Muda69 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 https://www.jconline.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/01/25/kevin-oshea-hired-as-twin-lakes-football-coach/69838650007/ Quote Kevin O'Shea was content to sit out a football season and "recharge his batteries." Maybe he'd have the urge to coach again. Maybe not. It was a phone call from his old high school baseball coach that got those competitive juices flowing again. O'Shea was approved as the new head football coach at Twin Lakes Tuesday. He returns to the Hoosier Conference, where he once coached the league's most dominant program at Central Catholic before spending the last six seasons at North Central in Indianapolis. With the Panthers, he went 25-37, but immediately turned around a struggling program that had one total victory in the three previous seasons before he arrived. After going 3-7 in his first season, O'Shea led North Central to its first sectional championship in 25 years in 2018. Athletic director Paul Loggan hired O'Shea at North Central. When Loggan died from COVID-19 in 2020, O'Shea said things changed at North Central. Since, he'd been looking for a new opportunity. After two seasons of not finding the right fit, O'Shea resigned in November. In December, Kevin Sayler resigned as Twin Lakes football coach. Jake Burton, the baseball coach at Twin Lakes who was O'Shea's athletic director during O'Shea's stint as head coach of his alma mater McCutcheon, made a call. "When Jake found out the job was going to be open, Jake was on the phone with me right away," O'Shea said. "As a matter of fact, I am probably there because Jake got in my ear pretty quick. "When your old athletic director gives you a phone call and tells you about the positive that he sees there, it really interested me." The Twin Lakes position came with an added caveat that O'Shea missed − teaching. At North Central, O'Shea was the director of sports performance. During that time, he realized how much he enjoyed his role as an educator. He's now back in the classroom, teaching math at Twin Lakes this semester. ... So how soon before the Indians become a dominant force in the Hoosier Conference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsguy Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Not unless he can bring some athletes with him from NC. Scott Mannering is a darn-good coach and couldn't make winners out of them. IDK who Kevin Sayler was, but he fared even worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptation Posted Wednesday at 07:54 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 07:54 PM The man can coach. This will be fun to follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbat Posted Wednesday at 10:40 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 10:40 PM 2 hours ago, temptation said: The man can coach. This will be fun to follow. At least he'll get LCC at home rather than having to do homecoming at LaRocca. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punttheball Posted Thursday at 01:38 PM Share Posted Thursday at 01:38 PM 17 hours ago, temptation said: The man can coach. This will be fun to follow. We will find out for sure. He struggled with the exception of a couple years at North Central. He had a losing record there and a couple 1 win seasons if I recall correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbat Posted Thursday at 05:12 PM Share Posted Thursday at 05:12 PM 3 hours ago, Punttheball said: We will find out for sure. He struggled with the exception of a couple years at North Central. He had a losing record there and a couple 1 win seasons if I recall correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachGallogly Posted Thursday at 05:33 PM Share Posted Thursday at 05:33 PM O’Shea had a three year stretch early on that was the best since the mid 90’s. NC has a history of state champ coaches who struggle when arriving. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Nowlin Posted Thursday at 07:48 PM Share Posted Thursday at 07:48 PM Twin Lakes boasts a very talented incoming freshman class, led by a QB and some other really good athletes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDGiant93 Posted Thursday at 08:54 PM Share Posted Thursday at 08:54 PM 7 hours ago, Punttheball said: We will find out for sure. He struggled with the exception of a couple years at North Central. He had a losing record there and a couple 1 win seasons if I recall correctly. He won a MIC Championship at NC. Something that had not been done before. Everything went haywire after the COVID year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballhawk Posted Friday at 06:10 PM Share Posted Friday at 06:10 PM The dude couldn't even beat the Little Giants, so what can he do with a bunch of Indians? Oh wait, being told that's another Kevin O'Shea. Never mind. Great hire for TL. At least makes the Hoosier a little more interesting when the Knights visit Monticello. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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