IFCA (Indiana Football Coaches Association) Official Podcast

THIS WEEK WE EXPLORE THE 1985 NORTH SOUTH ALL STAR GAME.  WE INTRODUCE YOU TO PLAYERS AND COACHES FROM THE 1085 NORTH SOUTH ALL STAR GAME.  WE ALSO INTERVIEW COACH BRAD SMITH WHO COACHED IN THE ALL STAR GAME OF 1985. HE TELLS ABOUT THE 1985 ALL STAR GAME AND ABOUT THE PLAYERS AND COACHES OF THE CONTEST.  COACH SMITH ALSO OUTLINES HIS CAREER AS A HALL OF FAME COACH FOR THE STATE OF INDIANA 

IN THIS EPISODE WE EXPLORE THE 1985 INDIANA NORTH SOUTH ALL STAR GAME.  WE WILL INTRODUCE YOU TO PLAYERS AND COACHES OF THE GAME AND WE WILL HAVE COACH BRAD SMITH AS OUR SPECIAL GUEST.  COACH SMITH WAS ON THE NORTH ALL STAR STAFF.  HE ALSO WILL SHARE WITH US THE CHAPTERS IN HIS CAREER AS A HEAD FOOTBALL COACH.  YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS GREAT FOOTBALL STORY 

THE YEAR IS 1984.  IN THIS EPISODE OF THE DIGEST WE HAVE HALL OF FAME COACH CHRIS GEESMAN ON THE SHOW.  AS THE HEAD COACH OF PENN HIGH SCHOOL COACH GEESMAN'S TEAMS WON 5 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. COACH GEESMAN TALKES ABOUT HIS TEAMS, THE PLAYERS AND HIS COACHING STAFF.  HE ALSO OUTLINES WHAT HE FEELS IS IMPORTANT IN BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL FOOTBAL PROGRAM. YOU WILL ALSO HEAR COACH HUBER GIVE A SUMMARY OF THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING TEAMS AND COACHES FOR THE YEAR 1984. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 1984 ALL STAR GAME WILL BE INCLUDED AS THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THE GAME IS PLAYED IN THE HOOSIER DOME.

IN THIS EPISODE WE INTERVIEW COACH SCOTT BOBENKERK, COACH BOVENKERK TALKS ABOUT HIS STORIED CAREER AS A HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT THREE RIVERS MICHIGAN AND THEN ON TO SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON AND HE FINISHES HIS LAST 10 YEARS AS AN ASSISTANT COACH AT JIMTOWN UNER THE LEDGENDARY HEAD COSCH BILL SHARPE,  COACH TEAD HUBER GIVES THE BACKROUND ON THE STATE FINAL GAMES OF THE YEAR 1083 AND ALSO A SUMMARY OF THE 1983 ALL STAR GAME PLAYED FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE BUTLER BOWL.

THIS EPISODE OF THE FOOTBALL DIGEST FEATURES AN INTERVIEW WITH COACH DON BUNGE WHO STARTED THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM AT BREMEN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE 1950'S.  COACH TED HUBER A FORMER BREMEN LION HIMSELF TALKS WITH HIS FORMER HEAD COACH ABOUT THE "LONG GREEN LINE" THAT COACH BUNGE BUILT.  GREAT STORIES AND A WONDERFUL TRIBUTE TO COACH DON BUNGE.  YOU WILL ALSO HEAR ABOUT THE 1982 ALL STAR GAME INCLUDING COACHES AND PLAYERS OF WHICH COACH DON BUNGE SERVED ON THE NORTH ALL STAR STAFF.  YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS EPISODE 

THIS WEEKS SHOW INCLUDES AND INTERVIEW WITH 4 TIME STATE CHAMPIONSHIP COACH CHUCK STEPHENS, I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT HE AND THE FRANKLIN CENTRAL FLASHES WERE ALSO 3 TIME STATE RUNNER UP.  COACH STEPHENS WAS AN INTOVATIVE COACH AND YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THE GAME CHANGING TECHNIQUES HE USED IN THE BUILDING OF THE FRANKLIN CENTRAL DYNASTY.  WE WILL ALSO HEAR FROM COACH BOB PRESCOTT AND JUST ONE OF THE ROLES HE PLAYS IN THE LEADERSHIP OF THE IFCA.  

IN THIS EDITION OF THE INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL ALL STAR DIGEST YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT THE PLAYERS AND COACHES INVOLVED IN THE 1980 ALL STAR GAME.  YOU WILL ALSO HEAR FROM COACH CORY YEOMAN FROM PENN HIGH SCHOOL.  YOU WILL ALSO HEAR ABOUT THE JULY ALL STAR GAME AND ALSO LEARN ABOUT COACH JASON SIMMIONS AND THE ROLE HE PLAYS IN THE IFCA.

THIS WEEK WE WILL BE INTRODUCING A NEW FEATURE WHERE WE HEAR FROM THE DIRECTORS CHAIR.  THE DIRECTOR BEING THE EXCECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE IFCA COACH BOB GADDIS.  HE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE MISSION OF THE IFCA.  WE ALSO WILL BE TALKING TO COACH KEN MIER THE HALL OF FAME HEAD COACH OF THE THEN GOSHEN REDSKINS. COACH MIER WILL SHARE SOME GREAT STORIES ABOUT HIS CAREER AS A FOOTBALL COACH.  

IN THIS 1978 EDITIONS ASSISTANT COMMISIONER ROBERT FAULKENS GIVES A GREAT INTERVIEW ABOUT HIS CAREER AND HOW THE IHSAA WORKS WITH THE IFCA TO MAKE INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL NUMBER 1.  DAVE LAND ALSO KNOWN AS "MR IFCA WILL TALKE ABOUT HIS CAREER AS A FOOTBALL COACH AND LONG TIME LEADER IN THE IFCA.  YOU WILL ALSO MEET COACHES AND PLAYERS FROM THE 1978 INDIANA ALL STAR FOOTBALL GAME. 

IN THIS 1977 EDITION OF THE INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ALL STAR DIGEST YOU WILL LEARN ABOUT THE ALL STAR GAME THAT HAD NO MVP.  YOU WILL ALSO MEET A COUPLE OF COACHES WHO COACHED IN THE GAME. AL HARANTS WHO WAS THE HEAD COACH OF THE NORTH SQUAD AND 9 TIME STATE CHAMPIONSHIP COACH BUD WRIGHT WHO WAS ON THE SOUTH ALL STAR COACHING STAFF.  LOTS OF FUN FACTS AND INSIDE STORIES ON THIS, THE 1977 EDITION OF THE INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ALL STAR DIGEST.