Wyoming’s Defensive Coordinator big reason for success

CINCINNATI — Wyoming Excessive College is again within the Division IV state finals after shedding within the semifinals the previous three years. 

They’re hoping to repeat the shape that received them the trophy in 2018.

What You Want To Know

• Wyoming tied a faculty report from 1962 with 10 shutouts in the course of the season
• Defensive coordinator Chad Seymour has been teaching at Wyoming for 10 years
• Seymour has additionally spent 25 years as a historical past instructor at Kings Junior Excessive College

A giant a part of their success this season comes from the line of defense.  The workforce tied a faculty report with 10 shutouts.

“Coming into the yr, I didn’t say we had been going to have 10 shutouts in a season however they simply began placing issues collectively,” stated Chad Seymour, the workforce’s defensive coordinator.  Each weekday within the fall, he teaches Historical past at Kings Junior Excessive College, the place he has labored for 25 years, earlier than making the trek to Wyoming to educate soccer. 

The gamers and Seymour’s boss will let you know that he is an enormous motive for the success.

“Our defensive coordinator Chad Seymour does an incredible job with getting these youngsters able to play their greatest each week,” stated head coach Aaron Hancock.  

“I really like Coach Seymour and protection wins the video games,” stated CJ Hester, the workforce’s star operating again.  He is aware of that it is due to protection, he is had the chance to hurry for greater than 3,000 yards this season.

“It’s a blessing for offense,” Hester stated. “They’re (the line of defense) gonna get the cease, we’re gonna get the ball and attempt to rating.”

Coach Seymour’s the kinda man who’s not about to take any credit score.

“It’s actually in regards to the gamers,” Seymour stated. “They’ve actually labored exhausting and put within the time. Week in and week out, they proceed to get higher, enhance and we kinda name it the grind and stuff, and each day, they’re making an attempt to get higher.”

Seymour stated the key to success is maintaining it easy.  

“You’ll be able to’t throw a thousand issues at ‘em and choose all of it up,” Seymour stated.  “We’ve got six or seven issues we actually imagine in and that’s what we stick to the entire time.”

“It’s a easy formulation nevertheless it’s exhausting to be according to it each week,” Hancock stated.

Hancock stated Seymour’s been nice at maintaining the youngsters on observe. In the meantime, Seymour admits he nonetheless will get nervous earlier than an enormous recreation just like the state finals.

“As a participant, you possibly can decide a whole lot of the result of the sport however as a coach, you suppose you do, and also you attempt to put your youngsters in the perfect positions however typically, they gotta exit and make performs,” Seymour stated. “I’m most likely extra nervous as a coach than a participant as a result of I can’t exit and do something about it.”

After all of the drills and follow, Coach Seymour stated his boys are prepared.

They will must be, as Wyoming and Saturday’s foe Glenville are each undefeated coming into the Division IV title recreation (out there on Spectrum 1 at 7:30 p.m.).