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IN HONOR OF 100th EAST-WEST FOOTBALL MATCHUP, COACHES KOLSTAD, WITTECK NAMED GREEN BAY PACKERS HIGH SCHOOL COACHES OF THE WEEK
In honor of the historic 100th annual Green Bay East-Green Bay West game on Sept. 17, Green Bay East coach John Kolstad and Green Bay West coach Chris Witteck were each named Green Bay Packers High School Coach of the Week, the Packers announced.
Traditionally awarded to one coach per week, this year the honor is given to both Kolstad and Witteck in the same week, each coach receiving full Coach of the Week recognition.
First-year coach Witteck served as an assistant at Green Bay West for the previous four years. A 1998 graduate of Northwestern University, he played linebacker for the Wildcats under current Arizona Cardinals coach Dennis Green, after spending his first two collegiate years at Nassau (N.Y.) Community College. He was coached at Valley Stream North (N.Y.) High School by John Meile and Walter Bachman. Born in Queens, N.Y., Witteck is married to Cara with daughters Taylor and Oakley and son Calvin. His current post is as special education teacher at Green Bay West.
Witteck is assisted by coaches Tom Sebranek, Andy Belongia, Jeff Behrendt, Jim Hayes, Maurile Washington, Lloyd Nell, Nick Zeitler and Darrin Kehoe.
Kolstad has coached East for the past 18 years, he served as an assistant with West DePere for the 12 years prior to his tenure at East. He is flanked by assistant coaches Jason Berna, Brian Nast, Matt Cullen, Mike Ament, Nick Marcelle, Charlie Dean, Mike Kraus and Mark Keuler.
Kolstad played quarterback at St. Norbert College, graduating in 1975. His father was long-time St. Norbert coach Howie "Chick" Kolstad. Kolstad has four children: daughter Jackie, a junior at DePere High School, daughter Heather, a teacher in Ariz., son Ben, a teacher and football coach in Cary, N.C. and son Andy, a junior football player at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. The Eau Claire, Wis. native currently is a physical education teacher at Green Bay East. Kolstad attended Abbott Penning High School and played quarterback under head coach Don LaViolette.
The three-day event will kickoff tonight at 5:30 p.m. with a banquet held in the Lambeau Field Atrium. The century-old rivalry will take place at Green Bay East's historic City Stadium, the former home of the Packers, and will be televised on WACY-TV and can be heard on WNFL Radio --1440 AM. Kickoff is set for 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
The Packers will recognize one outstanding high school coach as their 'Coach of the Week' winner during the 2005 high school football season. Coach of the Week winners are awarded several items and privileges, including a $1,000 donation to the school's football program from the Green Bay Packers and the NFL, as well as recognition of the award on www.NFLHS.com, the NFL's high school football Web site.
Nominations for Coach of the Week should be submitted by 9 a.m. every Monday to Cathy A. Dworak, manager of community relations, at coachoftheweek@packers.com (e-mail) or by fax at (920) 569-7302. Please include the nominee's name, address, school, phone number, and reason he/she is deserving of the award.