| ROCHELLE HUBS COACHING STAFF |
| RICHARD HARVEY – Freshman QBs and Secondary
Coach Harvey is entering his fourth year coach on the football staff. Coach Harvey came from the DeKalb school system where he has coach football from the 8th grade level up to the varsity level. He also enjoyed great success as an Assistant and Varsity Head Coach of the Wrestling Program in DeKalb. Richard attend high school at Mt. Zion where he enjoyed a lot of success as a football player (State record holder in 7 categories), as a wrestler he was a 3 time state qualifier, and he was also an elite member of his school’s baseball team. He attended college at Millikin University where he played football and was a member of the Wrestling team. He continued his success while at Millikin on the both the football field and on the wrestling mat. Coach Harvey was inducted into the Athletic Hall of fame for Football and was also a 3 time National Qualifier for the wrestling team. When he was not busy with athletics he took time to earn his B.S. in education and then he received his M.S. in Education and Administration form NIU. Richard is employed by RTHS as the Assistant Principal. Mr. Harvey resides in Rochelle with his wife Staci and his 3 children Alex, Ben & Anna. |
| BRIAN WORTHINGTON – Freshman Offensive Coordinator, Freshman Offensive and Defensive Line
Coach Worthington will be entering his 17th season with the Hubs Program. He has been a Varsity assistant and Sophomore Head Coach. Other Coaching experience at RTHS includes, former assistant wrestling Coach for four years. Brian also teaches English at RTHS and has been teaching and coaching for 17 years. Brian graduated from Yorkwood (Monmouth) High School in 1986. He then graduated from Knox College in 1990 with his B.A. in English Literature. Brian is also a four-year Letterman at Knox College where he played Defensive Lineman on the Football team. Other education for Coach Worthington includes an M.S.ed from Northern Illinois University. |
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| CHRIS LEWIS – Assistant Head Coach, Defensive Coordinator, Inside Linebackers, & Running Backs
Coach Lewis will be starting his 10th season as a member of the Hubs coaching staff. In addition to his coaching duties he teaches Conditioning PE at RTHS. He is also the Hub Power Coordinator, which is the summer strength and conditioning program for the high school athletic department. Prior to coaching at Rochelle, Coach Lewis was an assistant at Defiance College and Western Illinois University. While at WIU the team was ranked in the top 10, won the conference championship, and qualified for the 1AA playoffs. Coach Lewis attended high school at Northmont High School in Clayton, Ohio where he was an all-state lineman. After high school Coach Lewis attended Defiance College in Defiance, Ohio where he graduated in 1998 with his B.S. At Defiance Coach Lewis was an Offensive Lineman on the Defiance College football team. Chris also has a Master’s Degree from WIU in physical education and also completed his degree from Aurora University in Education Administration. |
| Vic Worthington –Freshman Co-head Coach, Linebackers, Running Backs, and Long Snappers.
The 2010 season will be Coach Worthington’s 8th with the Hub football staff. In addition to football, he has been coaching basketball at Rochelle Middle School (RMS) since 2000, boys track at RTHS since 2003, and had a brief stint as RMS 8th grade volleyball coach in 2003. He teaches full time at RMS in the Tech Lab, where he has been employed since 2006. Originally from Little York, Illinois, Vic graduated from Yorkwood High School in 1993. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Taylor University (Upland, Indiana), in communications with a minor in environmental science. While on the Taylor football team he was a 3 year starter as a long snapper and a senior co-captain. He earned his master’s degree in education from Rockford College in 2006. Vic and his wife Melody reside in Rochelle with their two children, Wyatt and Vivian. Melody is also a teacher at RMS, where she was also a 3-sport coach before having kids. The family attends church at New Hope Fellowship in Rochelle. Vic’s older brother, Brian, is the other co-head coach of the freshmen team. Vic is the taller of the two brothers. |
| ADRIAN SMITH - Soph. Defensive Coordinator, Soph. Running Backs and LBs
Coach Smith is entering his 11th season with the Hubs Football Program. Other coaching responsibilities at RTHS include assisting with the Winter and Summer Hub Power conditioning program. Coach Smith is also the Head Coach for the Girls Softball team at RTHS. Adrian also teaches Biology at RTHS. After graduating high school from Eisenhower High School in 1995, he attended Millikin University where he graduated in 2000 with a B.S. in Biology. Coach Smith also played quarterback on the football team as well as outfielder on the baseball team at Millikin University. Adrian also earned a Masters degree in Educational Leadership from Aurora University in 2009. |
| KEVIN CRANDALL – Head Varsity Coach, Offensive Coordinator, DB & QB Coach
Coach Crandall is entering his 17th season as the head coach of the Hubs Football Program. In his seventeen years as the Hubs Head Football Coach his teams have made it to the State Playoffs thirteen times. Six times the Hubs reached the 2nd round and Hubs have made it to the Semi-Finals 3 times. ( 98, 01, & 02) From 1998 to 2004 the Hubs won the NCIC southwest conference championship 7 times in a row with 35 consecutive conference wins. Coach Crandall has a record over the last sixteen years of 117-56 for a winning percentage of .676 as Head Coach of the Hubs Football Program. Before coming to RTHS Coach Crandall started his career as an Assistant Coach at Centralia High School in 1986. Then in 1987 he became the Head Coach at Bethany High School where his record was 9-10 and his team made one playoff appearance. From 1989-1993 Kevin was the head coach at Villa Grove High School where his record was 32-20 and his teams made the playoffs three times with one of them being a 2A Quarter Finals finish in 1990. Coach Crandall's Lifetime Career coaching record is 158-86 with a winning percentage of .646. Kevin graduated from Tremont High School in 1981 and then attended Millikin University where he graduated with his B.S. in 1985. He also received his M.S. in Educational Administration from Eastern Illinois University in 1994. |
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| Erick Olson – Varsity Offensive and Defensive Line
This will be Coach Olson 1st year as a member of the Varsity staff coaching the offensive and defensive line. The previous 4 years Coach Olson was the Head Freshman Coach. Prior to Rochelle, Erick was the Head Football Coach and Kincaid High School. Erick also graduated and played football at Millikin University. |
| KYLE KISSACK - Varsity Assistant Coach, Special Teams Coordinator, Outside Linebackers, & Receiver TE This is Coach Kissack's 4th season with the Hubs Coaching staff and is employed at RTHS as a Health and Physical Education Teacher. Kyle is a 1999 Graduate of RTHS. While at Rochelle, Kyle was a member of the 1998 Semi-Final team, the 1998 Hacket Award Winner, the 1998 All Area Player of the Year, participated in the 1998 East-West Shrine game, and he was also a 1998 All Conference award winner for offense, defense and special teams. He was also a member of the RTHS Track team where he was all conference and state qualifier in the 400M and 1600M Relay Team, which still holds the school record. After high school Coach Kissack attended EIU where he was a quarterback on the football team, a 2002 All Academic All Conference, and member of the EIU Football Unity Council. His studies included Health Education while at EIU. In 2007 he earned his M.S. in Educational Administration. Prior to coming to Rochelle Kyle spent one year at Woodstock high school as an Assistant Sophomore Football Coach. He then coached 3 years at Sullivan High School where he was a Varsity assistant Coach, Head Junior Varsity Coach, and the Head Track Coach. |
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NICK REINECK – Sophomore Offensive Coordinator, Sophomore QBs and Secondary
This is Coach Reineck's fourth season with the Hubs Football Staff. Nick is a graduate of RTHS where he participated in Football, Basketball, and Baseball. Nick was the QB of the 2001 semi-final team. Nick was also an all-conference, all–area QB, & played in the East-West Shrine game. Nick’s overall record as the QB of Rochelle from 1999-2001 was 28-6, which is the most wins of any Rochelle QB. Also Nick was an all-conference basketball player on the three regional championship teams. He senior year team set the school record for most wins in a season with 26. After high school Nick attended College at Augustana where he was a member of the football team. He transferred to Knox College where he played 2 years of basketball and baseball. Nick graduated from Knox in 2006 with a teaching degree in Social Studies In addition to Nick’s football coaching duties, he a social studies teacher and Head Baseball |
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| Jason Harper – Sophomore Offensive and Defensive Line Coach
This will be Coach Harper’s fourth season with the Hubs football staff. Jason is a graduate of RTHS where he was a member of the football, basketball, and baseball team. Jason was a DB on the 2001 & 2002 Semi-final teams with a combined record of 24-2. Jason was also a member of the two regional basketball championship teams. Jason was All-Conference and All–Area in both football and basketball. After high school Jason went on to Knox College and played 4 years of basketball. Jason is currently a special education teacher at Harlem High school. He is also an assistant basketball coach at RTHS. |
| Jason Harper coming soon |