![]() ![]() Everybody in the East Valley is doing it. "Our feeder program here now is booming," Cole said. That freshman team has been getting fed by a youth feeder NYS (National Youth Sports) program called the Junior Eagles Football Academy, where they start playing when they're 8. His freshman team has been impressive, a group with tremendous skill players, whom Cole can't wait to have up on varsity in the next few years. Game of the Week: 5 storylines to follow in Centennial-Sandra Day O'Connor matchup Building grassroots youth teams that feed the programĬole likes his current team but he believes it's still a year away. But I've never lost a game, feeling, 'Oh, we just look weak.' " I always felt our kids are as strong as anybody else out there. I've been using the same lifting program since 2007. "I don't want to say I'm a control freak, but there are certain things in the program that I think if the head coach isn't involved, it's not going to be as good," Cole said. Cole still calls the offense and runs the weight room. Taylor has been good at delegating to assistants. Taylor knows how important that's been at Centennial, where his son Andrew has been his defensive coordinator and Joe McDonald his offensive line coach during the Coyotes' era of greatness. "Look at the successful programs, most of them have had the same guys for quite a while. ![]() "Eric being here, it was awesome," Cole said. 11, 2022.Įric Bolus, a former head coach at Glendale Deer Valley, who was Steve Casey's defensive coordinator at O'Connor, has remained in that role under Cole. Sandra Day O'Connor Eagles Brian Cole and Eric Bolus speak to players during a team practice at Sandra Day O'Connor High School football field in Phoenix on Oct. They were there at Glendale Joy Christian in 2012 when it won a 1A, 8-man title and in 2015 at the same school when it won the 2A title in the 11-man game and at Phoenix Christian in 2019 when it reached the 2A state final, losing to Eagar Round Valley. Coaching continuityįour of Cole's assistants who were with him in 2005 are still with him at O'Connor. Here are three areas why Cole has succeeded, from 8-man to 11-man, in 1A, 2A, 5A and now in 6A, since the 2000s. "His teams have always been very disciplined," Taylor said. "I remember losses a lot better than I remember wins," Taylor said, recalling the loss to Cole's team.Ĭole flipped the script in the second half of the 2005 final and ran Wing T, basically driving the ball downfield consistently with a smash-mouth power run. The Coyotes started another impressive run from 2014-18, winning four state titles. "I still think Taylor probably still wants to get me from 2005."Īfter that 27-16 state championship win by Cole's North Canyon team, Centennial began its dynasty, winning the next three state titles, going 41-1 in that span. "For us to be right now where we're mentioned with them, and make it a big game, it's kind of cool. "They've been a great program for the last 15 to 20 years," Cole said about Centennial. ![]()
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