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Show 'firth coach steps in . hman footbaU begins iJ on it will be under direction of newly Trnach Dale Johnson. Ko, Wis., Coach p replaces Jeff Jespersen be oachtog in California !fi Despite the new Cng that allows fresh-:. fresh-:. ngvarsityfootbaU, the - l oroFm wiU continue t ' oach Johnson and his Stake on four opposing 3 Tis season beginning with ioct. 13 on the fever hved out West. ,i time I was here two ' , I fell in love with the tins. It was then I kriew I Loy Uving out here, said Johnson. While working coach with the freshmen 1 Johnson will continue J0n to Pn-D- in Physical ,tD Johnson is originally ..Racine, Wis. He attended University of Wisconsin at ;0SSe, where he played I ;iterback and defensive I- i : tie past eight years Coach it ma has worked with high 4 football teams. He was J coach for five years at !r :k High School. Coach Johnson also served as backfield coach at Homestead High in Milwaukee just before his aD pointment at the University. "I became interested in coaching on the college level after working eight years with high school football. Coaching here will give me an opportunity to spend more time and to get more involved with football," said Coach Johnson. "I'm sure I'm going to enjoy my job tremendously." tremen-dously." As far as a frosh player playing varsity ball, Coach Johnson said "If a boy is that good he can play four years instead of three. But the chances of even a good freshman fresh-man player playing varsity are very nil." Football has always been one of Coach Johnson's major interests. in-terests. "It's like a chess game. There is a great deal of creativity as far as manipulating and working on the offense and defense. It's not just a bunch of guys butting heads." When Coach Johnson begins working with his team of 45 players (so far), he will be preparing them to continue the excellent 15-1 record the freshmen fresh-men have accumulated in past seasons. |