Radford High's Rick Cormany, Coach of the 2011 VHSL State Champs

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Radford High's head coach Rick Cormany is the featured guest in this episode of The Passing Game with Fletcher Arritt.  Coach Cormany, who has spent 18 seasons with the Bobcats, has led his program to two Group A Division II State Championships in the last three years.  He has coached a number of collegiate players, including the Nichols brothers--Darris (WVU) and Shane (Wofford).

Cormany started his coaching career with the 9th Grade squad at Hillsville Intermediate after graduating from Radford University in 1981.  From 1982-1986 he coached Rocky Gap (in VA's Mountain Empire District) where his team advanced to the regionals 4 out of 5 seasons.  In 1987 he returned to RU, where he joined Joe Davis' Highlander staff.  After one season at the collegiate level, Cormany took a job at Grayson County High School (Mountain Empire), where he led the program to 3 regionals, 1 regular season championship, and 2 tournament championships.

In 1993 he became head coach of the Radford High School Bobcats (Three Rivers District).  Coach Cormany won just 3 games in his first year at RHS, and in 18 years has built a program that is consistently in the running for the state title.  His team has won 11 of the last 12 regular season district championships, 11 of the last 12 district tournament championships, and 3 Region C Championships.  They have made the state playoffs in 9 of the last 12 seasons and have advanced to the final four on five times, and have finished as a finalist twice.  His program earned their first state title in 2009, and recently added a second after defeating James River for the Group A Div. II State Championship this past March.

Coach Cormany is a 9-time Three Rivers District Coach of the Year, 2-time Region C Coach of the Year, 3-time VHSL State Coach of the Year, and in 28 years as a high school head coach has accrued a record of 482-214 (318-142 at RHS).  He joins Coach Arritt and Brooks to talk about fostering an atmosphere of excellence and producing fundamentally sound players and well-rounded young men.  It is an honor to have him as our guest.