EX-KINGSMAN FINDS NICHE IN NEW SPORT : FORMER QB THRIVES IN COACHING POST AT MOORPARK HIGH.Byline: Vincent Bonsignore Daily News Staff Writer He's no longer running around a football field dodging 250-pound defensive tackles and zinging touchdown passes to Cal Lutheran University wide receivers, but former Kingsman quarterback Ryan Huisenga nevertheless believes he's in his element these days as an assistant basketball coach at Moorpark High School Moorpark High School, located in Moorpark, California, is a public high school in the Moorpark Unified School District and currently has an enrollment of 2,478 students.[1] . Huisenga is still barking bark 1 n. 1. The harsh sound uttered by a dog. 2. A sound, such as a cough, that is similar to a dog's bark. v. barked, bark·ing, barks v.intr. 1. out signals and calling plays, only now his words are directed to 14- and 15-year-olds on the Musketeers' junior varsity team For the American rock band, see . In sports, usually at the high school and college levels, members of a team who are not the main players in a competition (such as a football or basketball game) are called junior varsity players. and not teammates in a huddle. ``It's a little different and I'm still getting a feel for things but I'm enjoying myself,'' said Huisenga, who recently completed his senior season at Cal Lutheran. ``And basketball is a little different then football.'' Throughout his career at CLU (language) CLU - (CLUster) An object-oriented programming language developed at MIT by Liskov et al in 1974-1975. CLU is an object-oriented language of the Pascal family designed to support data abstraction, similar to Alphard. , Huisenga always maintained that his eventual choice of profession would probably be in the coaching field - so it's only natural that he get a head start this year at his alma mater ma·ter n. Chiefly British Mother. [Latin m  ter; see m .
Actually his coaching career got its start last year with the Musketeers' JV team, but this time around Huisenga feels more comfortable. That his first job is coaching a basketball team and not a football team is no real surprise. Huisenga played the sport all through high school. He'd eventually like to land an assistant's job with a football team, but for the time being he's content assisting Eddie Gutierrez at Moorpark. ``The team is doing well and the kids are great so I'm having fun,'' Huisenga said. ``And I'm happy that I'm coaching at the high school I graduated from.'' Huisenga works with the Musketeers' post players after helping the guards last year. He enjoys the fact that, unlike the 50 or so players on a football team, a basketball team has a more manageable 13 players. As a result, Huisenga is responsible for a smaller group of players during practice. In games, Huisenga likens his role and the sort of the decision-making process that transpires on the bench to playing quarterback. Oftentimes of·ten·times also oft·times adv. Frequently; repeatedly. Adv. 1. oftentimes - many times at short intervals; "we often met over a cup of coffee" frequently, oft, often, ofttimes he'll detect certain tendencies of the other team or pick out things his own players are doing and make quick, applicable suggestions that can hopefully make a difference. Huisenga has plenty of inspirations to draw from. Like any good student of the game, the feisty former quarterback soaked soak v. soaked, soak·ing, soaks v.tr. 1. a. To make thoroughly wet or saturated by or as if by placing in liquid. b. To immerse in liquid for a period of time. 2. up as much as possible under the coaches he's played for over the years. He's tried to combine some of each coach's qualities with the talents that he brings to the table. He specifically feels that his recent experience as a player helps him bring a certain player-type mentality men·tal·i·ty n. The sum of a person's intellectual capabilities or endowment. to his current position. In terms of his past coaches, Huisenga says in high school he was especially responsive to former Moorpark varsity football coach Rob Dearborn and current coach Ron Wilford. And at Cal Lutheran, he took much from his experiences playing for first-year Kingsmen coach Scott Squires and line coach Ben McEnroe. ``It's funny because sometimes I'll be in a situation and I'll think `What would coach Squires or coach McEnroe say right now?' '' Huisenga said. ``I definitely learned a lot under the people I played for.'' Squires commented often last year how much he respected Huisenga and how he thought he would eventually make an excellent coach. At the end of the season he even said that if it were possible, he'd like to have Huisenga work on his staff someday some·day adv. At an indefinite time in the future. Usage Note: The adverbs someday and sometime express future time indefinitely: We'll succeed someday. Come sometime. . ``I think he'll do an awesome job,'' Squires said. ``He's just got a great feel for the game, and I don't care
"Don't Care" is a 1994 (see 1994 in music) single by American death metal band Obituary. if you're talking about basketball or football. He has a tremendous awareness of what's happening on the field and he always does his homework in terms of watching film and being prepared.'' Squires said that Huisenga's astute as·tute adj. Having or showing shrewdness and discernment, especially with respect to one's own concerns. See Synonyms at shrewd. [Latin ast preparation gave him the confidence to allow his quarterback to call his own plays at certain points during the season. The pair had a unique relationship last year. Huisenga was the senior quarterback trying to adapt to a new system. Squires was the new head coach who was concentrating on the present but ever-mindful of the future. At times during the season, Squires pulled Huisenga in favor of younger quarterbacks who figure to play over the next few years. Never once, though, did Huisenga pout or complain. Often he could be seen on the sidelines On the sidelines An investor who decides not to invest due to market uncertainty. on the sidelines Of or relating to investors who, having assessed the market, have decided to avoid committing their funds. offering encouragement to his replacement. His attitude always impressed Squires, who would often single it out as an example of the type of attitude that he would like to see all of his players have. ``We had a talk before the season started and I told him that there might be times when he's not getting the job done, or things aren't happening and I might make a switch,'' Squires said. ``I think it helps that we had the talk, because it wasn't a big surprise to him when I would sit him down. That should help him as a coach when he has to handle a situation like that: if one of his players is having a bad shooting night or making some poor decisions, and Ryan has to sit him down.'' As a coach, Huisenga can relate to the type of players Squires wants to work with. He feels the players that make up the Musketeers' junior varsity team are all willing to work hard and accept responsibilities. ``They've accepted from the first day what we're trying to do and accomplish,'' Huisenga said. ``As a coach, that makes things much easier.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Ryan Huisenga, left, is assistant coach of the Moorpark High School junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. basketball team. Michael Owen
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