016, Shannon was named the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Women's Assistant COY for the West Region. After graduation, Winant spent a year and a half in South Africa competing and training with Olympic jumpers while with Athletes in Action.

Joanne Austin

MHSA

Joanne is the MHSA Associate Director, and her duties include gender equity, soccer and fine arts. She has presented workshops on hazing, bullying and athletic equity at the state, regional and national levels.

Alex Garcia

Football

Alex Garcia recently completed his second year at Montana Tech as the Defensive Line Coach. In 2015, the Digger Defense finished ranked in the top 25 in seven different defensive categories. The havoc causing defense registered 40 total sacks, ranking fourth nationally and first in the Frontier Conference, averaging 3.3 takedowns a game. They also finished the season ranked 12th in scoring defense, 13th in opponent third down conversion percentage, 15th in total defense per game, 16th in total pass defense and 21st in rushing defense per game. Topic: Defensive Line Play

Bob Veroulis

Golf

Bob Veroulis is a 30 year PGA member. A 10x award winner and 2xPNW PGA Section award winner, Bob is recognized throughout Montana as one of the most accomplished Teaching Professionals. Bob's Cause and Effect approach to Golf instruction brings muscle memory, nerve impulse time factors, physics, geometry, and kinesiology together. His simple but effective approach has helped every level of Golf for over 30 years. Bob is now the State Director for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in Montana.

Mia Tabberson

Volleyball

Mia joined the UND coaching staff in July 2014. A 2013 graduate of the University of Minnesota, Tabberson has helped UND to a 73-32 record in her three seasons on staff. She was the setter for the NCAA Golden Gophers when they made a Final Four appearance in 2009 to go along with an Elite Eight showing (2012) and a pair of Sweet Sixteen (2010, 11) performances. All told, the Muncie, Ind., native led the Gophers to a 101-38 record in her playing career. She was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection and finished her career with over 2,500 career assists (2,565).

Melanie Meuchel

Softball

The 2017 season is Melanie's third year as the Montana softball program's pitching coach. Meuchel, a Missoula native and 1997 graduate of Big Sky High School, was hired in September 2013 as the program's first assistant coach. She has 15 years of college coaching experience, 14 of which have been at the NCAA Division I level.

In Montana's first three seasons of competition, the team's pitchers have continued to improve each season, with 2017 being their best statistical season to date.

Arunas Duda

Volleyball

Arunas Duda, is in his 13th year leading the UGF Volleyball Program. In 2016, he led the Lady Argos to a 26-10 record and played in the conference semifinal game. As only the second head coach in team history, Duda has seen the program grow from its infancy, to a perennial contender in the Frontier Conference and the region. Since taking the reins of the program, Duda has guided the Lady Argonauts to over 200 wins and 8 winning seasons, including four 20-win campaigns. He has twice been named the Frontier Conference COY, earning the honor in 2005 and 2006. Duda's coaching career highlight came in 2006, when the Lady Argos captured the Frontier Conference Championship.

Joey Egan

Softball

Joey Egan enters her seventh year as the head UGF Softball Coach. Her 2015 team advanced to the semifinals of the Cascade/ Frontier Conference Tournament and finished the season with a 2818 record. Egan's 2013 and 2014 teams were each a game away from the NAIA National Tournament. The Lady Argonauts finished 17-17 in 2014 and were 26-17 in 2013. Joey played for MSU-B where she earned numerous awards, including MSUB's Female Athlete of the Year and the Little Sullivan Award in 2005. In 2011, she was inducted into the MSU-B HOF.

Jeff Carroll

Volleyball

Jeff Carroll retired at the end of this past season after 31 years as the Head VB Coach at Billings Senior. During his career, his teams earned 16 conference championships, 12 state titles and 6 runners-up finishes. Six of his teams finished ranked in the top 100 programs in the country by Prep . He was named Montana "AA" COY 12 times, inducted into the MCA HOF in 2009 and selected as the NHSACA National VB COY in 2010. In 2011, Jeff was chosen National Co-COY by the American VB Coaches Association and coached the East All-Stars in the Under Armour HS All-American match in San Antonio. He was inducted into the NHSACA National HOF in 2015. He finished with an overall record of 726-209. His topic will be "Final Words."

Spencer Huls

T&F- Hurdles

Spencer Huls was born and raised in Corvallis, Montana, and is lucky enough to serve as the head T&F mentor at his alma mater, Corvallis High School. In his tenure as head coach, the Bluedevils have won 10 team state championships. His hurdlers hold the State A record in both the 110m hurdles (boys) and 100m hurdles (girls). His athletes have won 12 individual state titles in the hurdles as well as numerous top six finishes. Spencer Is an 11-time MCA COY.

Rick Nordahl

Football

Coach Nordahl took the reins as the Head FB Coach at Beaverhead County High School in 2013. His four-year record is 41-4 with three state championships and a state runner-up. He will receive his third MCA COY award. He was an assistant coach/ defensive coordinator under HOF coach Terry Thomas for 23 years prior to becoming the head coach. During that stretch the Beavers won 5 State titles. Coach Nordahl will work his sixth East-West Shrine game and second Mon-Dak game this summer. Rick is a graduate of Helena Capital and UM Western. His topic will be the 3-4 defense.

Trevor Utter

Football

Coach Utter is in his 5th year as head football coach at Eureka (Lincoln Co). There were many growing pains, but his efforts and persistence paid off in 2016 when the Lions won the first gridiron championship in school history. A Eureka native, Utter played wide receiver for the Griz and was a member of the 1995 national championship team. Trevor and wife Amber taught one year in CA before returning to hometown Eureka where he has been the middle school principal for the past 11 years. Topic: "Changing to a Winning Culture"

Zanen Pitts

Basketball

Zanen has guided the Arlee Warriors to a 92-13 record and 3 trips to the State Tournament during his 4 seasons as head mentor. The Warriors came up short in the 2015 semi-finals, notched a 2nd place finish in 2016 and secured the 2017 State Title and MCA COY. Pitts played 3 years at Montana-Western and is a graduate or Ronan High School. His topic: Developing Team Strengths and Basketball IQ

Chris Hess

Football

In his 5 years as head coach, Chris has accumulated a 42-9 record. In his past 2 years at Ennis, Hess has a remarkable 21-2 record, a quarterfinal appearance and this past year a 13-0 season resulting an 8-man state championship and MCA COY honors. Hess coached for 3 years in Forsyth, making the play-offs all 3 years. He coached in 3 Class B All-star games, one as the head mentor and will be an assistant for the Montana Badlands Bowl. Chris will talk on "Leadership/Program Building".

Marcus Drange

Golf

Marcus played 3 years of NCAA Division II Golf at MSUB. He was the GNAC "Newcomer of the Year" and an All-Conference Selection in 2011-12. This fall will mark the beginning of his 4th year assisting the Yellowjackets. In 2015, he was hired as Head Golf Coach at Billings Skyview, where he led the boys' team to a 2nd place finish at the AA State Tournament. Drange moved in the fall of 2016 to Billings West, where he led the Golden Bears boys' team to their 4th straight State Title. Topics: Practice Routines/Drills and Short Game Drills/Mental Game.

Mark Harkins

Basketball

Mark has been teaching and coaching for 26yrs. He has been the only head boys' basketball coach in the 10 years of Glacier High's existence. During his tenure, Glacier has won 4 Western AA conference titles and qualified for state 7 times. In 2017, Coach Harkins led the Wolfpack to the first State BB Championship in school history. The `Pack' led the state in defense this year, giving up only 45 ppg. At the state tournament, they held their opponents to an incredible 43.7 ppg. Mark is the 2017 MCA COY in AA Basketball. Topic: 2-3 Zone and adjustments.

Tom Heckathorn

T&F ? Shot & Discus

A graduate of Portland State, where he competed in Football and in T&F as a decathlete, Tom has spent the last 23 years coaching T&F. After 3 years in Portland, Tom has spent the past 20 years in Billings, 4 years at Senior and the 16 at Billings West. In those 20 years, he has coached over 20 State Champions in Shot and Discus and has had numerous state-placers. One season he had three athletes exceed 56' in the shot. Tom will talk about his shot put and discus philosophy while having coaches participate in drills outside the classroom.

Steve Yockim

T&F-Pole Vault

Steve Yockim has coached in Montana for 25 years, the last 21 as Pole Vault coach for Sidney.

His athletes have won 15 State PV Championships and have been State PV Runner-Up 11 times.

His Sidney girls won 7 state championships in a row from '07`13, including 50 regular season consecutive wins. 8 of the last 10 State PV Titles belong to Sidney girls. Sidney holds the Class A girls' PV State Record and Steve currently coaches a 16' boy vaulter. Yockim was awarded MCA Assistant COY in 2004. He has coached a High School All-American and one of his girls participated in the 2008 Olympics. His topic is: Pole Vault Development.

Wade Nelson

T&F-Javelin

Wade Nelson has been an assistant coach at Glasgow High School since 2001. He's coached all three throws every year; his throwers have placed 13 times at state. Ten of those have come in the javelin, including 2016's state class B champion. Coach Nelson's throwers have helped bring home team trophies too: 8 boys district titles, 10 girls district titles, 5 boys and 7 girls divisional titles. At state, the boys teams have placed 2nd twice and third once, while the girls have won state twice and placed third twice.

Erin Keffeler

Volleyball

A 3-sport athlete for Hellgate, Erin went on to play 4 years of Volleyball for the Lady Griz. She took the reins at Sentinel in 2012, and has since led the Spartans to several State Tournaments, capping an incredible 2016 campaign with the State Title. Since taking over at Sentinel, her teams have notched a 31-17 conference record. Coach Keffeler was honored with 2016 AA Volleyball COY honors.

Jeff Graham

Basketball

Jeff has been the head girls' basketball coach at Belt since 2007. His remarkable record includes playing on Saturday night at the state tournament every year, winning the state title 5 of the last 6 years and finishes of 2nd, two 3rds and two 4ths. Graham's Huskies also boast 8 district and 7 divisional crowns. Jeff's football teams have won 3 divisional titles and his track teams have notched 7. Topic: "Creating a Winning Program with Your Assistant Coaches"

Terry Thomas

Basketball

Terry Thomas has been the Head BBB Coach for twelve years at Beaverhead in Dillon. His record in Dillon is 240-34. His teams have made the state tournament 10 of 12 years winning 5 State Championships, 3 Runner-up Trophies, and one 3rd Place. Terry has been honored as the Montana Class "A" Basketball COY 5X and has been nominated 9X. Terry is a HOF member of both the MCA (2007) and NHSACA (2013). Also a long time Head Football (211-76) with 5 state titles, Terry is the only coach in MT history to lead his teams to a State Championship in Football and Basketball in the same year doing in twice (2011 & 2006). Topic: "Multiple Defenses: Half Court and Full Court"

TJ Umemoto

Football

Coach T.J. Umemoto has been an assistant football coach at Billings Senior High School in Billings since 2004. He served as either a defensive line or defensive back coach for the first seven years, and has been the offensive coordinator for the pasts six seasons. The Billings Senior Broncs are 24 - 2 in the last two seasons, and most recently finished the 2016 season with a 13-0 record. Coach Umemoto is a 1999 graduate of CMR High School and a 2004 graduate of Montana State University. He will speak on "Quick Screen and Pass Concepts"

Christine

Gondeiro

Volleyball

Coach Gondeiro began her stint at Belt as an assistant, taking the reins in 2012, as head mentor. Her hard work and dedication resulted in a 2016 State Championship for the Huskies and COY honors for Gondeiro. Christine's 4-year varsity career at Victor HS earned her another 5 years on the court at MSU-Northern. Her topics include: Building a Program (Jr high to high school) and Fundamental Basics (how to keep re-introducing them to all ages throughout a season)

Casey Jermyn

Cross Country

In his inaugural year with the Bozeman Hawks, Head Coach Casey Jermyn led both his Boys' and Girls' Cross Country teams to State AA Championships and his Boys' team to an impressive upset victory at the 2016 Nike Cross Nationals, while the Girls ranked 8th in the nation.These achievements earned Coach Jermyn select honors, including the 2016 USTFCCA Montana High School COY and MCA's AA COY in both Boys' and Girls' Cross Country. A runner his entire life, Jermyn earned 3 individual state titles in cross country and 3 in track at Plains High School. At MSU, Jermyn earned five Big Sky Conference Championships. After spending several years traveling the country as a sales rep for Brooks, Jermyn settled in Bozeman and founded Bozeman Running Company in 2010.

Les Meyer

Football

Since Coach Meyer's term began at Fairfield in 1997, the Eagles have made the playoffs 15 of the last 16 years, played in the state championship game 7 of the last 12 years, winning the state title in 2011 and 2015. Few teams, if any, have experienced more success in the last 10 years than the Eagles, under the guidance of Meyer. Les graduated from RMC and coached their secondary for two years and then served as grad assistant at St. Cloud State (MN) for two more His topic: "Coaching the Shotgun Wing T"

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Scott Filius

Wrestling

The name, Scott Filius, is synonymous with wrestling excellence in Montana. A 25-year veteran of the coaching profession, Scott has spent 22 years in the Big Sky Country. He has 12 state championships, tying him in 2nd place for the most state championships in MT history. His last 5-in-a-row championships put Coach Filius and his Havre program in a position seldom attained. Scott is a 12-time MCA Coach of the Year and an incredible 18-time MCA COY nominee. Scott will be inducted into the MCA HOF this year and is also a member of the MSU Northern HOF. As a college wrestler Scott was a four time All-American, and a three time Academic AllAmerican and won a national title his senior year.

Danny Lemer

Wrestling

Lemer has been the Head Wrestling Coach at Lincoln County (Eureka) since 2005, preceded by 4 years as assistant. As head mentor, he led his Lions to a state runner-up title in 2016 and a State Championship, along with MCA Coach of the Year honors in 2017. Lemer has also had the pleasure of coaching three divisional championship and two divisional runner-up teams. Danny's Eureka teams have a dual record of 68-39 and he has coached 39 state-placers.

Sean Herrin

S&C

Sean was born and raised in Helena and attended Carroll College where he was a member of three national championship football teams in 2004, 2005, and 2007.

In 2011 Sean moved to Southern California and was a member of the Athletic Performance staff for UCLA where he worked with both the football team and the women's gymnastics team.

For the 3 ? years, prior to moving back to Montana, Sean has served as the Sports Performance Director for Velocity Sports Performance ? Redondo Beach. In this role Sean oversaw the performance staff and program development for athletes ranging from the youth all the way to the professional and Olympic level.

Topic: "A coaching blueprint for optimal performance and transfer"

Michael Matury

S&C

Dr. Matury is a graduate of Purdue University and completed his chiropractic training at Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1989. He practiced in Indiana until moving to Montana in 2005. Practice emphasis includes soft tissue injury and repetitive strain disorders. Prior patients include two Mr. USA body building champions, a national power lifting champion, and various other NCAA athletes. More recently he has become certified in Functional Movement Screening which is being used by the Titlist Players Institute and various professional and college athletes for injury prevention. He will speak on "Strength from the Core, Up"

Valerie Moody

SM/AD

Valerie is currently in her 11th year at the University of Montana where she is Director of the Athletic Training Program. She serves as President of the Montana Athletic Trainers' Association, member of the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Review team, and incoming Vice President for External Affairs for the National Athletic Trainers' Association Research and Education Foundation. She is active in researching concussion legislation compliance in Montana, emergency preparedness in athletics Topic: "Emergency Preparedness in Athletics"

Mark Johnston

S&C

Mark is the Montana State Director for the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and is beginning his 6th year with Billings Clinic as a sports medicine associate and lead instructor for the SST-ELITE athletic enhancement programs. SST-ELITE provides performance programming for RMC, MSUB, and local JH and HS athletes. He has served as the S&C coach for Billings West since 2013, overseeing programming for all sports and was the S&C coach for RMC Men's BB, including their 2008-09 National Championship Team.

Topic: "Summer programming for the high school athlete"

James Galbraith

AD - S&C

Galbraith is a graduate of the UM-Western with a bachelor's degree in Health and Fitness management and a Certified S&C Specialist certified through the NSCA. Jamey has worked for Benefis Health Systems RESULTS as a Sports Performance Specialist for over 9 years. He has trained numerous athletes from middle school to the professional level in and around Great Falls to improve their overall performance along with focusing on fundamentals of movement to decrease injury. Topic: Keeping your Athlete Ready to Play

Todd Barbour

S&C

Todd is going into his 10th year as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Olympic Sports. Since joining the Razorbacks back in 2008, the Olympic Sports Department has had a lot to cheer about. Under the direction of Coach Barbour, he and his team of coaches have celebrated 3 National Championships and 26 SEC titles. Coach Barbour oversees 6 assistant coaches, 3 weight rooms utilized by 16 Olympic sport teams, and well over 300 student athletes. Being appointed to the athletic department's Performance Team has also landed him on several search committees, the Eating Disorder Management Team, the University of Arkansas's Diversity Committee, as well as a member of the Arkansas NSCA State Board of Directors.

Topic: "A three-phase approach to training athletes"

Dustin Burton

SM

Dustin graduated in 2011 with his degree in Athletic Training and started working for Missoula Bone & Joint that summer as an athletic trainer for their outreach program. When he started at Missoula Bone & Joint they were covering just seven schools, but now the program is covering 16 schools and has up to 10 athletic trainers working for them. Dustin will team with Valery Moody to present "Emergency Preparedness in Athletics"

Thank You, Clinic Sponsors!

Dan Groux, CSCS

AD

Dan is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist who works as a Sports Medicine/RESULTS Supervisor at Benefis Health Systems. He graduated from MSU-Bozeman with a BS in Health and Human Performance. Groux started the Benefis RESULTS program 11 years ago for Benefis. Our goal in the RESULTS program is to get your athlete to the next level while decreasing injury. I have worked with many area athletes from junior high all the way to professional level. I will be co-presenting with Jamey Galbraith on keeping your athlete ready to play.

Kylie Izzi

S&C

Kylie Izzi, grew up in Washington state where she competed in soccer and went on to play collegiate soccer on the east coast. Izzi found her way to RMC, where she majored in HHP- exercises science and then went off to work for Nike in Southern California as a sports performance coach. During her time at Nike, she was exposed to cutting edge training techniques and theories and had the pleasure of working with a variety to top tier athletes and other performance coaches. Her work experience includes a variety of settings, including the Pac 12, NCAA division 1AA and NCAA DII. She has served as head athletic trainer for the Billings Wolves and was the only female head athletic trainer in the IFL.

Topic: "Training considerations for today's female athlete"

Brian Frank

SM-Nutrition

FCA Breakfast Spkr Nutrition pioneer, athlete, speaker, author and founder of Hammer Nutrition, Brian Frank shares his unique and highly effective "Less is Best" fueling philosophy. Proven over the past 30 years in the world's toughest competitions around the world, Hammer products and fueling protocols have also demonstrated their superiority in all types of team sports as well. Hammer's science-based fueling philosophy will allow your athletes to reach new levels of performance, strength, endurance and recovery. During his informative presentation, you'll learn to master the "Five Secrets of Success" allowing you to avoid fueling-related maladies and achieve optimal levels of nutrition and health.

Shoulder Bags & Clinic Staff Shirts

50th Anniversary T-Shirts

Staff Shirts & Golf Prizes

Golf T-shirts

THANK YOU!

In addition to the generous donors highlighted elsewhere in this brochure, we are deeply indebted to Great Falls School District #1, especially the Administration, GFHS Staff, and building and grounds staff, for the fantastic cooperation we receive in staging this great event.

Our special thanks also to Roger Hatler and Tom Storm, our fishing hosts, the G.F. Recreation Dept. for use of golf practice facilities, and the Meadow Lark Country Club for use of tennis courts. We are grateful for the following folks who lined up speakers: Bob Zadick-WR, Janie Holmes-CH, Dennis Murphy & Gary DeGooyer-AD.

Major Golf donors are GTM SPORTSWEAR with outstanding prizes, TOWNHOUSE INNS: golf t-shirt and golf prizes, UNIVERSAL ATHLETICS prints golf T-Shirts, and Balfour Big Sky: 10 dozen Titleist balls.

Thanks also to our registration staff and hospitality team, Sheree McKinley and Lori Ostberg.

REGISTRATION

2016-17 MCA Membership (required)

$35

2016 Clinic Pre-registration (before 7/27) $65

Total

$100

Wednesday Lunch by Golden Corral

$5

Non-member Clinic Pre-registration

$100

Late Fee after 7/27

$10

Partial refund ($50) if cancelled prior to 7/27

Canadian Checks must be marked "US Funds"

Note: Club coaches and other interested parties are eligible to attend the clinic @non-member rates

Register online at

COLLEGE CREDIT: Two semester units of non-degree, Professional Development Credit will be offered by the University of Montana Western. Courses are for students who have baccalaureate degrees and appropriate teaching credentials. Credit tuition is in addition to clinic fees and the cost is $115 for one credit or $145 for two credits. Required written assignments due by email Aug.9th. Registration to be completed at clinic with payment by MasterCard, VISA, Discover Card, or personal check. District approval is recommended prior to credit enrollment. FOR COMPLETE COURSE INFORMATION, CALL UMW at 406.683.7304.

EQUIVALENCY CREDIT: This year 19 OPI Renewal Units are available at no extra charge. 19 Hours of verified attendance at clinic sessions is required. PICK UP NECESSARY FORMS BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE REGISTRATION AREA and return them to registration area before you leave the clinic. No credit can be granted for any sessions prior to the time you obtain forms. If you sign up for UM-Western CREDIT, you may not ALSO TAKE OPI RENEWAL UNITS.

ALTERNATE PIR TIME: Montana registrants may be able to take advantage of this option. To do so, your school must list the MCA clinic as an acceptable activity in their request for PIR days.

LODGING INFORMATION: Room blocks are available at Crystal Inn, EconoLodge, Great Falls Inn, Heritage Inn, O'Haire Motor Inn and Holiday Inn. Ask for Montana Coaches room block.

SPECIAL EVENTS TUESDAY: 6:00 pm - Commissioner kent paulson and the Frontier Conference athletic directors and coaches will host a hospitality session at Hi-Ho Tavern on 2600 10th Ave. S. All clinic participants are invited.

WEDNESDAY: Steak BBQ at the Mansfield Convention Center followed by the "Horse Races" hosted by Universal Athletics and Dewey Michaels. Clinic badge entitles clinic participants to a free ticket. Pick it up at the exhibit area by 5 P.M. Wednesday. Guest tickets are $15.00 each. Doors open at 6:30 P.M. Serving starts at 7:00 P.M. Thanks to the Flamingo and staff for catering.

THURSDAY: MCA AWARDS CEREMONY, 11:30 AM in the Auditorium: MCA Hall of Fame Inductions, Coach of the Year Awards, Longevity & Service Awards, Appreciation Awards, Bozeman Trophy Outstanding Contributor Award, Honorary Memberships, NHSACA Awards and MCA Awards will be presented. WE URGE YOUR ATTENDANCE TO HONOR YOUR PEERS. After the program, you may proceed downstairs to the cafeteria for a luncheon sponsored by MCA.

THURSDAY: 5:30 Anaconda Hills ? MCA/TOWNHOUSE INNS SCRAMBLE GOLF TOURNEY. $5,000 Hole-in-one prize, Two bonus hole prizes. 72 max. players. Sign up in Field House Wed or early Thurs. $25 playing fee + cart rental. T-Shirts provided.

THURSDAY: FLAMINGO FLING-THE FLAMINGO BAR is hosting an evening of good fellowship at 3028 10th Avenue South, starting at 7 P.M. Dancing at 9 P.M.

2017 Montana Coaches Association Clinic Exhibitors to date....

Balfour Big Sky, Richard Martinez, (406) 853-6706 Benefis Health Systems, Dan Groux, (406) 788-2250 BSN Sports, Tim Walker, (208) 790-6616 Comfort Inn Missoula, Carrie Rasmussen, (406) 214-6614 Crown Photography, Mike & Lucinda Layne, (406) 752-6116 Daktronics, Tara Hendricks, (605) 692-0200 Doubletree Missoula, Jennifer Bann, (406) 542-4614 DPHHS: School Health Program, William Biskupiak, (406) 444-0995 FairBridge Inn & Suites, Karen Whitman, (406) 755-6100 Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Bob Veroulis, (760) 835-6993 Fuel Your Challenge, Rick Gillis, (406) 579-8124 GBC Custom Fundraising Calendars, Karyl Menchen, (513) 400-8892 Gilman Gear, Neil Gilman, (860) 889-7334 Great Falls Montana Tourism, Vanessa, Hayden (406) 761-4436 Hammer Nutrition, Michelle Kuntz, (800) 336-1977 Hilton Garden Inn, Erica Kimble, (406) 655-8800 Hudl, Alli Burtch, (402) 817-0060 Klimas Financial Services, Charles, Klimas, (404) 945-0783 Korney Board Aids. Inc., Jeff Reed, (903) 346-3269 Management Consultants, Melissa Bolton, (406) 494-3500 Montana Army National Guard, Todd Carver, (406) 498-9605 Monatana School Equipment Co., Aaron Johnson, (406) 454-0420 Mueller Sports Medicine, Dawn Kruse, (608) 643-8530 NFHS Network, Che Vialpando, (303) 901-5079 OnTrack and Field, Inc, Ron Morris, (800) 697-2999 Power Lift, Mike Richardson, (641) 757-2050 Radisson Hotel Billings, Randi Lovec, (406) 238-8953 Rawlings Sporting Goods, Cliff Schantz, (406) 232-2716 Red Lion Hotel & Convention Center Billings, Jase Muri, (406) 867-8193 Red Rock Sporting Goods, Cliff Schantz, (406) 232-2716 Riversage Inns, Kelli Pandis, (406) 453-6000 Success N Fundraising, LLC, Doris Sinnema, (406) 282-7441 Under Armour, Patrick Bauer, (410) 299-3798 Universal Athletic, Brian Pepper, (406) 600-2745 Varsity Spirit Fashion, Brian Denton, (505) 899-4936 X-Grain Sportswear, Martha OConnor-Leigh, (563) 580-9612

2017 Motel Blocks

(ask for Montana Coaches Clinic room block- available until gone or July 1st)

O'Haire Motor Inn ? 17 17th St S.??$78 + tax?800-332-9819 Heritage Inn ?1700 Fox Farm Rd??$99 + tax?406-761-1900 The Great Falls Inn ? 1400 28th St S?Cont. Bkfst?$75 + tax?406-453-6000 Crystal Inn ? by Airport exit?Full Bkfst?109 + tax?406-727-7788 Holiday Inn ? 1100 5th St S??109 + tax?406-727-7200 EconoLodge ? 220 Central Ave?Cont. Bkfst?$79/$89 +tax?406-761-3410

EXHIBITS AND HOSPITALITY AREAS Please use your designated hour and other free time to talk to exhibitors ? Their fees keep your cost low. This is extremely important to the success of the clinic. Get Vendor signatures on bingo card to be eligible for Super Prize Drawings Thursday at 8:00 and 1:30 ? multiple prize drawings including 6 drawings for $50 (you must be pesent to win) DOOR PRIZES - you must sign-up in the Field House to be in the drawings. Exhibits will be set up in the Fieldhouse. Most of these fine representatives conduct booth drawings or donate merchandise or services for super prizes. Prizes will be listed in exhibitor and door prize flyers which will be in Shoulder Bags donated by Red rock sporting goods. The MCA provides pens & legal pads. Shoulder Bags will contain two coupons from MCDONALD'S of Great falls. HOSPITALITY tables, featuring FREE CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST each morning--rolls, doughnuts, maple bars, coffee and milk, plus COKE products, MEADOWGOLD milk and ice cream bars, MCA cookies, chips and other snacks all day. MANY thanks to the highlighted firms for their Donations!

OTHER ATTRACTIONS AND ENTERTAINMENT Montana State Fair July 29 - Aug 6; GOLF:There are 4 courses in Great Falls - Meadow Lark Country Club open to members & guests, two municipal courses, Eagle Falls & Anaconda Hills. Hickory Swing is also open to the public. C.M. Russell Museum, Paris Gibson Square, Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, Giant Springs, Gibson Park, Shopping Centers, and numerous other attractions. River's Edge Trail is a fantastic jogging, biking, skating and walking trail along the Missouri. Fishing is another great option. GLACIER AND YELLOWSTONE PARKS are within driving distance.

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