Lower Perk Longhorns: Coaches

2013 Head Coaches will be as follows:

70's Dave Caruthers

80's Keith Cadden

90's Kevin Schimpf

105's (A) - Andy Cobaugh

105's (B) -  Zach Santangelo

120's - Ken Staquet

145's - Doug Stevens

2011 - Coach Rich Dirico (80's-1 Head Coach)

2010 -  Coach Keith Cadden (Flag Head Coach) 

About the Pop Warner Little Scholars Coaches Education Program Pop Warner Little Scholars, the foremost youth football and cheer and dance organization, has partnered with leading coaching education provider American Sport Education Program (ASEP) to develop and deliver new Pop Warner-specific coaching education courses for youth football and cheer and dance coaches. These courses are aimed at educating Pop Warner coaches in order to provide the most positive experience for all Pop Warner participants.

 The organizations collaborated on the development of the following online courses:

Coaching Youth Football: The Pop Warner Way

Coaching Youth Cheer and Dance: The Pop Warner Way

PWLS requires all of its head coaches to take a Pop Warner approved coaching education course. The online courses satisfy the Pop Warner mandatory head coaching requirement. Pop Warner implemented its mandatory coaching education program in 2005. The program requires that each head coach complete a Pop Warner approved coaching course in order to foster a safe learning environment for its young participants, and further the educational mission of Pop Warner. The ASEP program enables Pop Warner to offer its online course options to cheerleading and dance coaches as well as football coaches. ASEP will offer a comprehensive youth football, cheer, and dance curriculum—designed by Pop Warner and ASEP—that includes coaching exercises, activities, videos, and quizzes to reinforce key coaching tactics.

“The Pop Warner program strives to instill the highest levels of sportsmanship, scholarship, and safe play in our young athletes across the country,” said Jon Butler, Executive Director of Pop Warner Little Scholars. “Our partnership with ASEP will provide an unparalleled and comprehensive coaching education and recertification experience for our football, cheer, and dance coaches. The Pop Warner mission begins with our coaches, so it is imperative that each coach be educated and trained to the highest standards.” Coaches pass the course by achieving a score of 80 percent or better.

Coaches who pass the course can print a certificate of course completion from the website. The course is valid for three years.

About Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc. PWLS is a non-profit youth football and cheerleading organization whose mission is to enable children to benefit from participation in team sports and activities by promoting safe athletics and academic excellence for participants between the ages of 5 and 15.

Founded in 1929 and headquartered in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, Pop Warner Little Scholars is the world’s largest youth football, cheerleading, and dance organization and the only youth sports organization that mandates academic proficiency as a prerequisite for participation. Currently over 400,000 youth participate in Pop Warner programs in 43 states, Scotland, Germany, Russia, Japan, and Mexico. The NFLPA estimates that 70 percent of all current NFL players began their careers in Pop Warner.