LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va.
– The Washington Redskins announced today that head football coach
Steve Magenbauer of Salem High School in Salem, Va. has been named the
Redskins High School Coach of the Week for the
week of Sept. 29.
Magenbauer played at
Salem High School before a spinal injury ended his playing career at 16
years old. Following the injury, Magenbauer found his calling as a
coach, beginning with a local middle school team
and moving to Glenvar High School and Hidden Valley High School
following college. Now in his 11th year as the head coach at
Salem, Magenbauer has led the team to two state championships and seven
double-digit win seasons. The Spartans are currently
5-0 this season.
Salem High School
Athletic Director Chris King explains that Magenbauer is not only a
leader on the football field for his student-athletes, but he is also an
example for them in life.
“Coach Magenbauer is a
class act and an outstanding citizen,” said King. “He is a huge advocate
of his players being students first and athletes second.”
During the season,
Magenbauer takes his players to the Virginia Medical Hospital to visit
patients. The team also holds a “Sandlot Night” every year to recognize
local pee-wee leagues.
Redskins High School Coach of the Week
The Redskins High School
Coach of the Week program is designed to recognize and reward
excellence in high school football coaching.
Each week during the
2014 high school football season, the Redskins will select one area high
school head football coach as the Redskins High School Coach of the
Week. The selection is based on the coach's continuing
commitment toward promoting youth football, developing motivated
student-athletes, overall community involvement and overall team
performance and record.
Each of the coaches
chosen throughout the high school season will receive a $1,000 donation
from the NFL Youth Football Fund to their football program and a framed
certificate signed by NFL Commissioner Roger
Goodell, Redskins Head Coach Jay Gruden and Redskins President and
General Manager Bruce Allen.
For more information on
the Redskins High School Coach of the Week program or the Washington
Redskins Charitable Foundation, visit
http://www.redskins.com/community
or
follow the Foundation on Twitter at @RedskinsCR.
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ABOUT THE REDSKINS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION:
The Washington Redskins
Charitable Foundation, the non-profit philanthropic arm of the team,
combines the influence and popularity of the Washington Redskins with
the resources and assets of area corporations. Founded
by owner Daniel M. Snyder, the Charitable Foundation is guided by its
Leadership Council that consists of CEOs who help shape and define the
philanthropic efforts of the Redskins to achieve a measurable impact on
youth development in the areas of education,
community outreach and health and wellness. Visit www.Redskins.com and click on Community for more information.
ABOUT THE REDSKINS:
Headquartered at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Virginia, and owned by
Daniel Snyder,
the historic Washington Redskins Football Club has won five World
Championship titles including the 1937 and 1942 National Football League
Championship
games, as well as Super Bowls XVII, XXII and XXVI. Founded in 1932 as
the Boston Braves in Massachusetts, the team changed its name to the
Redskins in 1933 and relocated to Washington, D.C., in 1937. Since then,
the team has become one of the most recognizable
professional sports franchises in history, featuring multiple Hall of
Fame coaches, 19 members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (with nine
others who also were Redskins) and becoming the first team in the NFL
with an official marching band and fight song,
"Hail to the Redskins." The Redskins have been owned by
Dan Snyder since 1999, and beginning in 1997, began playing their home games at FedExField in Landover, Md.
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