|
Deates to Leave
UW-Stevens Point Football Program
UW-Stevens Point football coach John Miech has
announced that defensive coordinator Kevin Deates will be leaving at the end
of the 2003-04 academic year to pursue opportunities in private business.
�Kevin has been a very important part of our
success in football over the last five years,� Miech said. �His camaraderie
with our student-athletes and game day intensity will greatly be missed.�
A Hall of Fame player for
the Pointers, Deates returned to UW-Stevens Point in the fall of 1999 as a
defensive line coach and was elevated to defensive coordinator before the
2001 season when the Pointers won the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference title and advanced to the NCAA Division III playoffs. Deates was
named the 2001 Wisconsin Collegiate Assistant Coach of the Year by the
Wisconsin Football Coaches Association.
�Coach Miech and I have
been discussing this situation since the end of last season,� Deates said.
�As a college coach, you spend so much time recruiting and coaching other
people�s children, you miss watching your children in their selected sports.
Since the university wants me to get an advanced degree, I have decided to
give up the prestige and glory of being the defensive coordinator at one of
the top football programs in the nation so I can watch my own son
participate in athletics.�
In 2003, the Pointers finished 8-2 and led the
WIAC in defense. Deates was also an Assistant Athletic Director and
Instructor in the School of HESA at UW-Stevens Point.
�Kevin has made numerous
positive contributions during his five-year tenure in our department,� said
Associate Dean Fred Hebert. �We thank him and wish him all the best in his
promising future.�
A search will begin
immediately for his replacement. |
