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EDMONDSON from IB
VS I didn’t think a whole lot
about my new job that was
waiting,” he added. “I just rel¬
ished in the moment.”
The moment was 11 years
in the making and was topped
off by Riverside’s former
cross country and track coach
.being named the GISA track
coach of the year.
“Any time your peers give
you that type of award, that’s
certainly the highest honor a
coach can have, " said
Edmondson, 46, who came to
Riverside after a 10-year
career in the corporate health
and wellness field, and a two
year coaching stint at North
Hall. “You look up to your
friends, your peers, your com¬
rades, and to get that award
was just super, super nice.”
It was a fitting honor for a
man who believes that coach¬
ing is in his blood and some¬
thing that he was bom to do.
Having the opportunity to
come back and coach after I
left for so long was just a
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The ll-year-old Bennett Park Gray Broncos completed
the season with an 11-5 record and finished runner-up
in the recent postseason tournament. The 11 wins were K
most by any team in the ll-year-old North Division,
which featured three teams from Central Park, two
teams from Coal Mountain and three teams from Bennett ;
Park. The Broncos set team records in batting average
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(145). Pictured above, front row, from left, Jacob i
Rosenberg, Tanner Meyer, Aaron Hemrick, Dylon Kelly,
Jacob Mathis Devon Adams and Nicky Winner. Back row,
assistant coach Tony Hemrick, head coach Chuck
Cianciolo, Justin Gibson, Brinley Rhys, Trevor
Fulenwider, Matthew Cianciolo, A.J. Haney, assistant
coaches K.C. Rosenberg and Madoc Rhys.
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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS — Friday, June 6,2008
great opportunity, *» said
Edmondson, who resides in
Gainesville with his wife of
four and a half years,
Rebecca, and his 17-year-old
son Andy, a baseball and bas¬
ketball player at Gainesville
High. “1 firmly believe that
coming back to coaching was
the best decision of my life. **
He’s a great coach, and
he’ll do anything for you,
said Ewin Holyfield, who
placed first in the state meet
in the 200-meter run, and was
a member of the Eagles 4x 100
and 4x400-meter relay teams
that also placed first.
According to the recent
graduate, Edmondson not
only helped Riverside capture
a state title, but he was the
main reason it won.
tt He made sure everyone
was committed to track, and
everyone that was committed
helped us win the champi¬
onship.
“We won for coach, and it
felt good winning it for him.”
For the past 11 years,
Edmondson has worked dili
gently trying to win a state
championship at Riverside,
and despite the fruits of his
coaching efforts finally com
ing to fruition this season, the
former 400-meter hurdler at
West Georgia knew it was
time to make a change in his
life.
It’s been very good to me,
the Riverside family, but
[South ForsythJ is a great
opportunity for me at this
point in my life. It’s a new
challenge in a bigger program
with more kids involved,” said
the 1980 graduate of
Cherokee High in Canton.
Sitting atop the guardrail
outside of the track at
Riverside Military Academy,
Edmondson realized that his
new position at South Forsyth
will bring a new obstacle. But
some things at his new school,
specifically the colors and the
mascot, will be familiar.
“They’re also Eagles —
WINGS from IB
he enjoys giving kids the
chance to ask him questions
about playing in the NFL,
even if his name doesn’t nec¬
essarily ring a bell with
them.
tt Most of these kids
weren’t born when I played,
so mostly I get a lot of the
adults who remember me,
but kids just want to see an
NFL player, so they get
excited about it,” Haynes
said.
Outdoor activities are
important for kids in today’s
technology-saturated envi¬
ronment, Haynes said.
.. A lot of the kids nowa¬
days, they’re inside playing
all these [video] games and
they’re overweight ... so you
get as many kids [as you
can] out here to run around
and have some fun, that’s
what it’s like. We didn’t have
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War Eagles — so I’m going
from one eagle to the next, • •
said Edmondson, sporting a
blue-and-white striped polo
shirt, the school colors of
South Forsyth and Riverside
Military,
“My wife loves that the
colors are the same,” he
added. “Some of the stuff I’ve
purchased over the years,
including the gear I run in, are
those colors. That’s a plus. "
While he won’t undergo
any major wardrobe changes,
the challenges that lie ahead
for Edmondson, who will be
the head coach of the cross
country teams and an assis¬
tant coach with the track pro
gram at South Forsyth, are
plentiful.
For starters, the War
Eagles compete in Region 7
AAAAA, which features
schools like Mill Creek,
Norcross, Peachtree Ridge
and Collins Hill, whose girls
have won the state champi¬
onship in cross country five
straight years and whose boys
won the state championship in
2007.
“That region we’re in has
great schools with a great
winning tradition,”
Edmondson said. “It’s going
to be a challenge for me.”
Another upcoming chal¬
lenge is the year-round dedi¬
cation that Edmondson will
have to dedicate to his new
position.
Probably the most diffi¬
cult thing is the time span,”
said Edmondson. “I’ll have a
summer workout with kids
that they did not have at
Riverside.”
Riverside’s cross country
runners typically did not
report to campus until right
before school started. And,
despite the extra workload and
new challenge, being able to
work with athletes for 365
days a year is something
Edmondson is looking for¬
ward to.
.. I will have the opportuni-
all those games when we
grew up, and we were out¬
side running around and
playing in the grass.”
Gann, who played defen¬
sive end for Atlanta from
1985-1993, said the day
brought some nostalgia of
his own days coaching youth
football at Sharon Springs.
His son, Michael Joe Gann,
currently a defensive tackle
at Army, was also in atten¬
dance.
“I coached him all up
through little league, and we
went through these same
things when he was a small
kid, so it brings back a lot of
good memories,” the former
pro said.
Michael Joe Gann, enter¬
ing his junior year of col¬
lege,'enjoyed the chance to
spend time with his father
while helping youngsters
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year-round basis and that did
play in to my decision to take
the job,” said Edmondson,
who will be working in South
Forsyth’s physical education
department.
Working with more ath¬
letes year-round and preparing
them for an ultra-competitive
region is one thing, but for the
lifelong track coach, the
change in job titles might be
the hardest obstacle to over¬
come.
“I probably have more of a
track background,”
Edmondson said. “But it’s a
new challenge for me, and I
look forward to it.”
That challenge will
undoubtedly be met with as
much fury and energy as he
had when he first took the
Riverside job 11 years ago.
And if that’s the case, the
future that Edmondson forgot
while watching his team cele¬
brate, will be one that he’ll
always remember.
learn some fundamentals of
the game.
“It’s just good to see my
dad here. I’m gone most of
the year, so [I’m] just having
a good time,” the younger
Gann said.
Camp director Chuck
Ramsey said the event,
which was sponsored by he
Sharon Springs Youth
Football Association, turned
out well.
Around 2,000 people
turned out for the last day, he
said. It was the second con¬
secutive year Sharon Springs
has hosted the event.
“It’s been a ton of fun.
We’d do it again. We’re
going to need to rest after
this week, but we’re really
pleased with the way it came
out,” Ramsey said.
E-mail BJ Corbitt at
bjcorbitt@forsythnews.com.