Coach's Corner, Steve Miller

It’s 10:00 A.M. at Thomas-Michifielder Field and the football players from Holly Pond High School unite for pictures. Uniting, that’s something that head coach Steve Miller wants his team to do but without the flash of a camera. “We really have two main goals this season: One is to practice everyday and to get better; the other is to become a team and to unite.” Miller hopes that he can accomplish the latter goal by practicing the first.

Steve Miller’s love for competition is evident by his persona. “I want to be the best in everything”, has become a common phrase from Miller; who’s going on his 2nd year as head football coach. His love for Holly Pond, family, and above all, God. is obvious from a simple conversation. While he coaches football; he also aims to build character in young men through the sport. Millers says that by having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ you can get through anything.

As for his football team, the coach has high expectations. “ Our offensive line is our strong suite.We’ll have four returning players on our line so we diffidently have that going for us.” When asked about key returning players Miller mentioned fullback Pat Duke and seniors Chris Pugh and Chris Cahoon. After the spring game, the football staff had reason for excitement. When Steve Miller took the head coaching position; he barely had enough players to scrimmage. Miller stated that he wanted to get as many athletes on the football team as possible. The coach’s hopes were meet when spring training arrived. Before the summer started, Holly Pond had 58 players on the team. “We still expect to dress 50 plus players this season.”

Holly Pond will be playing in a new region this fall; 3A region 6. Coach Miller is optimistic about the Broncos chances in its new region; “I like the new region. If we can stay healthy, we can be competatative in this region.” The Holly Pond Broncos will most defiantly face challenges this season. The expectations Steve Miller has for his team will be meet by the results they produce. But no one ever said that results came in scores or stats. If all of the players meet the coach’s expectations; we’ll have a few more responsible adults and this season will be deemed a success; regardless of the final tally.