New D-S Head Football Coach Holds Introductory Camp

New Dover-Sherborn High School football coach Joseph Schotland, said with his leadership there will be new expectations and new guidelines for future D-S athletes.

“Dover-Sherborn is one the best high schools in the state. They should be meeting with the same athletic success,” said Schotland at a football camp this past Saturday morning at a D-S Middle School athletic field. 

Close to fifty elementary and middle school students showed up to meet the new coach and get advice from this coming year’s seniors.

When the kids settled down, took a knee and huddled together, coach George Lich, told them in a firm hushed tone, “Remember this day. This is the beginning of a dynasty,” adding, “Dover-Sherborn will no longer be a doormat.” He then introduced Coach Schotland.

Schotland said when he coached Westwood, his team always came out hurting after playing Dover-Sherborn, “because Dover-Sherborn plays hard,” he said. As the new head football coach, he said he would teach them about, “being a scholar in the classroom and a gentleman on the field.”

He told the young athletes to first and foremost be safe out on the field, second to have fun, and third to learn some football. 

Schotland said he would teach them offensive and defensive stations and then at the end of the day give out some awards.

Off the field, Schotland said he wants to, “start making it an integrative program.” He’ll be giving a playbook to this year’s incoming freshmen to make sure that when they get to high school they’ll be using the same vocabulary.

He said they’ll be doing a football camp in the summer and in the fall and hopes this creates, “a real sense of momentum and enthusiasm.”

Tom Ouellet, president of the newly formed Gridiron Club, will be fundraising for the district’s football program at the middle school and high school level.

So far, he said, they bought radio communication headphones for the 11 coaches at both schools. “In the past,” Ouellet said, “it has fallen upon the captain’s parents to fundraise. We’re trying to break away from that.”

They also have a brand new website http://dsgridironclub.com and encouraged all to join.

“The coach has a wish list,” he noted.

He wanted to make it known they are starting to sell tickets for a raffle which has prizes including four tickets to either the Patriots, Bruins, Red Sox, or Celtics.

“This is a call to action!,” said Ouelett.