**Incase you missed it, you can check out our podcast interview with Coach Williams Here: Creekview Grizzlies Podcast
The Skinny
Coach Trevor Williams takes over as the new head coach of the Creekview Grizzlies. Coach Williams inherits a Creekview team that had the most success in terms of wins in school history. We asked Coach Williams what his biggest challenge would be coming into 2019.
“Replacing 26 seniors from a 12-1 team,” Williams said.
Coach Williams continued by saying, “We have a lot of young guys who will be asked to step up and fill big roles. I think Brody Rhodes, who played a lot last year, is poised to have a big year for us.”
Probably the biggest name on offense for the Grizzlies is “Big” John Williams. The Clemson commit was recently named pre-season All-State and was an All-Region selection in 2018. The Grizzlies also return both quarterbacks from a season ago in Brody Rhodes and Ethan Dirrim. Last season, the duo combined for 1,467 passing yards and 16-TDs. Dirrim also rushed for 844 yards and 7-TDs and also caught 21 passes.
The Grizzlies return also return a host of receivers looking to fill the void left by Paxton Nayman, Cade Radam, and Jacob Pfundt.
The defense might have been hit hardest by graduation. Lake Bowman does return at linebacker. As Coach Williams mentioned before, he will be counting on a lot of young guys to step on defense.
We asked Coach Williams if there were any games circled on the schedule this season.
Williams said, “Every one of them. When you coach a sport that only guarantees 10 opportunities, you cannot afford to look beyond the first game and then look to the next one.”
We asked Williams how the Grizzlies would define success this season.
He said, “We define success as giving great effort and a constant pursuit of improvement in all that we do.”
