|
|
February 22, 2007
Article 45
A new era begins under Head Coach Andre Weathers, just one of many new faces to the 2007 staff. Weathers
brings a winning attitude and a passion for Genesee County that the organization expects will light a fire under
both the program and the community. That winning attitude stems from a playing career that took him from one
of the best teams a Flint High School (11-1, Flint Central HS 1993) ever produced to a national championship
with the University of Michigan in 1997. If that wasn't enough, the All Big Ten Defensive Back went on to play for
the New York Giants and included a trip to the Super Bowl. Many such athletes who go on to such great things
never come back to the city of Flint or Genesee County. Coach Weathers was not your average Flint athlete;
not only did he return home, but he took on the job of restoring greatness to his alma matter and helped lead
them to a winning season and a game away from a playoff birth in his first year. A three win improvement from
their previous season.
Coach Weathers expects that same type of success with the Patriots, if not better. So does a staff full of new
coaches including the son of University of Michigan Assistant Head Coach Fred Jackson, Fred Jackson JR, who
will be the quarterbacks coach. Along with him comes a 15 year coaching veteran in Offensive Coordinator Jeff
Simpson and other such names as another former New York Giant in Mark Ingram. Ingram had a decade long
NFL career and won a Super Bowl Ring while he was doing it. Even a former Continental Basketball Association
Head Coach joins the team as a Recruiting Director in Jeff Grayer.
Few finer staffs have been assembled in the Minor Leagues. The new staff comes from a tradition of winning, a
tradition they are determined to establish here in Genesee County with the Patriots.
|
|
