More Coaching Exits

#1 posting 4.27.2006

COACHING NEWS
IA
Pleasant Valley has hired Craig Clark to replace Gary Altman. Clark has been the freshman boys basketball coach prior to the hire. The Quad City Times has more on this hire as well as Jason McEwen taking over at Clinton. http://www.qctimes.net/articles/2006/04/27/sports/varsity/doc44504635449f1674064352.txt

MICH
Brianne Day has been hired to coach at Ottawa Hills. She played college ball at Western Michigan. She takes over for Camilla Carter, coach for 23 years. Here is more from the Grand Rapids Press http://www.mlive.com/preps/grpress/index.ssf?/base/sports-11/114614988466770.xml&coll=6
Holland is still searching for a coach.
Travis Hyde has resigned from Gaylord St. Mary. He lasted a year and had a 22-2 record. Here is the Gaylord Herald Times with more http://www.gaylordheraldtimes.com/articles/2006/04/27/news/sports/sports02.txt


MN
Lyle Jones, Mankato East, has resigned. He coached three years at East with a 26-52 record. Previous to that he coached at Bethany in Mankato. At that time it was a Junior College. Here is the Mankato Free Press with more details: http://www.mankatofreepress.com/sports/local_story_117011237.html?keyword=topstory
Roger Safranski, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton has resigned. He also coached for three years. His record was 58-21. Here is more detail from the Fargo Forum http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=124952&section=Sports
With DGF & Mankato East open that makes at least 10 positions unfilled. Here they are in no order:
Spring Lake Park; Mpls SW; Mpls Washburn; White Bear Lake; St. Paul Como Park; Apple Valley; Eden Prairie; St. Cloud Cathedral.
Elk River has filled it's job with Reed Caouette.

TRANSFERS
WI
More on the public vs private debate going on in Wisconsin. It looks as if some changes will be made like allowing a team to play up if it chooses. Now all the school's sports need to move together. Not many move as a group. Here is the Capital Times with Dennis Semrau on the issue http://www.madison.com/tct/sports/preps/index.php?ntid=81756&ntpid=1

Next up: tomorrow afternoon. Coming this weekend a look at Miss Basketball in MN and also a look at the differences between the classes.