Football news/Memorial makes it official - Walt Currie to lead the Mustangs
By STEVEN FALK
STAFF WRITER
Walt Currie, the offensive coordinator at Point Pleasant Boro High School the last five seasons, was named Brick Memorial High School's head football coach and a mathametics teacher at the school Tuesday night by the Brick Township Board of Education, Brick Township District Athletic Director Bill Bruno said.
"I think the quality of the Brick Township School District, and the rich tradition of the Brick Memorial football program are the charcteristics that made me apply for this job,'' Currie said.
Currie, who also was the head baseball coach at Point Boro the past six seasons, succeeds Fred Sprengel, who resigned in March after seven successful seasons as the Mustangs' head coach so he could concentrate on pursuing a graduate degree.
Currie said he will coach just football at Brick Memorial.
Under Sprengel, Brick Memorial went 43-32 overall and won the 2003 NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV championship, the only sectional football title the school has ever won.
With Panthers' head coach Calvin Thompson, giving Currie the green light to install, the flexbone, triple-option offense, Point Boro's offense soared.
The Panthers finished in the top five in the Shore Conference in total offense the last three seasons, including first last year.
Point Boro went 30-4 the past three seasons. In 2005, the Panthers went 12-0 and won the NJSIAA South Jersey Group II championship, the school's first sectional football title since 1978.
"I learned (from Thompson) that the most important thing is getting kids in the right position and to be able to scout ourselves,'' said Currie, who indicated he will install the triple option at Brick Memorial.
"I give Cal a lot of credit for letting his coaches coach. Not a lot of coaches can do that.''
Prior to joining the Point Boro staff, Currie, a 1987 graduate of Toms River East, was an assistant coach at Toms River High School South from 1997-2000 under head coach Ron Signorino and an assistant coach at Toms River East under head coach Ken Snyder for five seasons.
STAFF WRITER
Walt Currie, the offensive coordinator at Point Pleasant Boro High School the last five seasons, was named Brick Memorial High School's head football coach and a mathametics teacher at the school Tuesday night by the Brick Township Board of Education, Brick Township District Athletic Director Bill Bruno said.
"I think the quality of the Brick Township School District, and the rich tradition of the Brick Memorial football program are the charcteristics that made me apply for this job,'' Currie said.
Currie, who also was the head baseball coach at Point Boro the past six seasons, succeeds Fred Sprengel, who resigned in March after seven successful seasons as the Mustangs' head coach so he could concentrate on pursuing a graduate degree.
Currie said he will coach just football at Brick Memorial.
Under Sprengel, Brick Memorial went 43-32 overall and won the 2003 NJSIAA Central Jersey Group IV championship, the only sectional football title the school has ever won.
With Panthers' head coach Calvin Thompson, giving Currie the green light to install, the flexbone, triple-option offense, Point Boro's offense soared.
The Panthers finished in the top five in the Shore Conference in total offense the last three seasons, including first last year.
Point Boro went 30-4 the past three seasons. In 2005, the Panthers went 12-0 and won the NJSIAA South Jersey Group II championship, the school's first sectional football title since 1978.
"I learned (from Thompson) that the most important thing is getting kids in the right position and to be able to scout ourselves,'' said Currie, who indicated he will install the triple option at Brick Memorial.
"I give Cal a lot of credit for letting his coaches coach. Not a lot of coaches can do that.''
Prior to joining the Point Boro staff, Currie, a 1987 graduate of Toms River East, was an assistant coach at Toms River High School South from 1997-2000 under head coach Ron Signorino and an assistant coach at Toms River East under head coach Ken Snyder for five seasons.
posted by Tony Graham at 7:33 PM
2 Comments:
Tony,
When do all shore teams come out?
We are still deciding on a date.. early to mid June time frame..
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