Rick Coles

Professor Emeritus of Exercise Science and Retired College Football Coach, father of 4, grandfather of 2. Nancy's Husband. Proud graduate of Coe College. #GATA

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

Today is the anniversary of D-Day & at the American cemetery in Normandy, French caretakers collect sand from Omaha Beach & rub it into the gravestones to highlight the names of the departed.

They do this for all 9,388 soldiers who lay there.

#DDay80

[Rick Coles @coach_rc]

@_coach_JC $12,000. Taught 8th grade social studies, asst. HS football and track. Combined teaching salary and coaching stipends $12,000. 1979-80.

[Rick Coles @coach_rc]

@MrGlenCarroll @RepNancyMace I'm referring to this post. The one I commented on, and the one you all attacked her for telling the truth.

[Rick Coles @coach_rc]

@jaytotheB17 @PL67712441 @RepNancyMace Nancy said she was the first woman to graduate from the Corps of Cadets (undergraduate) not grad school. She IS the first woman to graduate from the Corps of Cadets.

[Rick Coles @coach_rc]

@MrGlenCarroll @RepNancyMace Nancy said she was the first woman to graduate from the Corps of Cadets (undergraduate) not grad school. She IS the first woman to graduate from the Corps of Cadets.

[Rick Coles @coach_rc]

@AndrewJames1201 @RepNancyMace Nancy said she was the first woman to graduate from the Corps of Cadets (undergraduate) not grad school. She IS the first woman to graduate from the Corps of Cadets.

[Rick Coles @coach_rc]

@MrGlenCarroll @RepNancyMace Nancy said she was the first woman to graduate from the Corps of Cadets (undergraduate) not grad school. She IS the first woman to graduate from the Corps of Cadets.

[Rick Coles @coach_rc]

@CoachYashinsky Thank you for your service Coach!

[Ripon Red Hawks @RiponRedHawks]

Today, Ripon College announced the appointment of Rich Warren as its next Vice President and Director of Athletics. Warren joins Ripon College from Hanover College, where he served as Associate VP for Athletics.

For the full release, visit https://t.co/dSiqjlrdjn

[Rick Coles @coach_rc]

52 was my football number at Linn-Mar 52 years ago!

[Linn-Mar Football @TheLMFootball]

Happy Mother’s Day to the moms, and mother figures who make it all possible. ❤️🖤
From early mornings to Friday night lights—your support never goes unnoticed. #FindAWay #mothersday #linnmarfootball

[Rick Coles @coach_rc]

@TheLMFootball 52 was my football number at Linn-Mar 52 years ago!

[Rick Coles @coach_rc]

Happy Mothers Day to this awesome mother of 4 Nancy Coles. The anchor of the family 😉

[Rick Coles @coach_rc]

@CoachDanCasey I coached Paul Johnson-style triple option at 3 colleges for 25 years. We cut the perimeter force player, and not once caused a serious injury to an opponent's knee. We emphasized cutting the TOP of the thigh pad, not the knee.

[Mike Hoffmann @MikeHoffmann]

Luke Falk shared a Mike Leach story that stopped me cold:

Two kids. One rich. One poor.

Every training camp, Coach Leach told his team about these 2 kids.

The rich kid has two choices.

Get soft. Get entitled. Expect everything handed to him because he was handed more.

Or take the resources, the coaching, the opportunities, and compound them into something greater.

The poor kid has two choices too.

Say nobody gave him anything. Blame the world. Make his circumstances the reason he never became what he could have been.

Or outwork everyone in the room.

Luke said the locker room had both. Kids from wealth. Kids from nothing. Kids with every advantage. Kids who scraped for every inch.

Same choice for all of them.

Ownership or victimhood.
Fuel or excuse.

The rich kid can waste the head start or build on it.

The poor kid can drown in the deficit or weaponize it.

Greatness doesn't come from where you start.

It comes from which kid you choose to feed.

Credit to @coachlukefalk for continuing to share golden nuggets about Coach’s legacy

[Rick Coles @coach_rc]

A great weekend so far. A wedding of 2 RC grads on Friday (previously posted), and coming back today stopped in Menomonee Falls for granddaughter Riann's softball game. Riann played great!

[Rick Coles @coach_rc]

Being invited to a former player's wedding is the greatest reward a coach can get. Nancy Coles and I were so happy to attend the wedding of two Ripon graduates, Griff Mcneal (football) and Abby Ryan (soccer)

[Jake Marshall @Jmar56]

Dline owning the week!

#BeRed

[Ripon Red Hawks @RiponRedHawks]

Carli Moldenhauer is your MWC Performer of the Week for Softball!

Moldenhauer went 5-8 this week for the Red Hawks as Ripon took down Monmouth, earning 2 2Bs, 1 RBI, and a stolen base. Moldenhauer currently sits at 1st in the MWC for 2B (13) and 5th for batting average (.432).

[Ripon Red Hawks @RiponRedHawks]

Your Red Hawks of the Week: Peyton Vandeloo and Alex Ramus!

Vandeloo earned 11 strikeouts and gave up 0 ER in Saturday's win over Monmouth, while Ramus tied a school record with a 6-for-6 performance against Lawrence, also hitting his first career home run.

Congratulations!