Trading Spaces

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Published: Wednesday, August 15, 2007, 10:12 AM Updated: Wednesday, August 15, 2007, 10:57 AM

Donnie Webb / The Post-Standard

Randy Trivers is going into his second week on the field coaching the running backs as an assistant for the Syracuse University football team. Trivers was added to the staff after spring prcatice following the departure of Reggie Terry, SU's director of football operations. Head coach Greg Robinson moved running backs coach Desmond Robinson into Terry's old role and hired Trivers.



Trivers, 34, came to Syracuse from Northwest High School in Germantown, Md. He was the only coach the school had ever known. He started the program in 1998, led it to the 2004 3A state championship and tearfully walked away in late spring to join the staff at Syracuse. Leaving a decade's worth of work behind, not to mention a piece of his heart, hasn't been without sorrow.

"I was talking to one of the coaches (assistant Kevin Tehaan on Monday) from Northwest and (Tuesday) is the equipment issue day and the collection of paperwork and so forth and (Wednesday) is their first day of practice. It just kind of set in, that, you know, this will be the first time in the history of Northwest High School that I'm not a part of that process. It is (weird).

When you're in two-a-day camp here you kind of lose track of the dates and the days and the days of the week because you're just grinding and you're practicing. That (phone call) was an eye-opener for me just to think, wow, they're really about to start up and I'm not a part of it."




Still, Trivers is more than OK with his change of address and has integrated easily, it appears, into his new assignment.

"Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm OK with it," he said. "I might get a little emotional at some point (Wednesday) thinking about those guys practicing and me not being there. But I'm very, very pleased to be where I am for many ways and many reasons. Certainly, a big piece of my heart will always be with Northwest."

For Desmond Robinson, the transition has been new as well. He said it's not necessarily a bad thing, but he said he cannot help but feel like he's supposed to be on the field coaching the Orange. Robinson coached the running backs at Syracuse for two seasons before the move. He's also coached the running backs during stints at Notre Dame and West Virginia.

- Donnie Webb

dwebb@syracuse.com

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Northwest H.S. Football Coach Randy Trivers Honored

 Northwest H.S. Football Coach Randy Trivers Honored

The Washington Redskins announced recently that head football coach Randy Trivers of Northwest High School in Germantown, Md., has been named the Redskins High School Coach of the Year for the 2006 high school football season.

The Redskins High School Coach of the Year program is designed to recognize and reward excellence in high school football coaching.

Coach Randy Trivers has coached the Northwest Jaguars from their first game in their opening season in 1998. His coaching style is well respected throughout the community. His rigorous, college-style offseason training is particularly applauded by college scouts. FOR MORE CLICK HERE



 

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."

Read Joe Williams' blog at OrlandoSentinel.com/varsityblog and e-mail him at jwilliams@orlandosentinel.com.

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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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