One chapter closes, & another one begins today. One journey ends & another one starts! I am thankful to have served the
@ToltonCatholic
community &
@toltonfootball
program, but incredibly blessed & excited to lead the
@VianneyFootball
program & join the
@vianneygriffins
community
Excited to announce that I've been accepted into St. Louis University Graduate School to pursue a Masters of Arts in Religious Education. It's been a long time coming & I'm excited to learn more to serve my students & community as a Theology Teacher.
#GrowthMindset
@SLU_Official
Honored & humbled to have been selected to lead the young men of DuBourg & Hancock as the head football coach this coming fall. Excited to work with the coaches, players and communities to build something very special in South City. Happy to be able to make a positive impact!
Veteran Coach Chad Masters takes over Bishop DuBourg - Hancock Football Co-op.
Bishop DuBourg & Hancock Place High School are excited to announce the hiring of Chad Masters as the new Head Coach of the Boys Football program. Chad brings 11 years of Head Coaching experience.
โOh the places youโll goโฆโ
My family and I are excited to join the
@DeSmetJesuitHS
and
@DeSmetFB
community as a religion teacher and asst fb coach with my friend
@JHMerrittJr
. I look forward to helping with faith formation in the program and doing my part to mold leaders.
With many HS coaches always talking about getting their kids recruited let us not forget about the majority of kids who will not play in college. What are we doing for them? Are we creating a meaningful experience for these athletes? Never miss a chance to coach, serve & mentor
Cool moment captured after our first
@VianneyFootball
victory of 2019! Shout out to my biggest supporter and love of my life
@mastersjoan
who is the rock for me in my life of ministry to young men. A lot of emotion goes into all of these games and Iโm glad sheโs there with me!
Began a new tradition post practice...5 minute walks with players talking to them about all things but football. I listen, I ask, & I give them space to lead the conversation. I let them know I care, and Iโm here for them during these difficult times.
#LoveThem
#MoreThanACoach
Cold night, hate the cold, ice bath, but win number 4 in a row. 5-5 and moving into round 2 in districtsโฆfor first time since 2014โฆcouldnโt ask for a better moment. 0-10 in year 1, 5-5 with more to play for in year 2. Love these kids and community!
#SouthCityStrong
JV won 14-8. May not seem a big deal, just a JV game some say, but for a group of young men who have shown up everyday, worked hard, & stayed true to a process...it's A BIG DEAL! 1st win for this program at JV or V since 2019. The journey to winning is hard, & it starts somewhere
"Don't cry because its over, smile because it happened"
Thanks
@BishopDuBourg
&
@DuBourgFootball
for being there for me & allowing me to be who I am. I'll forever be a Cavalier, & this place will always be in my heart. I love you all, & believe we left it better than we found it
Got a chance to meet
@CoachDrinkwitz
today and was impressed with his energy, enthusiasm and kindness. Looking forward to working with him moving forward! Thanks for choosing to serve the
@MizzouFootball
program.
So proud of โฆ
@VincentMorris55
โฆhe and I spent a lot of years fighting for and trying to build championship caliber programs. Tonight he won his 1st district championship. A lot of hard work, big dreams and perseverance got him there. One of the best coaches and men I know!
There are critics, but I for one was happy to see this. Heโs done things I disagree with, but heโs never shied away from it, taken ownership & worked to change his life & embraced it the good & the ugly. Heโs battled physical, mental & emotional injuries & came back. Unbelievable
โDo not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.โ
โPoet Dylan Thomas
#TheMasters
Have competed with
@ArlenHarris33
many times as a coach and always had great games played with class! I was excited to see his
@lhscougarfb
football team win a Class 2 state championship! Happy for him and
@DougKuhlmann
too! Great job men!
#CoachingFriends
New job & new school, comforted & strengthened by a mysterious alignment & sign today on my 1st day. It's the feast day of a Saint I love, who was tasked by Fr. DuBourg to found the first Catholic school in America. I now work at a school named after Bishop DuBourg.
#GodIsGood
Humbled & honored to begin a term as president of the
@MOFBCA
. Thankful for the opportunity & trust placed in me to lead it into the future. Looking forward to honoring the history & finding new ways to build community, involve more stakeholders & provide more to our membership.
First varsity baseball game of the year for this young man. Proud of him beyond words. He has overcome a lot of transition these past few years and is still standing strong and happy. 3 things: play hard, be coachable and have fun! Love you buddy!
2 HC jobs in FB, I've learned a lot. If ever blessed w/ opportunity to be a Head FB coach again, there are things that I'll change, improve & grow from, but I'll never change how much I love them, how much I pour my soul into them, & strive to make it the best experience for them
That moment when it happens...awesome...congrats
@vianneyhockey72
and
@vianneygriffins
! Great night for V High and the brotherhood of Griffin Nation!!
With the recommendations from colleagues
@vianneygriffins
I finally got a sandwich from
@GioiasDeli
for the first time ever. I ate the world famous Hot Salami. All I can say is WOW...that sandwich is life changing!!! A spiritual awakening...or as the kids say itโs ๐ฏ and ๐ฅ ๐ฅ!!!
Finished this book by
@JonGordon11
and
@Coach_Fleck
...it was simply awesome! Great read that I couldnโt put down. Amazing insight on culture, values and developing a team/organization from one of the best. Loved every bit of this book.
#GrowthMindset
#CultureBeatsScheme
This summer had a lot of transition in it for my family and I. New school, new team, new city. I could not be more thankful for how welcoming the
@VianneyFootball
team &
@vianneygriffins
were to us. It is truly a special place full of great people. Thank you very much! Letโs Go!
At 7:01 am it became officialโฆheโs an S&T Miner now! How many NLI for college football are signed in a Catholic Church at a Jesuit Retreat Center while leading a HS Faith retreat happen?! ๐ congrats Jack, love you, proud of you and looking forward to your next chapter!
Good luck to all my football HC friends and assistant coach friends across the state of Missouri as the fall season begins tomorrow! Thanks to all who I have built relationships with, been mentored by, and who have worked so hard in this great profession. I appreciate you all!
Congrats to
@roderique
and
@wcfootballcards
on a thrilling Class 5 state title! Coach Rod has always been a great mentor for me and someone that Iโve learned so much fromโฆhow to build culture and love kids. Championships are rooted in culture and built over time.
#CoachMentor
The student-athletes and coaches in St Louis County deserve the opportunity to play. They all have worked safely and hard since June. Love my team and school, we will keep them safe on body, mind and spirit.
#LoveMyTeam
#ProudCoach
The clock struck midnight,, Cinderella lost the slipper, our season ended tonight to a good St Clair team and we finished the season 5-6. Could not be more proud of the efforts and culture change our team committed to. This is not an end, only the beginning. I love this team.
Happy Anniversary to my beautiful wife
@mastersjoan
. Been a team for 22 yrs, through the good times & bad times. Been my biggest fan, best friend and truest soul mate. Would not want to do this journey without you! Many more to come & can't wait to do them with you! Love you!
4 weeks into the school year (plus last year) and it still amazes me that I work in a place where the kids thank you after every class for doing my job of teaching! Many times its the small things and gestures. Great kids, great school.
@vianneygriffins
#HappyEducator
The past couple days have been hands down some of the best football I have learned. Got to meet my coaching inspiration
@HalMumme
and learn from some of the best
#AirRaid
coaches around. So thankful for this opportunity. I got better as a coach this weekend. Love it!
@AirRaidCert
Finishing typing a graduate paper in Applied Sport Psych, porksteaks on the grill, listening to classic rock on Spotify in the great weather on the Mastersโ family estate in South County...can it be better?! ๐คทโโ๏ธ๐
Went to the St Louis Arch with my youngest today...his first time there. He learned about early Americans, history of the region and went to the top!
#DaddySonTime
Iโm beginning to fall in love with the home town of my wife and new home for my family. More importantly Iโve fallen in love with a special place that has welcomed me in and accepted me for my authentic self. Blessed to serve this community.
Tough loss last night & a tough season so far but my love & belief in this team has not & will not waiver! There is tremendous growth visible & invisible...with the best yet to come! There is victory in the struggle and Iโm proud to serve these men, we will rise & succeed!
Amazing night with a great group of people and community. Honored to serve them and play a small part in this historic moment and a new age of Cavalier football.
#SouthCityStrong
Happy Halloween! Had to dress as my coaching hero and inspiration. Keep swinging your sword up there Pirate! We all. know that on the 8th day God created Mesh!
#RIPMikeLeach
Working
@MSHSAAOrg
Show Me Bowl games this year and got to touch base again with a great man who welcomed me with open arms when I first moved to Stlโฆmentored me, supported me and always made feel welcome. Thanks
@Coach_Brown_18
for being who you are and great seeing you!
Big week for my oldest. First week of HS football for him, but most proud of him receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation tonight. Very proud of him and love him dearly. I even got a little misty eyed, must have been some dust in my eye!
#ProudDad
#CatholicFamily
I believe in HS athletics and the education based athletics model. I believe in using HS athletics to build up our young men and women into people who are well rounded and prepared. It is a developmental model to improve them physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
I wanted to take a moment to personally wish a Merry Christmas to all the athletes I have had the honor to coach, serve and mentor through my 23 year career. You all have made a profound impact on me as a person, and my heart is full. Thank you for allowing me the honor.
#Love
Good luck to all the HS FB programs, coaches, my coaching friends & all the athletes out there as they begin their seasons tomorrow. Work hard, believe in each other & enjoy the journey. Good luck to my MCC peers
@ScottPingel10
@SLUHfootball
,
@CoachReed314
&
@ccpfootballteam
Thanks
@vianneygriffins
parents and students for this very unexpected surprise today! This means more than you know, and I miss you all so much! Grateful all have welcomed our family so warmly this year. Love you all and canโt wait to see everyone again!
Was at MSHSAA State Wrestling today supporting our Tolton wrestlers & ran into a young man I taught & coached in HS for a time. Loved seeing him & talking with him. Amazing young man who impresses me with who he is even more than what he has accomplished! Thanks for the talk!
Congrats to my good friend
@CoachAmbroson
and his
@SVille_Football
warriors on winning the Class 4 State Championship! Proud of you and love you brother! Well deserved and thanks for always being a friend and supporter!
๐งตI truly have no words...my heart is heavy. I never met him, but this man inspired me more than many will know. He came into my life at a time I needed to see other coaches be authentic and who they are. He was unapologetically himself, and through him, I saw that it was ok...
A tradition like no other...pregame family prayer with my wife and my oldest son (senior fb player). Love these moments with them.
#CoachMinister
#CoachFather
Could not be more proud of this team. It hasnโt been easy, itโs been a lot of work, but theyโve persevered, competed and grown this whole season. Theyโve earned this and thereโs still a lot more work to do. Love these young men!
#ProudCoach
#SouthCityStrong
With a 54-12 victory this past Friday, the Cavaliers finished the 2023 regular season 4-5, on a 3 game winning streak, and earning the most victories in a season since 2014. The Cavaliers earned a 3 seed in their district and will host Bayless in opening district play!
Find someone who wants to be in a "foxhole" with you and don't let go. Stand with them and never leave. Thanks for always being in the trench with me fighting the good fight
@mastersjoan
! Love you and let's keep doing life great together.
#CoachWife
#CoachFamily
Happy 18th Birthday to my first born son. He has grown into a kind, caring, loyal friend, empathetic man, tough and resilient person. I am immensely proud of who he is and how he has always stuck by my side and fought with me against all odds.
#ProudFather
#LoveHim
#FoxHole
Itโs that time of year. Working the
@MSHSAAOrg
Class 6 State Championships. Love the opportunity to give back to the game I love and work with all the athletes and coaches. Exciting days. 8-Man through Class 5 next week.
Happy 11th Bday to my youngest! Love this guy, a smaller version of me. He's passionate, sweet, & caring. We share a love of FB, Marvel movies, comics, legos, sci-fi/fantasy, chess, music & many other things. Here's to many more with this young man, proud of who he is becoming.
Watching your son play basketball in a pandemic...canโt go inside so you wait for the game to be over and watch on an iPad in the parking lot! Happy he gets to play!
QOD: "I'm a better person for being around teenagers...not because they test me, but because they have this perfect balance of unapologetic & fiery strength & unfiltered, raw vulnerability. They are beautiful examples of aliveness. We should all strive for a little more of that."
In honor of the big win, I had to post a time I was in the presence of someone way more famous than me! Just two devout Catholic coaches who pour into their kids. Both of us presented at the NCEA Soul of Youth Sports Conference. Congrats
@CoachJim4UM
&
@UMichFootball
#HappyCoach
That's a wrap, final paper done & turned in for my first semester of Graduate level Theology in the MARE program
@SLU_Official
! Can you see that I am smarter in the ways of the New Testament right now?!๐Thanks to all who helped me through it in particular
@mastersjoan
! Loved it!
The glamorous side of being a high school head football coach whoโs season has endedโฆvacuuming lockers to remove turf pellets and grass! All part of the process and the calling! ๐
#ManyJobs
#JackOfAllTrades
As a coach there are things to worry about right now, like are my kids working out, will I have the time to get them ready, etc...but I truly believe the most important thing we can do for them is to stay connected, be there for them, love them, & the rest will work out in time.
Woke up this morning after a loss, disappointed, but my heart is full of gratitude & love for the men I coach. They played with heart & courage, competing with teams that have more talent. They give all they have & I love that. Proud of them & love them. They will be successful!
Had a great day today meeting with
@VianneyFootball
rising seniors and coaches! There are some great young men of high character and passion. Looking forward to the opportunity to coach, serve and mentor them. The future is bright under the leadership of these disciples!
I want to thank all the men of
@VianneyFootball
, their families & the
@vianneygriffins
community for their support & dedication to this season. I am proud of
#Team61
for the commitment, toughness, grit, resilience & love for one another. They are special young men!
#ProudCoach
I love coaching football...the weekend review of Friday night and the prep for the next game. I love finding areas of improvement for the team, the individual players, finding ways for us to get better, and strategizing ways for growth. It's coaching-it's building better men!
A challenge to all teachers and coaches: our students/athletes need us now more than ever. Be less judgmental on issues they may bring forward, be there for them and encourage them. Theyโve quietly endured a lot these past couple of years. Be the love and positivity they need!
Ask me why I coach? Itโs days like this with a young man I met 2 yrs ago, who allowed me to coach him having never played before & not knowing me. For allowing me to be more than just a coach, but a mentor and a servant. Iโm proud of him & love him like a son! Congrats
@Keenan3_T
Happy Birthday to
@VincentMorris55
today! Proud of the man he is, the coach he is and the friend he is! He is a man that truly cares for others, serves others and is one of the most unselfish people Iโve been around. Thankful to work with him and blessed to count him as a friend!
Love you
@FrMikeColeman
you are a great friend, mentor, priest and man. You have always been but will receive even more of my thoughts and prayers. I am here with you and for you! May God bless you with his healing touch
With her my my side my heart is full. New chapters and new experiences ahead we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. I could ask for no better person by my side than her, and we are excited for the life ahead of us! Love you and thank you
@mastersjoan
After week 2 in HS FB in Mo...there are teams who are 2-0, 1-1, & 0-2. There are great coaches & great men leading in all of these programs. Keep pouring into your kid, loving them, mentoring them, & making a difference in their lives. Y'all are doing a great job, keep it up!
Love this team, love these men, love this community and love this "calling" of football coaching. Feel truly blessed to be a part of His greater plan. Thank you to all who make it possible.
#CoachMinister
I wanted to take a moment to thank a friend and coaching mentor
@BouchardFred
for allowing me to come watch his
@MICDSfootball
team prepare for a district championship game today. He took the time to help me grow, learn and get better as a football coach. I truly appreciate that.
Wanted to share this tweet with all on the eve of
@MSHSAAOrg
football in Missouri. I want to wish all of my FB coaching friends as well as all coaches across the state the best of luck in all of their seasons. May you be the best you for your kids, and make a difference!
Spending time with my oldest working the MSHSAA Show Me Bowl State FB Championships (8 Man and Class 6)! We both dream of a day we are here for other reasons!
Could not be more excited, proud and happy fir
@VincentMorris55
on this awesome opportunity! There is not a more deserving person. Great man and coach! Loved the decade we got to coach together and know he will do great things. Unbelievable hire
@Athletics_DHS
you will love him!
Congratulations and welcome to Duchesne's new Head Football Coach, Vince Morris. Coach Morris is excited to join our Duchesne family, and is looking forward to his first season with The Pioneers!
God I love this place & coaching young men on it! I pray I get the honor of doing it again (we all get to) soon, & I will never take it for granted or not appreciate each moment we spend together on it. I love them & this place & hope to be there with them soon!
#Coach
#Love
Merry Christmas from my family to yours. Merry Christmas to all my current players/students and ones Iโve coached before. I love you all and you hold a special place in my heart and family always. Merry Christmas to all my coaching peers who serve others and make lives better!
Big thanks to President Mike Loyet and
@vianneygriffins
for providing all student families, faculty and staff with Pretzel Boys during this time away from school! Got ours yesterday and my family loved it. Truly amazing working in such a special place that cares for everyone!
I could not be more proud to coach and serve this group of young men. Itโs simple...we love each other too much to not keep playing together and earning another week. I believe in each of them and who they are more than what we do.
#Family
#Brotherhood
#Legacy
They never doubted, always believed, & overcame obstacles. They've written another chapter in the history of Griffin FB, leaving their own legacy. 1-0 in 2019 playoffs, playing for C5D2 District Champ. & getting to spend time with each other for another week.
#Brotherhood
#INAM
Gotta say...I'm falling in love with my new home. Surrounded by great & friendly people, tough & loyal kids, & a competitive environment that challenges all. It's a city filled with pride & a promise of a better future. Home is where your heart is, and my heart is here!
#STLPride
HS sports are meant to be transformational, not transactional. CATHOLIC HS sports are also meant to Evangelize the students & help them develop their God-given abilities physically & spiritually. The purpose is not to recruit superstar teams but to build up young people in Christ
Happy 8th Birthday to my youngest son Nate! Love him dearly and we are blessed with his boundless energy, enthusiasm and empathy for others in life! Thanks for keeping us young and on our toes!
Good luck to my dear friend
@VincentMorris55
in his HC debut with
@DHSPioneerFB
tomorrow. This is the first time in 10 years I will not be coaching with him. He became my right hand man, my coaching soul mate, the yin to my yang, and my best friend.