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Turner earns gridiron promotion

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on August 15, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Alex Turner rocks an impressive amount of hair last fall. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

Coupeville High School football has a new assistant coach, and he’s a familiar face.

Former Wolf player Alex Turner, who has been working with the program as a volunteer, has been hired to replace Brett Casey, who stepped down at the end of last season to focus on his work as a teacher.

The hire was confirmed Thursday by Coupeville Athletic Director Brad Sherman and will be official once approved by the school board at its next meeting.

CHS gridiron gurus are shuffling their duties, with head coach Bennett Richter moving to the offensive side of the ball, while assistant coach Bobby Carr has taken over the defense.

Turner, who played his senior season for Coupeville after suiting up for South Whidbey for several years, will now coach special teams while continuing to work with position players.

The 2019 CHS grad attended school and played sports in Cow Town as a middle school athlete and high school freshman, before moving South before his sophomore year.

He was an All-Conference lineman for the Falcons, and a successful wrestler.

After returning to Coupeville, Turner was a force on the football field for the Wolves, then qualified for the 1A state tourney as the school’s lone grappler, going 2-2 at Mat Classic XXXI in Tacoma.

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Gridiron guru turns focus to classroom, family

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , , on November 17, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Wolf senior William Davidson gets a close-up with CHS gridiron guru Brett Casey. (Charlotte Young photo)

One of the best beards in the game is departing the sidelines.

But he’s not leaving town.

Brett Casey, who has coached football for Coupeville at both the high school and middle school levels, announced Thursday he’s stepping away from his gridiron gig.

That will give him more time to focus on his classroom job and family.

Casey teaches at Coupeville Elementary School.

“I’m not going anywhere,” he said. “Being a first-year teacher and coaching was hard.

“I love being a 3rd grade teacher,” Casey added. “And I felt I was not able to give 100% to both at this time.”

After putting in 20 years as a coach spread across several towns, stepping away will also give him a better opportunity to travel to football games featuring family members.

“I’m ready to go watch my nephew play his senior year at the University of Montana,” Casey said.

With the CHS Class of 2024 wrapping their football experience with Thursday night’s awards banquet, it also brought things full circle for their coach.

“These seniors are the boys I got to coach in 7th grade and are the last ones that got to play middle school football here,” Casey said.

“William (Davidson), Chris Villarreal, and Mikey (Robinett) are the ones that stuck it out.”

Casey chats with Wolf QB Logan Downes. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

As Casey steps back, Coupeville High School Athletic Director Willie Smith praised his coach.

“Brett has been a great addition to our CSD athletic staff; his passion for the game, our athletes, and this community has been greatly appreciated by all of us.

“I know that his experience and knowledge was a great help to (head coach) Bennett (Richter) and his staff as they began their coaching journey, and it has been fun for me to watch them all work so closely together to build our football program into a successful and quality program.”

Smith, like others, is also thankful for Casey remaining in the community, and teaching just a few steps away from the football field.

“Obviously, he will be missed, but I don’t think he will or can, stray too far away from being involved, even if just as a sounding board for our football program,” Smith said.

“I’m excited for him as he embarks on being able to put his focus and energy into his new elementary position,” he added.

“Being a first- and second-year teacher is tough enough without the addition of being a high school coach, so it will be nice for him I’m sure, to step back and take some breaths.”

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Fear the Beard!!

Posted in Football, tagged , , , , on August 26, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Brett Casey, undisputed Beard King of Wolf football. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

Call ’em the Beard Brigade.

Few teams can match the chin warmers offered up by Coupeville High School football coaches.

The Wolves go four-deep, with head man Bennett Richter joined by assistants Brett Casey, Bobby Carr, and Alex Turner.

To a man, they sport impressive facial hair, a testament to the prairie’s reputation for producing only the manliest of men.

Bobby Carr

Bennett Richter

Alex Turner

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“The boys were improving each week!!”

Posted in Football, Middle School, tagged , , , , on October 7, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Injuries and a lack of depth on the roster has brought the Coupeville Middle School football season to an early end. (Photos by JohnsPhotos.net)

The Wolves, who were low on experienced players, went 0-3, but showed marked improvement.

Down, but not out.

Injuries and lack of depth on the roster is slicing the Coupeville Middle School football schedule in half.

The Wolves, who scrambled to field a team, opened the season with 14 players under first-year head coach Brett Casey.

After cancelling their first game because of not enough players being eligible, CMS played twice against Sultan and once again Langley, going 0-3 but showing marked improvement.

But injuries have reduced the roster to 12 players, and Friday morning Coupeville Athletic Director Willie Smith pulled the plug on the remainder of the season.

The Wolves final two games, home contests against King’s Oct. 10, and Langley Oct. 17, have been cancelled.

While the season didn’t completely play out as Casey and assistant coaches Junior Scroggins and Michael Davidson would have liked, the trio remain committed to building the program.

Casey is already moving forward with an eye on the future:

I am disappointed that the season is over. We had two games left and 12 players; the decision to cancel the season did not come from me.

Moving forward, I am trying to get the boys in the weight room to introduce them to that and keep them in shape for their next sport.

Looking back on this season, the boys were improving each week and that is what I was looking for.

The offense started to understand who they needed to block on plays and the running backs were seeing the holes they needed to hit.

Defensively, they were swarming the ball carriers and were trying to force fumbles.

They were figuring out how to play as a team, which was something we talked about during our shortened season.

Next year, the coaches will be able to talk to the boys before school is out and get more kids out.

I have talked with the (high school) varsity coaches and we will piggyback off of them during spring ball.

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CMS football welcomes gridiron vet!!

Posted in Football, Middle School, tagged , , , , on August 17, 2018| Leave a Comment »

New Coupeville Middle School football coach Brett Casey, wife Melissa and son Brian. (Photo courtesy Casey)

“I love being around football and kids.”

Those are the words of Brett Casey, the new Coupeville Middle School football coach, a man ready to tackle his new job in style.

When the Coupeville School District hired his wife, Melissa Casey, as a Special Education Life Skills teacher this summer, it set off an eventual 2-for-1 deal.

A longtime gridiron ace as a player and coach, Brett Casey then decided to pursue the job opening which appeared when Bob Martin resigned.

Now, a few months later, Casey is in place and raring to go, counting down the days until the first CMS practice Aug. 27.

“When my wife accepted a teaching job, I looked for the opportunity to continue coaching on the island,” he said. “I grew up playing in a small community, and I look forward to returning to that atmosphere as a coach.”

After earning All-State honors in high school as a wide receiver and defensive back, he played in the Down Under Bowl in Australia, before joining the football team at the University of Montana Western.

That’s the same school former Coupeville standout Mitch Pelroy suited up for during his own college football career.

After his playing days came to a close, Casey turned to coaching, and has put in three seasons working at the youth football level and six more with high school teams.

Over the past six years, his teams have posted a combined record of 48-9.

As a coach, Casey is straight-forward, asking his players to give back to the game what it gives to them.

“I would like them to have respect for the game, their teammates, opponents, and officials,” he said. “I would love to see kids excited about football again at CMS.

“Build it into a winning program and a feeder program for CHS.”

While he ultimately guides his team’s strategy, Casey wants his players to develop to the point where they are working with him, and not just for him.

“I enjoy the chess match-like strategy battle that ensues during the game,” he said. “Watching the players grow once they understand the how and why of the game.

“Once the players get that, the game opens up and the players can start giving their input on the offense or defense.”

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