Captain Kangaroo Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 I was on campus last week and had the chance to speak to Coach Bowden. I asked him about the addition of Marcus to the staff and here's what he had to say: "Because the local recruiting is so important to the success of our program, when running backs coach Eric Hickson left for Kansas State our goal was to fill the vacancy with a local guy. That guy is Marcus Wattley. Marcus went to Copley High School, played for The University of Akron, coached at Copley, and was then an assistant to Dan Boarman at St V for 9 years before becoming their head coach. He fit perfectly our goal of getting an outstanding, high character coach that knows the local community. Now that we’re a winning program, we have to do the best possible job of recruiting the local kids. Kids from St V come from all over the area, so I think Marcus’ hire really strengthens our position to best recruit northeast Ohio. Marcus has a lot of knowledge on the defensive side of the ball, so we’ll have him working with our defensive linemen and outside linebackers. I think we have about 8 guys on scholarship from St V, so obviously we’ve known Marcus for a long time." Trent Boykin will assume the duties of running back coach. A running back himself at YSU in the early 90's, he held that position for his first three years at Akron. Also - Kory Gribben was moved up from a grad assistant position to become the H-back coach. Congrats to Kory! Nobody noteworthy is leaving the Zips program or transferring out. 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 Thanks, Cap'n Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 Nice job Cap'n! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 Terry left something out though -- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 46 minutes ago, zippy5 said: Terry left something out though -- Meaning his replacement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted February 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 2 hours ago, zippy5 said: Terry left something out though .. Yep...that one is of a greater magnitude than the Gribben promotion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z.I.P. Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 5 hours ago, Captain Kangaroo said: Nobody noteworthy is leaving the Zips program or transferring out. Chuck the Chest will be in touch, Captain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted February 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Z.I.P. said: Chuck the Chest will be in touch, Captain! Chuck said he needs something to do in his retirement, so I've offered him the position of Senior ZipsNation Sideline Correspondent. And, at triple my ZipsNation.org salary. Awaiting his reply. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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