Now that C-A-S is in NCAA Football 2010, it is time for the new recruits of the Cougars to hit the weight room and field. Coach John Holbert has been trying to get his kids ready for the up and coming 2010 season. This is a first look at what he is going to have going into the 2010 season offensive and defensive starting wise. Many are freshman and sophmore, he does have some upper class kids though that have took on the Cougar Pride.
John Holbert took the Kingsport coaching job for the upcoming 2009 season. He is 44 years old, and has been coaching for 18 years. He has coached mostly highschool for his first 14 years, the past 4 years he has spent as an offensive coordinator at a D-III School in Minnesota.
Offensive Scheme Starters:
QB: Chris Hudson 6'2 218
HB:Brandon Hoffman 5'8 202
FB:Scott Sullivan 6'0 236
WR:Troy Hill 6'1 187
WR:Tom Blackwell 6'4 219
TE
an Hutchinson 6'4 238
OL:Matt Hardrick 6'6 304
OL:Matt Reynolds 6'4 292
OL:Rob Wilcher 6'3 285
OL:Adam Morrison 6'4 290
OL:Michael Madison 6'7 315
Defensive Scheme Starters:
DE:Jevon Crenshaw 6'5 255
DE:Nathan Sears 6'3 265
DT:Julius Carrington 6'5 297
OLB:Brian Wallace 6'0 228
MLB:Jason McGrew 6'2 234
MLB:
OLB:Ricky Taylor 5'11 231
CB:Adam Cooper 6'1 184
CB:Quenton Bishop 6'0 172
SS
aniel Hoover 5'10 192
FS:Quentin McGrew 6'2 210
That is how it stands as of right now for Coach Holbert and his Cougars. Coach Holbert has not yet decided whether he is going to run a 3-4 or 4-3 Defense. "There is still a lot of work to be done to prepare for the upcoming season, we got our guys, now it's time to get uniforms and a stadium so that they can go out and win championships in." Said Holbert in an ISBN Interview.
ISBN Report: Coach, how is the spring workouts goign fo ryour team?
Coach Holbert:They are going well, we have a lot of stuff to cover and go over. These guys understand my philosphy of coaching, so it is goign to be a good down the stretch, alot of them are young but we are going to work hard and see where it takes us when the season gets here.
Coach Holbert, Have you any information on uniforms or stadium yet?
We are going to be using the uniforms from before with a new logo update but the uniforms are going to be yellow and black that's all i can say at this point. We are saving this for the season opener so that the city of Kingsport willl have a surprise when they see them.
Coach Holbert and the Cougars are working hard to get back to where they were a few years ago. This is a very good team with alot of a+ quality players. We will be coming back to interview Coach Holbert and a few of the top players for the Cougars in a few weeks.
Stay Tuned as more info will be released as weeks leading up to the season opener.