Wednesday, August 13, 2008

11:30 A.M. — Bowie and Fairmont Heights Hire New Football Coaches

Granted this article is almost three months old, but it still gives insights to the hirings of Pete Barham at Bowie and Derek Deane at Fairmont Heights.

"Barham replaces Jae Jackson, who resigned after last season. Jackson guided Bowie to a 19-12 record in three seasons, which included a 2006 postseason berth."

"Deane replaces Stefan Gansert, who left Feb. 6 to be an assistant coach at Eleanor Roosevelt under its new coach, Tom Green... Deane coached a semipro team in the early 1990s and also has coached youth football, but this is his first varsity head coaching job."

He's got his job cut out for him as "Fairmont Heights was 2-8 last season, only averaging 7 points per game on offense and allowing 32.3 points per game on defense." Ouch.

You almost need a flow chart to keep up with the new coaches: "New coaches since the 2007 season ended include Derek Tyler (Bladensburg), Brian Moore (Laurel), Dameon Powell (DuVal), Chris Davidson (Potomac) and Robert Harris (Surrattsville). Green moved from Surrattsville to Roosevelt and Eric Knight moved from Potomac to Crossland."

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