Profile: Coach Ricky Roland

December 14, 2009 • Traisha Martin  
Filed under Sports

So far, Coach Rick Roland has under his belt 14 years of coaching.  According to Roland, he is not ready to give it up.  From the basketball court, to the football field, and even the track, Roland has given the performance to justify why for 2004 and 2007, he was awarded the Physical Education Teacher of the Year.

Coach Roland considers him self a pretty easygoing  person who hasn’t had many setbacks in life.

“Well, I have actually had a pretty good life,” he said.

Before every game Rick Roland has a ritual that benefits him.

“I like to talk to my wife so I’m not in such a bad mood,” Roland said.

Basketball requires late practices, which would usually mean not much family time, but he isn’t the typical coach.  Harper, Coach Roland’s nine year old son, is quite the commodity with the Lady Eagle Basketball team.  Little Roland is often seen running around, if not running their practices.

The first Coyle vs. Schrade game was his most memorable moment as a coach.

“Those were always really fun,” Roland said.

His first five years of his coaching experience were at Coyle Middle School.  It took those five years for it to be clarified where Roland’s heart truly is. Not on the football field, or track, but the basketball court.