Biology Lesson from Jeremy Guinn

This week, I attended a lecture in our Biology Department by former Captain and All Conference player Jeremy Guinn. Jeremy was here for win #1 at Western Maryland in 1996 and is now a PHD and Professor at Sitting Bull College in North Dakota.

It was a fascinating talk, and it is always a thrill as a longtime coach to see your former players, who are now a lot smarter than you, being successful.

In Jeremy, you had a real student athlete who has become a poster for BC in terms of showing what an educated person should look like. It provided me with a great perspective too, and someday I might take him on up on that offer to go big game hunting with him out west.

Spring has arrived and we are still pushing recruiting very hard. BC's rising senior class seems to have a sense of urgency about them, and they need to transfer it down to the larger freshmen group.

~MClark

Getting Ready for Spring Practice; Coach Healey Update

The kids are back from vacation and it will be up to them to make an extra push as they prepare for our Non-traditional season. We will begin on April 6th , the Tuesday after Easter. We will devote three days that week to strength and conditioning testing for evaluation and awards. At the Division III level we have to count these as practice days to make them mandatory, but it has that much value to us. We plan on putting some of the events on video to showcase the top performances of the best kids.

An update on Coach Healey. His O-Visa was approved and he will meet in London at the American Embassy on March 22nd and after that interview he should be free to return to BC at the end of March. Good timing, and this secures his broad based contribution for BC in this off season and the season to come.

~Coach Clark

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Speaking at Ted Barker's House

I'll be speaking at an alumni event on Thursday night in Winchester, Va. at the home of Ted Barker. Feel free to join us, contact Alumni Office at campus web-site for details. Dr. Stone is going too, has been a nice event in the past. Quiet on campus with break, Got about three days to study last years film cut-ups. Can target spring improvement through this study. Go Eagles!

- MC

Stephon Healey Update

I wanted to update people on the Stephon Healey situation to clear up things on the status to someone who is of great value to our program. Bridgewater College is in the process of sponsoring Coach Healey in the procedure necessary to go gain his Green Card status. There has been a snafu or two in a complicated process and Coach Healey returned to London while the procedure plays out. It is our best hope that his O-Visa gets approved and that will allow him to return the end of March. If this visa is not approved we will then have to go the conventional route which should allow Stephon to return to BC this summer. Not only with football, but in track, strength training, and academics he gives the school a broad-based contribution of which a lot of us are doing double time to make up for in his absence. I have told him the job is here for him and is not a question of if, but when in regards to his return. Not perfect timing, but we will make do and benefit from the surge we get when his energy and contribution returns.

~ Coach Clark

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We've Entered the 21st Century!

We are up and running on both Facebook and Twitter now and those and this blog will stay connected in the months to come. Recruiting still is our primary focus in house, but next week’s spring break will give the staff time for in house football study.

In the off season that is often tough to do at the Division III level with the recruiting calendar we go by and the collateral duty we pick up.

Kudos to Taylor Marie Trobaugh and Ray Decker who have helped me set this up. Once spring ball starts in April will try to keep updates that allow fans to follow our progress. A lot of work to do, but in house development is the biggest key to 2k10 success.

~ Coach Clark

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