FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ)

Fulton High School has found the new leader of its football program.

Roger VanDeZande was named the school's new head football coach on Thursday morning, per a post on Fulton Athletics' social media.

VanDeZande is bringing more than 40 years of high school and college coaching experience to Fulton's football program. Most recently, he served as the head football coach at Russellville (2020), Fayette (2016-18) and Southern Boone (2009-13), and he finished with a 46-49 combined record with those three programs. Between those coaching stops, he also spent two seasons as an assistant football coach at Harrisburg High School (2014-15).

"I'm excited to be joining Fulton High School as Head Football Coach. We have work to do, and we need to start immediately. I believe in the student-athletes in Fulton, and I am privileged to have this opportunity to work with them. We want to build a program of excellence that the entire community can be proud of," VanDeZande said in the social media announcement.

Source: https://abc17news.com/sports/high-school-sports/high-school-football/2025/05/15/fulton-announces-next-head-football-coach/

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Brett Collier begins his third year as head coach for the Vikings for the 2025 season. Entering his 15th year coaching, he’s served nine of those at FPD. Before becoming head coach, Brett served as the Vikings’ defensive coordinator from 2020-2022. In Brett’s first year as head coach, the Viking’s captured the 2023 GIAA AAAA State Championship, followed by a GIAA AAAA State Runner up in 2024.

Coach Collier also spent three years at Eagle’s Landing Christian Academy, winning state championships as defensive coordinator in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

He and his wife Katie, ’08, have three children—Maddie, Mollie, and Wade. In his spare time, Coach Collier enjoys exercising, cooking, and reading.

Source: https://www.fpdmacon.org/athletics/team/varsity-boys-football/

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Coach Reents is the Head Football Coach at Wilmington High School, Illinois. Here is a link to his clinic videos: ⁠⁠https://www.championshipproductions.com/cgi-bin/champ/p/Football/Jeff-Reents-Modern-Double-Wing-Offense-2-Pack_FD-05962.html?srsltid=AfmBOooWQxyuiL7KOUSgt_kWlpxtECNaAM8kdFygN5HY1uJ3J7TJg2De⁠⁠

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Had a great conversation with Coach VanDeZande about defense. Here is the link to Coach VanDeZande's clinic on the Eagle Defense: https://coacheschoice.com/coaching-the-eagle-defense/

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Taylor and I are going to do a weekly Sunday podcast. Hope you enjoy it!

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"Suffering has a cleansing effect on the soul, so that the man who has endured, however much against his wishes, emerges bruised, perhaps, but detached. [True] Resignation makes a man free of the preoccupations that harass the man who is forever complaining about his trouble and looking everywhere for a way out. The man who aims at eliminating pain and sadness from his life is doomed to disillusion. Not so the man who aims at meeting these things head-on, coming to terms with them, and refusing to be governed by them. The resigned soul rests on the text from Tobias: Because you were acceptable to God, it was necessary that these trials should prove you. (Tob 12:6)." —Hubert Van Zeller, O.S.B., p.79Night Prayer: https://nightprayer.goodcatholic.com/?utm_campaign=Night%20Prayer%20Daily%20Emails&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8UVFDU5l91SyYI6ebRnvRiRpxy97X-7P2W9EHxcOqJPg7MPKDkLHfiE37RaRk_dQKqCPgBajzuO19BIMbbyk1ufCHLeA&_hsmi=356943782&utm_content=356943782&utm_source=hs_email

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Coach Wilson is the Head Football Coach at Mifflin High School in Columbus, Ohio. Coach Wilson and have know each other for a decade because we both coached high school football in the great state of West Virginia.

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Taylor is the Athletic Director at Buckhannon - Upshur High School.

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