We established a couple of absolute truths a few weeks ago where the Fox Creek Predators are concerned. Number one, they are a program on the rise and number two they have a totally wicked name. Come on...The Predators? Who else names their team after an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie? I think Terry Funk was in that movie too. They could be the "The Funkers" which might be even better. If I was going to name my school mascot after one of Arnold's movies, I'd either be "The Terminators" or "The Conans." You could even break the names out by position. Your wide receivers could be "The Running Mans" (or men I guess). If you have some weird kid, it would probably be a kicker, that didn't wear undies he could be the "Commando." Maybe the head coach, in arguing about calls with refs (they are a Class A school after all so there's often reason to argue with refs) could only be allowed to say "Hey ref, I'm getting a RAW DEAL." Trying to think of something with Kindergarden Cop and nothing is coming to me. What was I talking about, Terry Funk? Ah, Fox Creek...
Anyway, as I mentioned a few weeks back, they were looking for a new coach and AD after the only football coach in program history, Russ Schneider, announced that he was stepping down because of health concerns. Well, it didn't take long for the North Augusta-area charter school to fill the spot, maybe because they didn't have to look too far for Schneider's replacement. Derrick Quinn, who had been an assistant coach at North Augusta High School, was named the new coach and AD yesterday. I don't know much about Quinn, other than he was most recently a defensive coordinator. Fox Creek struggled athletically in the first years of its existence but has been taking noticeable steps forward in the past few years. The baseball team is very good, the basketball team (as evidenced by the fact that it's playing for the state title this weekend) is terrific and the football program posted a winning record and playoff appearance last year. There could be reasons for the surge...heck, I may have written about them at length on this blog and in the newspaper, who knows. I do know this is now considered a good Class A gig. A full story on Quinn's hiring can be read here courtesy of the Augusta Chronicle...
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