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2007 WOLVERINE COACHING STAFF
Ed Cerise - General Manager
Anthony Jefferies - HEAD COACH Offensive Coordinator, RB's
Jimmie Pryor - Asst. Head Coach Defense Coordinator, DB's and LB's
Eric Drage - Passing Coordinator, QB's and WR's Coach
TBD - Offensive Line Coach
TBD - Defensive Line Coach
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Anthony Jefferies
AJ is in his 4th season with the Wolverines and through his leadership the Wolverines look to compete for the RMFL Championship. AJ has helped revamp the Wolverines offense turning around a team that once relied so heavily on their defense the offense didn't need to show up. In fact they rarely did.
Here is an excerpt from AJ’s bio at Juan Diego High School where he is currently an Assistant Football Coach as well as teacher. " I was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. Attended Catholic schools all my life at Saint Ann's and Judge Memorial Catholic High School. Graduated from Southern Utah University in History and a minor in Physical Education. Certified Personal trainer NASM and Form of weight lifting. I played football from high school to pro level, where now I coach football and track and field. I have been teaching for 5 years here at Juan Diego Catholic High School."
The Wolverines are very pleased with Anthony and have promoted him this season to Head Coach. Expect the Wolverines to improve in every statistical category as well as contending for the 2007 RMFL Championship with the leadership AJ is providing.
Jimmie Pryor
Jimmie Pryor is also in his 3rd year with the Wolverines taking over a very talented Wolverine Defense and asserting discipline and technique. Jimmie is also being promoted this season to Assistant Head Coach; he will work closely with AJ to make sure that game specific objectives are being met. Although some may say the Wolverine Defense suffered through a learning curve, expect the Wolverine Defense to again be one of the most feared and productive in the league.
Jimmie is a former University of Utah defensive back who played from 1991-1995. Jimmie was also named the California Athlete of the year his senior season in High School. Now think about this, how many great athletes come out of the entire state of California? He was not a regional Athlete of the year, but Athlete of the Year of the entire state of California.
Jimmie brings a wealth of knowledge to our defense; he will be working closely with our Corners and Safety’s on fundamental skills to improve them as players. The Wolverines look forward to having another set of eyes helping us torment opposing offenses.
Eric Drage
Eric Drage is the former Wasatch Wildcats Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator.
Through Drage’s leadership, the Wildcats averaged 30 points per game in 2004 and held their opponents to 12 per game. He has also served as offensive coordinator and receivers coach at Lehi High School .
Drage, raised in Tucson , Arizona , was high school player of the year in 1988 before moving on the play for BYU. At owns many BYU records including career receiving yards with 3,066 and the longest reception in school history, a 97-yard touchdown against the University of Utah in 1991. He ranks fourth all-time in school history with 29 touchdowns.
Along with the school records, Drage also won various awards. In 1991 he received second-team All-WAC and Academic All-WAC honors. In 1992 Drage earned first-team All-WAC, Academic All-WAC, GTE Academic All-District, and GTE second-team All-America honors. In 1993 he collected first-team All-WAC honors and received an NCAA post-graduate scholarship.
Drage played for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League in 1994 and was the team’s leading rookie receiver.
Drage married the former Rachelle Carlson in July 1990. He graduated from BYU with a degree physical education and communications and taught high school for three years and currently works in sales.
Jason Smith
Jason played his high school football at Tigard HS in Oregon. After a successful high school career, he played one year for the #1 nationally ranked Ricks College Vikings before serving an LDS mission in San Francisco, California (Spanish).
Upon his return he played another year at Ricks College before suffering a career ending back injury. He then transfered to BYU and received a Marketing/ Advertising degree in 2004.
Jason joins the Wolverines this year to focus primarily on the Offensive Line. Jason lives in Draper and currently works as an Account Executive of Corporate Sponsorship Sales for the Utah Jazz.
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