CANYON HIGH PICKS BOWMAN.Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Staff Writer Passing on former coaching great Harry Welch Welch , William Henry 1850-1934. American pathologist and bacteriologist who discovered the bacteria that causes gas gangrene. , Canyon High on Wednesday Wednesday: see week. named Jack Bowman as its new football coach. Bowman, the head coach at Saugus Saugus (sô`gəs), town (1990 pop. 25,549), Essex co., NE Mass., a suburb of Boston on the Saugus River near the Atlantic Ocean; settled before 1637, set off from Lynn and inc. 1815. Mainly residential, the town has some light manufacturing. High from 1991-96, is expected to get final approval Wednesday, when the Hart School District's board of trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. meet. Bowman was selected instead of freshman coach Mike Kane Kane can refer to: In sports:
``We had three very strong candidates, each of whom would have made a wonderful head coach,'' Canyon principal Vicki Engbrecht said. Bowman succeeds Larry Mohr, who stepped down June 19 under a swirl of controversy stemming from a late-night meeting at the school with an 18-year-old female student. Bowman, the head coach at Westminster from 1985-'88, was the Cowboys' defensive coordinator A defensive coordinator typically refers to a coach on a football team in the National Football League or college football who is in charge of the defense. This position aids the head coach a great deal in many ways by delegating play calling to other coaches and allowing the head last year. He did not coach in 1997 after stepping down at Saugus. ``I am very excited to work with a great group of kids and one of the best, if not the best, administrations, around,'' Bowman said. ``Plus, I am working with coaches that I like and respect. The whole situation is very positive.'' Bowman has coordinated Canyon's workouts this summer and does not expect any major changes. ``We've had a good summer, and the kids have responded and worked real hard,'' Bowman said. ``Obviously, they've been through a lot lately; it's been an emotional time. But they're resilient See resiliency. .'' When Bowman left Saugus two years ago, he said he'd grown tired of the criticism from players and parents. There was speculation he was asked to resign after winning just 36 games in six years, although that report was denied by school administrators. Still, Bowman wasn't sure he wanted to coach anymore. ``It gets old. The negative feedback gets old. I work too hard to sit here and listen to it,'' Bowman said at the time. But after one year away, Bowman returned last season as an assistant to Mohr. ``I wanted to see what it was like without (coaching), and I found out I enjoyed it too much, which is why I got back into it,'' Bowman said. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO BOWMAN |
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