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Continued from page 7 he will help with the NCAFA he attempts to emulate in his and added some great young
programs for younger teams role as coach. athletes,” says St. John. “We’ll
“I guess my first
such as the mosquito or peewee have to wait and see but I think
taste of coaching “I believe that it is a major
age groups that if we reach our potential
would have come from helping responsibility of a coach to be
this year, we should be sitting
out with skills camps for “I was lucky enough to be the leader, not a dictator, and
younger athletes as a high able to learn from some very that each individual player pretty come play-offs.”
school student looking for influential and skilled coaches has different comforts, styles, The team likely has a great
volunteer hours,” says St. John. and there’s a part of me that personality, and inherently will shot with St. John as their

“After graduating the OVFL wants to give something back to react differently to different leader. He was recently named
program as a player I was the community that helped me situations,” says St. John. Coach of the Year.
attending school in Kingston grow as a person and football “Therefore, it is the job of the
“Being named Coach of the
and would return home for the player,” says St. John. “More coach to adapt and subjectively
Year was a great honour. So
summers, which is when a great importantly, it’s the passion of approach each individual in many great coaches volunteer
coach and friend of mine, Derek the players who genuinely love order to evoke that individual’s so much of their time and to

Thomas, recruited me to assist the sport and love competing best effort towards excelling
be recognized among them is
the newer players with learning or getting better that keeps me past their potential.”
very humbling,” says St. John.
the defensive playbook. This excited and motivated to come Currently, St. John’s team is “I don’t coach for any sort of
role began to snowball and help them do so in any way
in the middle of their pre-season recognition but it’s always a
with my coaching experiences possible. I guess having a love
for the upcoming spring 2018 great feeling to know that what
growing I was eventually given and passion for the sport also
year. They are very excited to you do is appreciated. On that
the role of DB positional coach helps.” play their inaugural season as note, I extend my appreciation

and have since ventured into
In terms of philosophies and part of the Ontario Football to everyone behind the scenes
other age groups and levels.”
techniques, St. John doesn’t Conference. who makes sure I have a
This spring, St. John will be restrict himself to any single platform to do what I do.”
“We’re looking forward to
helping with the varsity program one in particular, although see what this team can do in a The Sports Energy team can’t
as a DB coach and special teams he says there are qualities of
new league as we have a large wait to see what’s next for
coordinator. Come fall football, influential figures in his life that
amount of returning players Coach St. John.