In the stands were Speedway paramedics Jeff Hartman and Eric Emerson, whose daughter Whitley was Fairs best player. Email: kkarcher@eccc.edu. He is a coach and he is an amazing man! Admission will be paid at the front door via cash or check. As a sophomore Tyrone was the varsitys starting point guard, but at midterms his physics grade dipped into the C-range. 2021 Hawk Clinic Presentation Topics He later continued his career in the National Football League as a member of the Denver Broncos and played as a replacement player when other NFL players were on strike. That could be as simple as walking on campus, seeing a piece of paper on the ground and putting it in the trash. Its a story about family, about parenting. And they'll laugh about the old field they had to use at Decatur Central, a slab of earth that grew almost no grass beneath dim lights that had the Hawks joking about playing in miners' caps. 5. Lets change that. He also served as the schools athletic director and taught a ninth-grade Bible class at Fellowship Bible Church. Until her son reaches the end zone, Laverna Tracy is screaming, Go, Tracy! He is also a very knowledgeable football coach. And the roster is a . Many of those young people are in their 30s, 40s and 50s now, and are here tonight to pay tribute to what Jef meant to them as a coach. 6 PM: On 4/5/2021 at 9:43 AM, coachgoodin said: The Indiana Gridiron Digest Online Football Community, Decatur Central Football Coaches Clinic Friday April 16th. Hes leading again this season, but suffered a broken foot two weeks ago and is out for the year. Mollenkopf ran the Wing-T offense and Oklahomas famed five-man front, and if it was good enough for the greatest coach in Purdue history, it was good enough for Devere Fair. IHSAA football playoffs didnt start until 1973. Fax: 317-856-2156, MSD of Decatur Township Decatur, IL 62522. Karcher began his coaching career in 1991 at North Texas State University, where he coached quarterbacks and wide receivers. Indianapolis, IN 46221 A. D. for Events & Facilities 217-424-3605 217-424-3605: Bryan Marshall: Assistant Athletic Director . Gibson attended Decatur Central High School, where he lettered in football and track. Karcher guided the 2015 ECCC football team to an 8-3 record, still the program's best won-loss record since 1999. On Wednesday, the Board approved a postseason . Kenneths report card came. We are officially one week out from the 1st Annual Hawk Clinic! Did I say Kenneth could be the best of the bunch? He was recognized for his athletic accomplishments in 1985 when he was inducted into the DC Athletic Hall of Fame. How else do you explain a man who coaches his first game at age 24 and does it with a passion that burns so hot, it produces three straight undefeated seasons and a field named in his honor and a plaque in the Indiana Football Hall of Fame? Theyll laugh about the tiny locker room and the team shower, if you could call two pieces of half-inch pipe no nozzle, just two skinny streams of water a shower. Your standards there really are that high. Thats what coaching is: changing lives.. The oldest is Charles Turner V. Laverna is his mother, but dont make my mistake and refer to Tyrone Sr. as Charles stepdad., So, Charles Turner. 1994: Members of the 1944 Decatur High football team gather around coach Francis "Smock" White. Dixson is a 2002 Decatur Central graduate. We had an old physical education professor at Purdue, Duane Purvis, the All-American (Purdue running back in 1933 and 34), and he said: Youll coach the way you were coached. Football - Coaching Staff; Image Name Title; Carlton Hall: Head Football Coach: Bryan Sander: Assistant Football Coach-Defensive Coordinator: Dion Wiggins: Assistant Football Coach-Offensive Coordinator: Patrick Allgeier: Assistant Football Coach/Asst. Im raising my eyebrows. Find IndyStar columnist Gregg Doyel on Twitter: @GreggDoyelStar or at facebook.com/gregg.doyel. January 9 Oldenburg Girls Basketball Coach Eric Feller, East Central Girls Basketball Coach Kevin Moore, Batesville Cheer Coach Jama Cleghorn, and Batesville Boys Basketball Coach Aaron Garrett. Theyre at Roncalli this past week, one south-side powerhouse playing another. Tonight, we recognize another individual who is well deserving of this award. If you do not want us and our partners to use cookies and personal data for these additional purposes, click 'Reject all'. You cannot paste images directly. After wins, and for 3 years all those Decatur Central teams did was win, Devere Fair and Jim Ware came back to the house and ordered a big pizza and relived the game. Coach Nowlin The second longest-tenured football coach in East Central Community College history has announced his retirement effective at the conclusion of the current 2022 season. My parents warned me, Kenneth says. Boys Tennis Head . Ah, right. Martinsville was a small town, everybody knew everybody, and so it was that a woman who had grown up in Scottsburg and who still took the Scottsburg paper read about Devere and Janes marriage in the newspaper. Support for Decatur athletics went much further and has included thousands of dollars of financial assistance from Jef and his wife Dianne Moore Farmer, a 1970 Decatur grad. In addition to many special friends, former athletes he has coached, fellow coaches and others, Jef is supported tonight by his wife and Hawk fan partner Dianne Farmer, daughter Heidi Brumback, son Bobby Farmer, his four grandchildren and many other extended family members. It was the college's first bowl game since 1996, and only the fourth bowl game since the Warriors began playing football in 1928. He visited Michigan State last weekend and will be at Indiana this weekend. Decatur Central Football Coaches Clinic Friday April 16th. Jef was among the driving forces that organized the youth football program that is still today helping our young people learn to love and play football. Circumstances took Devere Fair onto football fields at Martinsville High and Purdue, then put him on sidelines at Wabash High and Decatur Central. As a kid, Laverna told him it would be difficult to excel in school, sports and band; pick one. Theyre making As and Bs. It is served by the TGV and TER Grand Est and is on the train line Soissons . He has 40 touches this season; if you cant do the math, ask Kenneth. 12 and No. Decatur, IL 62526 P: 217-875-2431 . Ken Karcher has led the ECCC Warrior football program for the past 10 seasons, twice earning coach of the year honors and winning the first South Division title in school history. Apr. Kids a walking calculator. Decatur Central linebacker Aycen Stevens committed to Virginia Tech this week. We could not be more excited to host these great coaches and get back to having clinics in person!! Find out more. All-American? . Decatur Central beat Ben Davis six times in Devere Fairs eight seasons. Thank you God for the privilege of knowing this man!, You are a wonderful person, friend, coach, mentor, father, husband. Thats how the future Hall of Fame coach found his punter. ECCC will conclude the 2022 season on October 27 at Pearl River in Poplarville. "The memories I will hold close to my heart are about the people I encountered along the way.". It was the college's. He couldnt. 2022-23 - Budget. They went to Purdue together, Devere a walk-on lineman on Jack Mollenkopfs first Boilermakers football team, Jane a student until she dropped out to pay the bills. That includes another cousin, Miles Tracy, now a 6-4 junior basketball player at Cardinal Ritter. . They dont have just one job, see. The $30 entry fee covers one beverage on us and a catered meal from our presenting sponsor, Camby Applebee's. Circumstances didnt cause him to coach his first game in that herringbone hat and skinny black tie, and those high-water pants above white socks and black shoes but they did dictate that he never coached in anything else. I think if a person has an understanding of their own value and worth its easier to come to work each day and to do the things youre asked to do. Johns surgeon walked into the waiting room and told his parents: When Daddy went to work, the boy stayed home. #committed #AGTG @Coach_EQuintana . View ourPrivacy Policy | Powered by Campus Suite, Decatur Township School Resource Officers, download the Adobe Acrobat Reader DC software. Boys and Girls Club of Central Wyoming 4.5. September 26 Batesville Football Coach Evan Ulery, Batesville Girls Golf Coach Tom Meyer, Batesville Volleyball Coach Kateri Paul with three seniors, Cayman Werner, Laney Walsman, and Isabelle Westerfeld. He not only was our football coach but our friend and a valued member of our campus and local communities. The Melcher-Dallas Girls Track and Field Squad placed 9th at the Central Decatur Relays on Thursday. As a senior, he was a first-team All-state selection and was named as a Top 33 Pick by the Bloomington Herald-Times. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Jef was also a longtime volunteer coach in the football and basketball varsity programs. Checks should be made out to Decatur Central Football. 13, Tracy. Phone: 317-856-5265 That field will always be a part of him, and someday, he will be a part of it. Its still there, that dusty old field where Devere Fair did his coaching at Decatur Central. Scott McMurray (Defensive Coordinator - New Palestine): New Pal Linebacker Play & Drill Work Oh, you say you dont have homework? Larrys wife, Erica, is an assistant vice president for a mortgage company. Presenting the award is Jefs good friend and colleague, David Doc Rather! Tyrone Tracy Sr. drives for FedEx and owns Tyrone's Lawn Service. August 10, 2021 5:30 AM Former Decatur Schools Superintendent Joseph Coburn and School Board President Thomas Houchin during a meeting in June. He didnt yell one time that day at practice, barely raised his voice, and afterward two captains came to him with concern: Whats the matter, they asked, have you given up on us?, Fair tells that story in pauses. Their fathers Larry Jr. is Larry IIIs dad;his brotherTyrone Sr. has the other three have coached them since they were a bunch of 3-olds playing flag football. They found out. Decatur Central family coaches success on, off field, 'Die-hard Rebel' needed two more weeks to see Roncalli state title, Help for Speedway coach was a heartbeat away, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. He was the coach and AD. The city was founded in 1829 and is situated along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Central Illinois.Decatur is the seventeenth-most populous city in Illinois.. The respect I have for him is so so much!, Decatur Central is very lucky to have someone with Jeffs qualities. Under Karchers tutelage, quarterback T.J. Rubley earned All-World League honors and was named the leagues most valuable offensive player. And they coach their kids. Lets figure out this sports story. Tyrones wife, Laverna, has worked 14 years at Engineered Machine Products and earning anaccounting degreefrom Indiana Tech. A three year varsity starter, named All-Turkey Tournament team his junior and senior year, a leading scorer and most valuable. Legendary Decatur Central football coach, athletic director and science teacher Devere G. Fair, 85, of Indianapolis, passed away December 4. "And now, I'm in charge of our athletic department. ramseym stteresa.org; Samantha Sirbaugh. DEC. 6 2019 DECATUR CENTRAL ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME The Decatur Central High School Athletic Hall of Fame was founded 37 years ago to recognize the outstanding players, coaches and contributors to Hawk athletic programs throughout the history of our school. No. If you do so please bring $30 cash or check. Join our linker program. **DCTV FOOTBALL RECAP**Here's ALL the highlights from an incredible 31-29 victory by Decatur Central Football over New Palestine last night at Devere Fair St. Boys Soccer Head Coach: Johnell Evans JOEvans@dps61.org. $35,734 - $45,739 a year. December 5 Batesville Girls Basketball Coach Mitchell Taylor, Milan Girls Basketball Coach Karissa Voss, and Batesville Boys Basketball Coach Aaron Garrett. A gathering place for everyone within the Hawk Pride community. The hard work and dediction is showing - our football team has remained focused upon the goal! I probably wouldnt have attended college, says Asher, an Indiana grad who went into teaching out of IU, if it wasn't for Coach Fair.. Well, maybe. He was hired the following season by head Coach Galen Hall as passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Orlando Thunder of the World League of American Football. They wrestle. Vinson, Brandon ( Jr.) Velasquez, Christian ( So.) Coach Goodin, was great seeing you there and wish nothing but the best for your Hawks this year. September 12 Batesville Football Coach Evan Ulery, Batesville Boys Tennis Coach Mitchell Taylor, and North Decatur Football Coach Steven Stirn. And she knows the toil Johns health took on Devere, the guilt he felt as he left his boy at home to go coach the sons of other fathers. On 10/28, the Decatur Central varsity football team won their home playoff game against McCutcheon (Lafayette, IN) by a score of 31-13. 812-934-5111 | Contact Us Nikita Stover was named the new head football coach at Decatur Heritage Christian Academy on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Scott McMurray (Defensive Coordinator - New Palestine): New Pal Linebacker Play & Drill Work, We are officially 11 days out from the 1st annual Hawk Clinic!! October 17 Batesville Football Coach Evan Ulery, Batesville Boys Soccer Coach Kyle Hunteman, South Ripley Volleyball Coach Lisa Gilpin, and East Central Boys Soccer Coach BJ Black. "Ken Karcher is that coach who every mom and dad wants their son to play football for," said East Central Community College President Dr. Brent Gregory. "They're young guys and they're go-getters. 8 PM: Max Goodin (Defensive Coordinator - Decatur Central): Simply Complex - Building a Defensive Identity While Being Multiple East Central then accepted an invitation to the 2015 C.H.A.M.P.S. November 14 Batesville Football Coach Evan Ulery, Batesville Girls Basketball Coach Mitchell Taylor, North Decatur Football Coach Steve Stirn, and Jac-Cen-Del Band Director Cameron Blackwell. Circumstances, you know? Players have to know you care about them.. Top NCSA Athletes at Decatur Central High School Patrick Ngoga Men's Soccer - Attacking Midfielder Class of 2021 Nathaniel Madden Baseball - RHP Class of 2021 Jasmine Hermosillo Women's Soccer - Outside Back Class of 2021 Nicholas Valdez Men's Soccer - Goalkeeper Class of 2023 Top NCSA Athletes in Area Kristafer Wilkes Im not! Jane calls out from the kitchen in their home in Carmel. Some of my best childhood memories are with him on the ball field!, I have always thought of Jeff as one the most positive influences in my life setting an example of honesty, hard work, self discipline and respect. We ran the same things at Decatur Central, he says. Kenneth is sitting with Tyrone and Javon, and theyre not eating until homeworks done. He helped lead the Rockets in an upset win over the Michigan Wolverines, although the squad finished 3-8. NEW! Date: Opponent: Home/Away: Time: 8/29: Effingham: Away: 6:00: 9/12: Central A&M: Away: 6:00: 9/19: Meridian: Away: 6:00: 9/26: Clinton: Away: 6:00: 10/3: Sullivan . Be an All-American next year.. November 8Franklin County Tennis state finalist Jack Stirn; East Central Cross Country state finalist Rachel Campbell with coach Steve Cotherman; South Ripley Cross Country state finalist Lanie Nicholson with coach Jim Cole and North Decatur Football coach Steve Stirn. 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