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Minnesota
Football Clinic
A Partnership Between the MFCA and
Minnesota Gophers
to Bring You the Best Clinic in the Country!
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Program Releases
Don "Swannie" Swanson Tailgate Party and Awards
Our
annual tradition continues with the party now named after our dear
friend Don "Swannie" Swanson. The party follows the presentation by
coach Brewster on Friday evening. In addition to giving the mic to
funnyman Dick Joncowski, we present a number of awards recognizing
members of our association for various accomplishments. We wrap things
up by presenting a number of door prizes and opening the event up to a
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Rockford brings Recent
Domination of Big School Football in Michigan
to the MFCA Clinic
 Head
Coach Ralph Munger and Special Teams Coordinator Steve Dengler will be
presenting on Friday and Saturday morning of the clinic. Under Munger's
direction, Rockford has won the Michigan big school state championship
in 2004, 2005, and 2008. This past season, Rockford finished with an
11-1 record. Munger is recognized as a program builder and an
innovative offensive coach. This innovation has carried over to the
Special Teams side of the ball in recent years. |
Southern
Illinois Staff Made-Up of Familiar Faces
 The
Southern Illinois Staff that will be presenting at the MFCA clinic is
made up of several former college head coaches. SIU head coach Dale
Lennon is a familiar face, having served a highly successful
tenure as head coach at UND including winning the 2001 DII National
Championship. SIU defensive coordinator Bubba Schweigert is also a
former UND assistant and UMD head coach. Randy Hedberg served as HC at
St. Cloud State prior to joining the SIU staff and most recently, Kalen
DeBoer who guided the University of Sioux Falls to two NAIA National
Championships also joined the staff as offensive coordinator. |
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Coach
Gary Gaines, Odessa Permian High School, Odessa, TX
 Gary Gaines was the
head coach of the 1988 Permian High School football team which was the
focus of the book Friday Night Lights and the 2004
motion picture Friday Night Lights starring Billy
Bob Thornton. Gaines went on to work as an assistant
at Texas Tech University and served as head coach at Abilene
Christian University from 2000 to 2004 before returning to Odessa as
district athletic director in 2005. In 2009, he returned to the role of
head football coach at Odessa. Coach Gaines will present a
two-hour breakout Friday morning on the Shotgun Power Run Game
and Play action Passing and will be our headline
speaker Friday afternoon from 2:00-3:00 on Developing a
Championship Football Culture.
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Funding and Installing Turf Fields
This year's clinic will feature new topics that relate to issues facing
coaches around the state. On Friday morning, Neal Lawson, Assistant
Superintendent for Business, Orono Schools and Jay Pomeroy, Vice
President and Landscape Architect, Anderson-Johnson Associates will
present how you can develop a plan for proposing and funding installing
a turf field. |
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