Written Tuesday April 16th at 9:45 AM
The Pontiac Phoenix have found their next football coach.
Citing a very accurate source, the Phoenix have named Ken Wade to be the next Varsity Football coach replacing Charles Talley. Wade will be the school's fourth coach in six seasons.
Wade is the third new head coach that will compete in the Blue this upcoming season joining Jon Herstein at North Farmington and Corey Bell at Avondale.
Wade has coached youth football at Pontiac and worked with former North Farmington football coach Bob Chiesa when they were at Waterford Mott for several years.
Wade met his team last week according to the accurate source.
Wade will have a really tough task turning a Phoenix program that went 1-8 last season and has been 5-48 since 2012.
Thoughts
Wade has local ties working with the youth football program so he knows this team and area real well. If given the time he can turn this program around but as mentioned it will be a struggle to turn Pontiac around.
Rome wasn't built overnight and that's what the Phoenix program needs right now is stability and time to let them grow and develop.
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