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East Names New Head Football Coach Mike McGinnis The Business of naming Mike McGinnis the new varsity Those guys are great competitors and they’re very football coach at Belleville East was handled quickly at professional, McGinnis said. That’s the key. They’re the District 201 school board meeting. professionals and they both love to coach football. That doesn’t mean the decision to choose Renn’s sue They’re top-notch people. cessor was an easy one. In fact, it was just the opposite. In The 39 year old McGinnis is a native of Pittsfield, III., addition to McGinnis, Dennis Snep and Mike Thompson, and a graduate of Southern Illinois University-Carbon also assistant coaches at East, were considered for the dale, where he played college football with Cardinal quar- position. terback Jim Hart. He came to Belleville East in 1967 after It was probably the toughest decision anyone has ever one year as a freshman football, basketball and track had to make, commented Athletic Director Dennis Bech- coach at Christopher, Ill. told. It’s unfortunate that the decision had to be made His first three years at East were spent on the freshman from among those three. I really feel that any one of the level. At the start of his fourth season, McGinnis was three was capable of filling the job. moved up to the varsity level and has worked with the A decision had to be made, Bechtold said, one that 1 defensive secondary and offensive backs ever since, don’t think anybody wanted to make. But It was decided McGinnis now becomes only the second head varsity that Mike McGinnis be employed as the head coach. football coach in East’s history. Renn started with the McGinnis also had mixed feelings about his appoint- program when the school opened in 1966 and ran things ment. for 16 seasons, posting a 114-36-4 record. My first reaction is that I’m thrilled, McGinnis said. I’m really excited about it, McGinnis said, but it ' s This is what every coach always works for. My second going to be a tough act to follow. A great tradition has reaction Is, I’m so close to the other guys I have to feel for been built here at East, and I feel like I’ve been a part of them. It’s an honor to be selected out of this situation. I’ll building it. tell you this, 1 believe I’ve got the equivalent of the best (Belleville News Democrat-June 25, 1982) coaches in Illinois standing on either side of me.
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