Post by Administrator on Mar 4, 2009 21:16:40 GMT -5
25 February 2009
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's Rich Ingold named af2's top head coach of all-time
ArenaFootball2
The arenafootball2 league (af2) announced today that Rich Ingold has been named the league’s top head coach of all-time, as selected by a group of af2 head coaches past and present, members of the media and fans throughout the country. Ingold is the league’s all-time leader in career wins with 75 overall (75-30, including playoffs; .714), averaging better than 12 wins per year over six seasons. His best season came in 2007 when he earned af2 Coach of the Year honors after guiding the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers to a 17-win season and runner-up finish in the 2007 ArenaCup. “Rich is very deserving of this honor,” said af2 President Jerry Kurz. “He’s an intense leader who is also a great teacher, motivator and ambassador for our game. He works extremely hard on the field as well as off and that’s been a big key to his success through the years.”
TOP 10 af2 HEAD COACHES OF ALL-TIME
1. Rich Ingold
2. Chris Siegfried
3. Kevin Guy
4. Danton Barto
5. Skip Foster
6. Bruce Cowdrey
7. Ben Bennett
8. Frank Haege
9. Bret Munsey
10. Kevin Bouis
Rich Ingold at a glance: Ingold, who has spent six total seasons as an af2 head coach, began his af2 head coaching career with the Quad City Steamwheelers in 2002. He guided the club to 34 wins in his three-year tenure with two Midwest Division titles (2003, 2004). His best year with Quad City was in 2003 when the Steamwheelers finished the regular season tied with Tennessee Valley for the league’s best record at 14-2. After a first round bye in the playoffs, however, Quad City came up two points shy of a berth in the National Conference Championship game with a tough, 63-61, home loss to Arkansas. After the 2004 season, Ingold accepted a job with the AFL’s Dallas Desperados to be the team’s offensive coordinator. A year later, after missing the feeling of leading a team on his own, Ingold returned to the af2 as head coach of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers. In his three years with the Pioneers, Ingold has led the team to three straight postseason berths, two consecutive East Division titles and one ArenaCup Championship game appearance (2007). The 2007 season was special for Ingold for a number of reasons despite his team’s end result in the title game. That year he battled throat cancer to get back on the field, earned his first af2 Coach of the Year honor and became the league’s all-time leader in career coaching wins. Last season Wilkes-Barre/Scranton enjoyed another impressive campaign overall, winning 15 games (14-2 regular season) before the team’s postseason run was cut short by the eventual ArenaCup Champion Tennessee Valley Vipers.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's Rich Ingold named af2's top head coach of all-time
ArenaFootball2
The arenafootball2 league (af2) announced today that Rich Ingold has been named the league’s top head coach of all-time, as selected by a group of af2 head coaches past and present, members of the media and fans throughout the country. Ingold is the league’s all-time leader in career wins with 75 overall (75-30, including playoffs; .714), averaging better than 12 wins per year over six seasons. His best season came in 2007 when he earned af2 Coach of the Year honors after guiding the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers to a 17-win season and runner-up finish in the 2007 ArenaCup. “Rich is very deserving of this honor,” said af2 President Jerry Kurz. “He’s an intense leader who is also a great teacher, motivator and ambassador for our game. He works extremely hard on the field as well as off and that’s been a big key to his success through the years.”
TOP 10 af2 HEAD COACHES OF ALL-TIME
1. Rich Ingold
2. Chris Siegfried
3. Kevin Guy
4. Danton Barto
5. Skip Foster
6. Bruce Cowdrey
7. Ben Bennett
8. Frank Haege
9. Bret Munsey
10. Kevin Bouis
Rich Ingold at a glance: Ingold, who has spent six total seasons as an af2 head coach, began his af2 head coaching career with the Quad City Steamwheelers in 2002. He guided the club to 34 wins in his three-year tenure with two Midwest Division titles (2003, 2004). His best year with Quad City was in 2003 when the Steamwheelers finished the regular season tied with Tennessee Valley for the league’s best record at 14-2. After a first round bye in the playoffs, however, Quad City came up two points shy of a berth in the National Conference Championship game with a tough, 63-61, home loss to Arkansas. After the 2004 season, Ingold accepted a job with the AFL’s Dallas Desperados to be the team’s offensive coordinator. A year later, after missing the feeling of leading a team on his own, Ingold returned to the af2 as head coach of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers. In his three years with the Pioneers, Ingold has led the team to three straight postseason berths, two consecutive East Division titles and one ArenaCup Championship game appearance (2007). The 2007 season was special for Ingold for a number of reasons despite his team’s end result in the title game. That year he battled throat cancer to get back on the field, earned his first af2 Coach of the Year honor and became the league’s all-time leader in career coaching wins. Last season Wilkes-Barre/Scranton enjoyed another impressive campaign overall, winning 15 games (14-2 regular season) before the team’s postseason run was cut short by the eventual ArenaCup Champion Tennessee Valley Vipers.