American football coach
Stephen Sutherland Fickert is an American football coach who has coached at the high school , college , indoor professional , and international levels.
Playing career
A native of Indianapolis , Fickert began his college football career at Miami of Ohio where he played for head coaches Bo Schembechler and Bill Mallory . He transferred to Butler University where he lettered 3 times from 1970 and 1972 and was named first team all–ICC .
Early coaching career
Fickert’s coaching career began at Seeger High School in West Lebanon, Indiana in 1973, finishing with a record of 1 win and 9 losses. [ 1] Wabash College for two years and for one year at Albion University where he was part of a very successful 1977 squad.[ 2]
College head coach
Fickert was the head coach at Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee from 1978 to 1979. A one-year stint at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan ended in 1980 after Fickert resigned in protest over budget cuts[ 3] Brian VanGorder .[ 4] Western New Mexico University in Silver City, New Mexico from 1981 to 1983.
In 1985, Fickert made the unorthodox move of taking out $1,500 in advertising space in the Chicago Sun-Times to recruit players Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa where he was the coach for one year in 1985.[ 5]
Fickert served as the head coach at Elmhurst High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana from 1987 to 1989, finishing 7–20,[ 6] William Blount High School in Maryville, Tennessee from 1995 to 1998, finishing 13–28.[ 7]
In 1999, Fickert coach the Seinäjoki Crocodiles of Seinäjoki , Finland to a championship in the Finnish Maple League and followed that with a one-year stint as the head coach of the Hannover Musketeers of the German Football League . In 2001, Fickert was the head coach of the Tupelo Fire Ants of the National Indoor Football League ,[ 8] Bakersfield Blitz in 2002,[ 9] Grand Rapids Rampage in 2004, and the Quad City Steamwheelers in 2005.[ 10]
Fickert spent time as the offensive coordinator at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas [ 11] Parker Lutheran High School in Parker, Colorado to a 9–9 record from 2008 to 2009.[ 12]
Fickert was the general manager of the Huntington Hammer in Huntington, West Virginia for the 2011 season. After that, he served as the head coach of the Briganti Napoli in the second division of the Italian Football League in 2013,[ 13] Allgau Comets of the German Football League from 2014 to 2015.
Head coaching record
College
References
^ "1973 results" . almanacsports.com. Retrieved January 12, 2018 .^ "The 1977 Football Team" . gobrits.com. Retrieved January 12, 2018 .^ "Subject Focus: D-Day for Wayne State Football" . wayne.edu. December 16, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2018 .^ "Brian VanGorder" . wsuathletics.com. Retrieved January 12, 2018 .^ Benagh, Jim (July 30, 1985). "Scouting; Help Wanted" . New York Times . Retrieved January 12, 2018 . ^ "Fort Wayne Elmhurst High School Football History" . almanacsports.com. Retrieved January 12, 2018 .^ "Steve Fickert" . Tennessee Football Database. Retrieved January 12, 2018 .^ Eklins, Ashley (June 14, 2001). "Chuck Domino Story" . Daily Journal . Retrieved January 12, 2018 . ^ "Bakersfield Blitz (7-5) at QC Steamwheelers" . Dispatch-Argus . July 6, 2002. Retrieved January 12, 2018 .^ "Wheelers Watch" . Quad-Cities Times . April 7, 2006. Retrieved January 12, 2018 .^ "MC announces addistions to staff" . McPherson College. August 1, 2006. Retrieved January 12, 2018 .^ Devlin, Neil (September 10, 2008). "Class A team gets classy, savvy coach" . Denver Post . Retrieved January 12, 2018 . ^ "Adrian College Defeats Brigante Napoli 64-0 in Italy" . adrianbulldogs.com. Retrieved January 12, 2018 .
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