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“He was nothing but a class act!”

Posted in Everything changes, Football, tagged , , , , on March 1, 2024| Leave a Comment »

One of Coupeville’s most successful rivals is leaving the gridiron.

Brock Hauck has stepped down as Friday Harbor’s head football coach but will remain as the school’s athletic director.

“It was an extremely difficult decision but hopefully the right one,” Hauck said.

His counterpart in Coupeville expressed his appreciation for the Wolverines leader.

“Bummed by this news,” Bennett Richter said.

“As Brock’s opponent he has earned nothing but respect from me. His teams and staff were always well prepared, and he was nothing but a class act to me!

“I learned a lot about football being on the opposite side of him.”

Hauck, who led Friday Harbor to two Northwest 2B/1B League titles in the past three seasons, coached his final game (for now at least) in November, when his squad lost 32-14 to Kalama in the state playoffs.

He racked up more than a decade on the sideline, working as a defensive coordinator before becoming head coach in 2017.

In addition to coaching and working as AD, Hauck also teaches culinary classes at FHHS and is the school’s Capitol Projects Manager.

 

The Friday Harbor football coaching job is posted here:

https://seaintsol.net/wiaasecure/mywiaa/JobDetlWL.aspx?ID=cf46346a-be55-419a-af8d-013e313c8ee8

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“I just don’t think that’s the place to cut”

Posted in Hands Off My Willie, tagged , , , , on May 10, 2023| 3 Comments »

Willie Smith – the body may be at rest, but the brain is constantly firing at 100 MPH. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

“It’s a terrible idea.”

Friday Harbor High School Athletic Director Brock Hauck is not a fan of a proposed Coupeville Schools budget cut which would remove Willie Smith as AD, and hand his duties off to an already-busy assistant principal.

Hauck and Smith have become friends over the years, but the Friday Harbor AD is all about the business when he looks at the potential fallout of such a move.

“I don’t think most people are aware of the time and effort put in by AD’s behind the scenes,” Hauck said. “With the constant phone calls and emails, it’s almost a 24/7 job.”

Asking an assistant principal to balance the AD job with their other duties would make for a juggling act, one which Hauck doesn’t believe would benefit Coupeville, or the Northwest 2B/1B League.

Smith is currently president of the NWL and works to solve issues for the other six schools as well as his own.

“Willie is very valuable, not just to Coupeville, but to our league,” Hauck said. “He has a lot of knowledge, a great networking system, and is always consistent.

“(Losing him) would be a big loss for our league, and our teams in general,” he added. “He’s a quality man.

“I don’t believe it will go well, and I think you will see sports programs fall off without him.”

While Hauck, like all coaches and athletic directors, appreciates that budget cuts often have to be made, he doesn’t think the relatively small savings Coupeville would generate from the switch balances out with the repercussions.

“I just don’t think that’s the place to cut.”

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