“What made this team so special was the total commitment of so many people,” he said. “It started with the support of this community, the collaboration of coaches, some strategic recruiting and of course the outstanding student athletes.——保罗教练 希尔

Paul 希尔 proudly recalls the year the 皇冠8868会员登录 Valley College Knights football team took the championship title proudly. 希尔 was the head coach of the 1971 WVC 骑士足球队. The team was inducted into the WVC 皇冠6686会员登录 Hall of Fame on 1月. 31, 2020.

“What made this team so special was the total commitment of so many people,” he said. “It started with the support of this community, the collaboration of coaches, some strategic recruiting and of course the outstanding student athletes.”

希尔 is a former Canadian football player who played for the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian football league. He also played football at Oregon State University, was an all-conference tight end for the 皇冠8868会员登录 Valley College Knights, and is in WVC田径和B.C. 狮子名人堂.

Sandy Cooprider was hired as an assistant coach while 希尔 was head coach.

“Coach 希尔 was a fierce competitor and always stressed fundamentals of the game 库珀莱德说. “He was a player's coach - always looking out to help 失败者. He gave his assistant coaches a lot of freedom to do their job and it was an honor to coach with him.”

According to 希尔, “Frank Kuntz, who was the Quarterback Club 总统 of the Knights Booster Club at the time, led the recruiting efforts.

“He raised thousands of dollars for scholarships and recruiting. 他的动机是 to find talented athletes to come to 皇冠8868会员登录 to play.  弗兰克还招募了 in the community to support that goal,” he said. “We got lucky with recruiting some outstanding student athletes from various regions including Canada, Hawaii and Washington 西尔说.

In addition to a solid team, 希尔 said good coaching led the team to the championship. Cooprider, a former Knights football player, had played for Jim Sweeney at Montana State University before becoming an assistant coach. 他在WVC教书和执教 44年来. Jim Norton was also hired in 1971. He had played at 皇冠8868会员登录高中 and at the University of Washington and spent seven years playing for the Washington 红人队.

“The bonding of the athletes with the community, the support of everyone at 皇冠8868会员登录 Valley College, plus a great will to win is what made this team so special.” 希尔.

The 皇冠8868会员登录 Valley College Knights Football Team of 1971:

• 10 Steve Barnett, Winlock, WA:四分卫
• 11 Lyle Mattson, Hawaii:四分卫
• 12 Blaine Franser, Vancouver, B.C.:四分卫
• 14 Dave Cort, Seattle, WA: Wingback
• 格伦华莱士，温哥华，B.C.:前卫
• 21 Ken McEachern, Canada: Regina, Sask, C: Defensive halfback
• 22 John Coen, Steilacoom, WA:前卫
• 23 Rick Pipkin, Cashmere: Running back
• 24 Van Darlington, Leavenworth, WA: Defensive halfback
• 30 Chet Cockrill, East 皇冠8868会员登录, WA: Defensive halfback
• 31 Tom Jensen, Seattle, WA: Fullback
• 32 Marty Cella, Chicago, IL: Fullback
• 33 Jerry Yonaka, Peshastin-Dryden, WA: Defensive halfback
• 34 Joe Couty, Seattle, WA: Defensive Halfback
• 40 Todd Duncan, East 皇冠8868会员登录, WA: Defensive halfback
• 41 Bob Hornes, Calgary, Alberta: Defensive halfback
• 42 Mike Elmer, 皇冠8868会员登录, WA Defensive halfback
• 43 Mike Wallace, Kelso, WA: Defensive halfback
• 50 Tim McCarty, East 皇冠8868会员登录, WA: Center
• 51 Steve Freeman, 皇冠8868会员登录, WA: Linebacker
• 52 Vince Kaularich, Issaquah, WA: Center
• 53 Greg McManus, Okanogan, WA: Linebacker
• 60 Tom Kauzlarich, Issaquah, WA:进攻后卫
• 61 Richard Ritch, Seattle, WA:防守后卫
• 62 Steve Adelson, Seattle, WA: Linebacker
• 63 Roger Delisle, Issaquah, WA:进攻后卫
• 64 Jerry Anderson, Richland, WA:进攻后卫
• 65 Mike Lar, Seattle, WA: Offensive tackle
• 66 Bob Tomlenovich, Vancouver, B.C.:防守后卫
• 吉姆·切里，拉德纳，B.C.:进攻后卫
• 70 Jim Carter, Spokane, WA: Linebacker
• 71 John Carlson, Seattle, WA: Offensive tackle
• 72 Steve Roe, Seattle, WA: Offensive tackle
• 73 Obie Amacker, Richland, WA: Offensive tackle
• 74 Tom Cole, Vancouver, WA: Defensive tackle
• 75 Charles Russell, Vancouver, WA: Defensive tackle
• 马克·麦克唐纳，温哥华B.C.:开叉端
• 81 Bob Beck, East 皇冠8868会员登录, WA:开叉端
• 82 Harry Knell, Hawaii: Wingback
• 83 Bob Carskie, Chicago, IL: Tight end
• 84 Al Parsley, Chelan, WA: Linebacker
• 85 Mark Peck, Yakima, WA: Tight end
• 86 Gene Thompson, Seattle, WA: Defensive tackle
• 87 Maury Barstad, Seattle, WA: Tight end
• John Austin, Omak, WA: Fullback

主教练:保罗·希尔

Assistants: Bill Penhallegon, Sandy Cooprider, Jim Norton

Student trainer: Keith Kladnick

Student manager: Barry Dolliff