Eustis' Gamble Fails, Leesburg Holds On, 7-6

September 28, 1985

By Tim Wilson, Sentinel Correspondent
 
LEESBURG — Senior fullback Jon Cannon rushed for 105 yards, including a game-tying touchdown midway through the fourth quarter Friday night, as Leesburg High School edged rival Eustis, 7-6.


Cannon's touchdown was the first allowed by Eustis this season, and the Panthers made a run at offsetting it in the final seconds, but a 25-yard field goal attempt by Kris Haupt was short.

''Jon is just a great runner,'' Leesburg Coach Gene Foster said. ''It feels good to get this first win.''



The teams did little more than exchange punts in three scoreless quarters before Eustis (1-2) put together a 60-yard drive with 11:29 to play. Junior fullback C.J. Thompson, who picked up every yard in the drive on five carries, got the touchdown on an 8-yard run. But Eustis faked a kick on the conversion and fumbled, leaving the Panthers with a 6-0 lead.


The Panthers then tried an onsides kick, but Leesburg (1-2) gained possession with it came good field position -- at the Yellow Jackets' 45-yard line.

They drove to the Eustis 1-yard line, and Cannon burst into the end zone to tie the score with 7:55 left. Jody Phillips then won it with a conversion kick.

Cannon's score was the first touchdown allowed by the Panthers' defense this season.



Eustis' attempt at victory began with 3 minutes to go, when Robbie Terrell recovered a Yellow Jackets fumble on the Leesburg 40. The Panthers moved the ball to the Leesburg 15, but a 25-yard, field-goal attempt by was short as time ran out.
''I wasn't surprised when they the Panthers gambled on the onsides kick, but it gave us good field position -- luckily,'' Foster said.

Eustis Coach Steve Brown was not available for comment after the game.

Terrell rushed for 70 yards on eight carries, and junior quarterback Earl Young was 3-for-13 with 20 yards passing and had 20 yards rushing.

Leesburg junior quarterback Steve Madden completed 5 of 15 passes for 35 yards and rushed 60 yards for the Yellow Jackets.

Kevin Brown had 15 yards rushing and caught two passes for 22 yards to help Leesburg's effort.

plays Class AAA rival week. Eustis travels to Groveland.

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Yellow Jackets' Defense Stifling

August 30, 1992

By Joe Williams Of The Sentinel Staff
 
LEESBURG — In golf, there is a saying: ''Drive for show, putt for dough.'' Ed Hoffman has a similar phrase about football. ''Offense looks pretty, but defense wins games.''

Defense ain't pretty, but Hoffman loves it and Leesburg plays it well.

It's not hard to tell that Hoffman - the man in charge of one of the state's most potent offensive weapons in All-State tailback Oran Singleton - is a defensive man at heart. The splash and dash offense might be fine, but what really makes Hoffman smile is the pop of his linebacker's pads on a running back.

Hoffman has spent most of his coaching career on defense and was Leesburg's defensive coordinator for three years. Now, as the Yellow Jackets head coach, he has turned defensive responsibilities over to George Fuller.

Fuller knows he inherits a defense that under Hoffman was one of the best in Central Florida. Leesburg plays a schedule that should offer its defense a look at a wide variety of offenses.

That was the case a year ago when Leesburg played three Top-10 Class AAAA teams, all with noted offensive attacks. Auburndale had a power running attack, Seminole relied on the pass, Edgewater had the ability to run with power inside and speed to go outside. In addition, there was a pass-happy Ocala Vanguard team and the run-and-shoot of Lake Weir.



Despite all the different looks, Leesburg held teams to an average of 11.1 points a game. The Yellow Jackets' bend-but-don't-break defense sometimes gave up yards to short passes but it didn't give up a lot of points. In seven games, it gave up one touchdown or less.

''We are going to get the best 11 men on the defensive side of the ball and go after them,'' Fuller said. ''I think we have a chance to be a real solid defensive team. I can't wait for us to line up against Clermont next week (in a jamboree) and see what happens.

''Clermont is probably one of the biggest teams we will play this year.''

Leesburg's defense grew up a lot last year and the maturity took place after a 28-26 loss to then fourth-ranked Auburndale. The Bloodhounds came into Memorial Field/Hubert O. Dabney Stadium with a highly-touted offense, but they entered the locker room at halftime like whimpering puppies. Leesburg's defense had whipped them. The Yellow Jackets led, 20-7, and seemed on the verge of one of the program's biggest victories.

But it was the Yellow Jackets' defense that was left licking its wounds after the game. Auburndale came back, pounding the ball down the heart of Leesburg's defense. Auburndale escaped, 28-26.

''I believe we came together after that Auburndale game,'' said Ty Lawrence, an inside linebacker and the returning Lake Sentinel defensive player of the year. ''We just knew that we had to come back and play a lot better than we did.

''That game taught us we can't let up. That's what we did in the Auburndale game and they beat us.''

Leesburg used that game as motivation for the remainder of the year and rebounded the next week with its only shutout of the season, a 10-0 victory over Ocala Forest. Leesburg went onto an 8-2 record and tied with Seminole and Edgewater for the Class AAAA, District 7 championship but lost in a tiebreaker.

With all except three starters returning to the defense, it obviously still hasn't forgotten the lesson taught by Auburndale a year ago. This year's defense will be the same, only better.

''I think we will be more aggressive,'' Hoffman said. ''I think the kids are a little more mature with another year of experience and that will help. They know what they have to do.

''I have all the confidence in the world in George. He is a fiery coach on the sidelines and he believes in being aggressive. It (coaching defense) is something he takes to heart.''

Fuller knows this year will be a lot of work, but he hopes there will be plenty of time for him to watch his defensive players get what they deserve. Many, like Lawrence, D.J. Keith, Herbert Ellis and Beau Young, have been playing for three years.

''There is not a better group of young men than this group that I have been around for the last three years,'' said Fuller, who coached the inside linebackers for Leesburg last year. ''They have taken their lumps at times, but it is going to be nice to see them as seniors getting the icing on the cake.''



Leesburg's defense, which operates out of a 4-4 set, has a simple, but effective philosophy. The Yellow Jackets want to stop the run first and force teams to throw the ball. It has two large holes to fill, finding replacements for graduated defensive end Troy McNish and defensive back Marcus Niblack, but Fuller has no question about his first-line people. It is depth that concerns him.

''We hold our breath for depth,'' Fuller said. ''If we get one or two hurt here or there, we may be in for some trouble. But I think we will be fine.''

With the potential of Leesburg's offense to quickly put points on the board and score on any play from anywhere on the field, its defense might be overlooked by all but its coaches.

''I believe the defense is what makes it happen,'' Hoffman said. ''They get the people fired up.''

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Breaking the mold: Sophomore to shine once cast is off

Sophomore linebacker Danny Trevathan has

25 tackles so far this season. Photo by Adam Wolffbrandt Staff

October 13, 2009 by BW Jones

The cast will come off.
Sophomore linebacker Danny Trevathan, who has been playing much of the season with a cast on his right arm after fracturing a bone in his wrist, expects to take his play to another level and another role on the team once the cast is removed this week or next week.

"ll be back there returning kicks", Trevathan said.


Returning kicks and punts is an unusual proposition for most linebackers, but not for one with the speed of Trevathan, who ranks fifth on the team with 25 tackles. The Cats (2-3, 0-3 Southeastern Conference) got a glimpse of Trevathan speed in the Blue/White game last spring when he had a 31-yard kick return along with 11 tackles.

His development into a solid full-time player is one reason why UK's linebacker corps has exceeded expectations thus far in 2009. Questions surrounded the position group as Trevathan joined senior Sam Maxwell as the starting outside linebackers, because they held only one career start between them before the season.

Even though all three starting linebackers have battled nagging injuries to this point, UK linebackers coach Chuck Smith is pleased with the way they've played. It isn't any surprise to him they have come through as productive players.

I saw (Trevathan and Maxwell) in spring ball so I had a good feeling about it, Smith said. But still, they were really unproven until they got into it and they've done pretty good. And I think they can do even better. Trevathan's production only figures to improve once he loses the cast, which he says makes it difficult to grab ball-carriers or shed blockers. Senior middle linebacker Micah Johnson has battled a variety of ailments this year, including turf toe, an ankle injury, a groin injury and a hip flexor. Maxwell is no different; he's suffered from turf toe and other lingering injuries.

Smith says the main reason Trevathan and Maxwell prepare so feverishly for games is to overcome the time they've spent on the bench in previous years. Now that they have their chance, they're taking full advantage of their time on the field.

They've waited in the wings, Smith said.They've been hungry for it.


Maxwell is the more seasoned player, but Trevathan is considered to be the future star. Johnson said Trevathan has a chance to follow in the footsteps of NFL players and UK products like Braxton Kelley and Wesley Woodyard, who also played on the outside.

Trevathan and Johnson used to live together, and along with Maxwell, Johnson has taken the sophomore under his wing.

A lot of times, Danny and I are on the field at the same time so if he needs anything, he asks me,  Johnson said. He's a smart kid. He's very, very talented.

Smith sees the potential for greatness in all aspects of Trevathan's game. From his work ethic to his all-around athletic ability, there's nothing about Trevathan that doesn't impress his position coach. He certainly does (have the potential to be a star) because he's getting the chance to play early and he's got tremendous speed for a linebacker, Smith said. Not only that, he's a tough, physical guy too. He's got all the qualities that it takes to be a great linebacker in the SEC. So far he's showing me that he really wants to be that future star linebacker because he's taking care of his responsibilities.

But until the cast comes off and the full speed of Trevathan is unleashed, UK fans will have to take Johnson and Smith at their word. As he waits his turn to lead the linebackers, Trevathan knows what's expected of him.

I try not to let that get to me, but you can't help but notice if a great player like (Johnson) says something like that, Trevathan said. It means a lot and I'm going to go out here and try to live up to it.

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Wham Bam Play Makes Williams Part Of Fsu's Football Lore

Dayne Williams, Now A Partner In A Consulting Firm, Always Will Be Remembered For His Part In The Puntrookskie Play.

August 02, 1997

By Alan Schmadtke, of The Sentinel Staff
Orlando Sentinel
 
TALLAHASSEE — Two images have clung to Dayne Williams since he pulled off his garnet and gold Florida State jersey nearly nine years ago.
First are the first-down and touchdown runs he made as a junior in 1987, when he popularized FSU's ''Wham'' play.

Then there's his part in the Seminoles' Puntrooskie - one of coach Bobby Bowden's most famous plays of deception.



In 1988, Williams was the blocking back on FSU's punt team, and he lined up that way late in the fourth quarter of a game the Seminoles were playing at Clemson with the score tied.
Except this time the ball never got to the punter. It was snapped to Williams, who caught it and handed it forward to up back LeRoy Butler. Butler ran 78 yards to Clemson's 1, setting up Richie Andrews' game-winning field goal.

Through the years, the play has grown into one of the defining calls of FSU coach Bobby Bowden's career. It earned Williams a place in Bowden's legacy.

''The greatest play since My Fair Lady,'' TV analyst Beano Cook said later. ''I go to booster meetings or whatever and that's what people always remember,'' Williams said. ''They remember that I was a short-yardage back who scored a lot of touchdowns, and they always bring up the Puntrookski.''

Today Williams, 31, is one of four partners running a three-month-old company in Orlando, Co-Advantage Resources, which consults to manage the nuts and bolts of small businesses.

He weighs two pounds less than his playing weight of 230 pounds but with his wife, Stephanie, shoulders his heaviest and happiest burden - their 18-month-old son, Garrett.

He is a member of Seminole Boosters Inc., buys season tickets and attends two or three home games a season.

The program he follows comes from what the 1987 season built. The Seminoles have finished in the top four of the final Associated Press poll a record 10 years running.

Williams came out of Leesburg High School as a mildly recruited player with high ambitions. He turned down scholarships at smaller schools to walk on as a baseball player at South Florida Community College in Avon Park.

After one semester, he knew baseball wasn't his first love. Football was. He transferred to Florida State, where he walked on.


He was switched from safety to fullback, and attrition had him competing for a starting job. His first start came on national television at Nebraska.

Seminoles coach Bobby Bowden put him on scholarship as a sophomore, and in that 1986 season, Williams started four games at fullback. He was a full-time starter the next two seasons, later becoming something of an answer to a trivia question.

Williams's consistency and proficiency at fullback dives kept him ahead of Marion Butts on the depth chart.

With a third tight end inserted into the backfield, FSU turned to Williams to run the ''Wham'' or ''Wham Option.''

''To me, the whole experience was just very memorable,'' Williams said. ''The camaraderie I built with my friends, guys like Stan Shiver and Phil Carrado, those are friendships I'll take to my grave.

''I think I came through at the perfect time because we had some average years and some great years. We had a great time. Guys now are expected to be that good and they are. But I think the teams during my years were the first ones to have those kind of expectations, and we made those.''

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For Football Game, No Time to Waste, October 14, 2004

For Football Game, No Time to Waste

By Jake Schaller

Special to The Washington Post
Thursday, October 14, 2004; Page GZ16 

 

It's 2:30 p.m., just four hours left before the Northwest High School football team takes the field for its biggest game of the regular season. Jaguars Coach Randy Trivers is conducting a meeting in his office at the Germantown school.
 
He talks about the opponent, defending Maryland 4A champion Damascus, and how everybody in the room must be at their best if Northwest is to defeat the perennial power. He talks about the expected overflow crowd and how it will make for a loud, crazy atmosphere. He talks about keeping emotions in check.

He's talking to his managers.

"You guys are a big part of our victory tonight. You've got to do your job," Trivers says. "You all need to be on top of your game -- just like the players and the coaches do."
Later in the evening -- Oct. 1 -- Northwest, which opened in 1998, will beat Damascus for the first time in school history, 27-24. 

Roxanna Gbetibouo, Antoinette Nelson, Kristi Pfaffenberger, Christina Tarpley and Nicole Tarpley will combine for zero yards rushing, score no touchdowns and make no tackles. They won't even get on the field except during timeouts.
 
But don't tell Trivers that his student managers did not have a hand in the Jaguars' victory. They helped set up the field before the game. They set out the players' uniforms before they went to the locker room to dress. They made sure the coaches had their headsets and the players had tape, water and whatever else they needed on the sideline.
 
In a game between teams expected to challenge for state championships and featuring several top Division I college prospects, the managers' tasks may seem like insignificant details. But for the meticulous Trivers, there is no such thing.

"It's the little things," Trivers says. "It's the little things that make a difference."
Northwest senior quarterback Ike Whitaker takes a three-step drop and surveys the field in front of him. Wide receiver Darren Brownlee flips a ball over his head and catches it. Defensive end Terrence Peete practices a pass-rush technique in slow motion.

It's 2:55 p.m., and all of Northwest's players -- still wearing the dress shirts and ties they wore to school that day -- are on the football field. Some walk with their heads down. Some stand and look around at their surroundings. Others bounce in rhythm to the music coming through their headphones.

From afar, it looks like the players are searching for a lost set of keys as they traverse the field. But it's one of the little things Trivers was talking about. And there are many in Northwest's pregame routine.
 
After school, the team assembles in Trivers's classroom. He takes roll, and then the players walk -- in line, in silence, on the same side of each stairwell -- to the field and spend about 15 minutes on it. Because the football team is not allowed to practice on its game field, Trivers wants his players to walk every inch of it before home games. To give them a sense of ownership. A true home-field advantage.
 
It is also one of several relaxation techniques Trivers prescribes for his players. He asks them to imagine themselves making plays, succeeding at various spots on the field. Eventually the players assemble at midfield, Northwest's captains say a few words, and then the team walks back to Trivers's classroom in silence. There, the players are given 10-page scouting reports on Damascus. The reports include articles written about the Hornets, a roster, a team picture and breakdowns, by position, of their players.
 
Damascus comes into the game as the second-ranked team in the Washington area. Northwest is No. 4. Trivers asks his players to look over the report while a video of Damascus's game against Richard Montgomery plays in the background.
 
"They're wearing the white uniforms [in the video] that they'll wear tonight," Trivers says. "I want you to imagine lining up with them."
 
While the players sit silently in Trivers's classroom, Northwest coaches meet in his office. Those who will be on the sideline tell those who will be in the press box what to look for. They peruse detailed lists of Damascus's play-calling tendencies, separated by drive. They, too, have a game film running.
 
"You never know," defensive coordinator Bucky Clipper says. "You might catch something."
 
Like Trivers, his coaching staff and his players, Northwest Athletic Director Jim Tapley has had this day circled on his calendar for some time now. And he, too, has been preparing.
 
Tapley approaches days like these the same way he approached games when he was a defensive coordinator at Churchill High under legendary coach Fred Shepherd.
 
"When you're an offensive coordinator, you say, 'We're gonna do this and this and this,' " Tapley says. "When you're a defensive coordinator, you're thinking about what the other team is going to do and how you can prepare for that. I spend all week preparing and making sure things will go smoothly. But before I put my head on my pillow Thursday night, I think: 'Okay, did we do this, this, this and this? Are we prepared for everything?' Just like I did when I was a defensive coordinator."
 
By Wednesday before the game, Tapley has called the police to make sure they will be sending extra officers. He has double-checked assignments with his security officials. He has divided responsibilities among his volunteers, given instructions to teachers on duty and touched base with teachers who will be attending the game but not working, just to make sure he has a few extra sets of eyes on the evening's proceedings.
He's made a trip to the bank to get change, set up additional portable toilets and ordered a temporary concession stand to deal with the overflow crowd.
 
"We do all this work weeks and days in advance so the coaches can worry about coaching and the players can worry about playing," Tapley said.
 
At 3:30 p.m., Northwest's coaches are coaching. Trivers turns off the Damascus game film, flicks on the lights and asks his team to stand up and stretch. The team then goes through its "packages" -- 23 teams of 11 for different situations on offense, defense and special teams. After that, Trivers, Clipper and offensive coordinator Andrew Fields talk special teams -- defense and offense, respectively.
 
Trivers stresses how the kickoff return team can exploit what he sees as a hole in the middle of Damascus's kick coverage unit. Clipper preaches the importance of limiting Damascus on first down. Fields goes over the team's "script" -- its first eight plays, which include something called "Spread Bunch Right Hop H 17 Socko" -- and asks his players to protect the football. 

When that is over, Trivers addresses the team using an inspirational quotation: "We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before it is too late."
 
He talks about the message -- he has a new one each week -- and about the need to take advantage of the opportunity before them. Then, as he finishes his talk, he sheds his vest, tie and shirt to reveal a surprise: a black T-shirt, emblazoned with the team's 2004 theme: "Who's Next?"
 
His players, each of whom will get one of the shirts as they exit the room, erupt.
Annie Silbey, the mother of Northwest senior Kyle MacDonald, got up at 5 a.m. the day of the game. She was too nervous to sleep. 

Twelve hours later, Silbey and 10 or 12 others are in the Northwest cafeteria serving the Jaguars' players and coaches their pregame meal. The chicken, sauce, pasta and broccoli are prepared by Ellie Carter, a professional caterer who is also the mother of a Northwest cheerleader and wide receiver Brownlee's next-door neighbor. 

Silbey is one of several parents who lend their time to the Northwest football program. They set up the team dinners and breakfasts, they plan the preseason barbecue and postseason banquet, they solicit contributions and donations from area businesses, and they line the field. On the Wednesday before the game, a group of parents started at 4:30 p.m. and worked past dark painting the field, using car headlights to help finish the job.
There are others. Volunteer coaches. Volunteer scouts. Former player Michael Cornejo -- Korndogg, to the coaches -- who spends endless hours maintaining the Northwest football team's Web site (www.northwestjaguars.homestead.com) and lends a hand whenever needed.
 
Once the cafeteria is cleaned up after the pregame team dinner, Silbey stakes out her normal spot at the Jaguars' home games -- in front of the press box, behind the band -- and anxiously awaits kickoff. She did not want her son to play football when he first showed interest in the eighth grade, but now she can't imagine him -- or herself, for that matter -- without it.
 
"I know it's just high school football, but for me it's been so important," she says. "And it's meant the world to Kyle."
 
So much so that even though her son graduates this spring, Silbey will volunteer her time again next fall.
"I love this program," she says. "It's all-inclusive. Randy takes every child and makes them feel special. There's discipline, there's consequences for their actions, and they're teammates like there's no tomorrow. The spirit is just unbelievable. I think it comes from Randy. He's the most dedicated person I've ever met."
 
From the time the team meets in Trivers's room at 2:45 p.m., through all the traditions and meetings, through the stretching, warmup drills and practiced plays on the field an hour before game time, the coach's voice gets louder and louder. He is trying to lift the intensity of his charges to a crescendo. At 6:20 p.m., as Northwest's players hold hands in the team's "halftime room," Trivers puts the finishing touches on his team's preparation with one final speech.
 
It starts slowly: "All right, men. This is why we play this game. This is why we prepare. For moments like these," he says.
 
It builds: "There's no doubt in my mind and in my heart that this is the most together group of men in the country."
 
And builds: "They've seen speed, but they haven't seen Zo Griffin [wide receiver Alphonzo Griffin]. They've seen power, but they haven't seen T-Nel [running back Tony Nelson]."
 
And builds: "A.T. [Andrew Thomas], they can't block you!"
 
And builds: "They haven't seen what we're gonna bring tonight!"
 
Trivers finishes by reciting a short bit of prose he calls the team's pledge, then yells out each letter in the words "Team Pledge," which serve as an inspiring acronym -- Trivers yells, "T," the team yells back, "Together!" 

It continues through each letter -- "E," "Expectation," "A," "Accountability," "M," "Mental Toughness" -- growing louder and louder until the players are in a frenzy. Just in time for kickoff.
 
On the game's first play, the Jaguars' Salim Koroma finds the hole in Damascus's kickoff coverage and bursts through for a 96-yard touchdown. Except for one long gain, Northwest holds the Hornets to an average of three yards on first-down plays. Northwest does not commit a turnover. The Jaguars win, 27-24.
 
Nearly everything went according to plan.
 
"That was a good victory," says a smiling Trivers, loosening his tie after shedding his trademark sweater vest. 

"A good victory."
 
It's one of the biggest regular season triumphs in the school's short history. But Trivers work is not done yet. Before he meets his coaching staff at Glory Days Grill just across the street from the team's field, he must find a cord that attaches to his VCR so he can make a duplicate of the game film.
 
The next day, he'll show it to his players when they meet at 7 a.m. at the school and prepare to do it all over again.
 

Special correspondent Rich Campbell contributed to this report.

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Leesburg coach Randy Trivers' football program taking shape

The new Yellow Jackets coach has his players in a summer conditioning program and is searching for assistant coaches

June 28, 2010
By Joe Williams, ORLANDO SENTINEL

LEESBURG — Deep down, Randy Trivers always knew his future would be as a high school football coach.

Even though he spent a year as a graduate assistant at Rutgers, where he coached running backs, and also coached running backs at Syracuse for two years, he knew if he wanted to anchor his roots someplace, it would be in a high school program.

"I always have had it in the back of my mind that being a high school teacher and coach was more conducive to stability," Trivers said while sitting in Leesburg principal Bill Miller's office Monday morning. "College coaching is more transient. You are really bouncing around quite a bit."
Earlier this month, Leesburg ended its search for its vacant head coaching position, which began with 71 applicants, when Trivers was appointed the coach. He emerged as the favorite of a community search committee and survived a second round of interviews with school administrators.

Trivers replaced Charles Nassar, who resigned as Leesburg's head coach in late April.

For the two weeks since being chosen the coach, Trivers has conducted interviews with candidates for his coaching staff. Many of them are from out of state and some he has worked with on the college level.
Although Trivers has coached in college recently, he also has 10 years experience as a high school coach, including nine at Northwest High School in Germantown, Md. He went 73-27 there, including a 13-1 season that included a Class 3A state championship in 2004.

"Leesburg is a great fit for me,'' Trivers said. "There is great potential here and a great challenge ahead. "I am getting married later this summer so this is a long-term commitment for me professionally and personally."

Trivers has met with Leesburg's players and has begun a summer conditioning program. He knows he will have to make up for lost time after missing spring drills.

"I am getting to meet and interact with the players," Trivers said. "I am trying to infuse into them what my expectations are. It has been a good experience so far."

Trivers understands the importance of putting together a solid staff. Seven coaching supplements are available for the football staff, including varsity and junior-varsity coaches. In addition, many high school staffs have community volunteers who assist.

"One of my top priorities has been looking for assistant coaches," he said. "It has been a round-the-clock process conducting interviews, whether on the phone or in person. There has been a number of people who have reached out because of the potential of the situation, but I want to bring in the right people. The hiring process needs to be done thoroughly.

"These will be the people who will be the face of the school and of the program."
Trivers also has to evaluate his players.

"I am not certain yet where we will be schematically, but this will be a well-disciplined team that will play a physical style of football,'' Trivers said. "They will play with great passion, and they will be extremely well-conditioned.

"I think this has been the hallmark of all my teams."

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Holding Onto the Football Starts with the Stance

Holding onto the football is more than just a matter of technique for Syracuse University coach RandyTrivers. He spoke at the AFCA Convention about the technique involved in maintaining control of the football.


Running backs coach Randy Trivers is especially fanatical about making sure the ball stays in the arms of the running back, and not rolling around on the ground.
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Upset May Be What Leesburg Needed

October 29, 1985
By Joe Williams of The Sentinel Staff

Leesburg High School Coach Gene Foster isn't going to make any rash predictions that last Friday night's 32-28 upset of ninth-ranked, Class AAA Inverness Citrus will be the turnaround point in the Yellow Jacket program.

But he does say the game might be the confidence builder Leesburg (2-5) needed.



''I was confident that we could play well, but without a few wins, it was hard for the kids to believe it,'' Foster said. ''This will be a tremendous confidence builder.''

Leesburg played what Foster called one of its best games a week earlier, but came up a 10-7 loser in overtime to Titusville Astronaut.

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