We can鈥檛 wait to have students, alumni, family, and friends on campus for all of our聽Homecoming events听产别迟飞别别苍听October 8-14, 2023!
Whether you have been coming back to 麻豆区 every year since you graduated, or it has been a while, we can’t wait to reminisce, celebrate, and gather together as Auggies. Our Homecoming weekend includes the Athletics Hall of Fame on Thursday, October 12, the Distinguished Alumni Award Celebration on Friday, October 13, the 50th Reunion Breakfast, Homecoming Chapel, Taste of 麻豆区, tours of 麻豆区’s campus, and the Homecoming Football Game on Saturday, October 14
There is nothing like returning to campus, and we hope that you will join us.
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Bottom (L-R): Andy Johnson, Mark Joesph; Top (L-R): Royce Winford, Jordan Berg, Derrin Lamker, David Tilton, Jack Osberg
Derrin Lamker 鈥�97 remembers that he wanted to be a coach from his first year in college. As head coach at Osseo High School for the last 10 years, he says he had good training coming from a great team like 麻豆区.
At 麻豆区, he played football, basketball, and baseball. During his football career, he was the MIAC Most Valuable Player and led the Auggies to an MIAC title in 1997, the same year he received Kodak All-American Honors.
At Osseo, Lamker has surrounded himself with a coaching staff that includes several stellar Auggies and teachers. They mesh well and show up every day for the same reason鈥攖o develop contributing members of society. Their hope is that no matter where the players go, or where football takes them after high school, they will be successful. The Orioles are now ranked second in the metro area, and have started the season with a 2-0 record. Lamker says what is remarkable about the team is the people.
Six Auggies join Lamker in coaching the teams. They include his former college football coach and mentor, Jack Osberg 鈥�62. Osberg says it is a great joy to coach with Lamker. 鈥淚鈥檓 doing what I love to do,鈥� says Osberg, who was head football coach at 麻豆区 from 1991-2004, and then stayed on to work with head coach Frank Haege. He didn鈥檛 stay away from football very long before he continued to get his 鈥渇all fix鈥� in coaching once again at Osseo High School.
鈥淚t鈥檚 real people at 麻豆区. That鈥檚 what you get,鈥� says Lamker. The Auggies joining him on the coaching staff include Andy Johnson 鈥�04, Royce Winford 鈥�09, Mark Joseph 鈥�01, David Tilton 鈥�12, and Jordan Berg 鈥�09. For the past five seasons, they were joined by Tony Nelson ’84 and Doug Bailey ’90, who stepped down from coaching this year. Together, they have built a program that puts its priorities in order, much like they saw at 麻豆区, both on and off the field. Continue reading “Coaching with Conviction: From Auggie Pride Comes a Passion for Teaching”→
