Head Football Coach & Dean of Students American Leadership Academy
#RAISE
Husband to an incredible wife Marcia/Father of RJ & Linnea. SC Football Board Member
"I was 150 lb, scrawny. I decided I wanted to play in the NFL. I asked my high school coach what I needed to do. He said to get my butt in the weight room." Saquon Barkley
Attn SC HS Head Football Coaches. We need to get together & start working on a Plan B & C for a football season. Let’s not wait; let’s start leading the discussion. We need to do this 4 the kids. They deserve it. Time is of the essence. Late Fall, Winter or Spring
#SaveHSfootball
I hope every high school football player in South Carolina realizes this weekend can determine if we have a season. Please mask up and don’t blow it. Coaches included! Stay away from big gatherings and don’t do something that causes an outbreak at your school and hurts your team
I want to publicly say I support all of my players and their beliefs. Everyone has the right to their own opinions and I sure as heck believe in the first amendment but I will always support my players right to say what they feel in their heart. I support Coby Cornelius 💯!
Great talking with South Carolina Head Football Coach Coach Shane Beamer this morning about our players and our program here at Spring Valley HS!
@CoachSBeamer
I would ask everybody to say a prayer for our kids and coaches here at Spring Valley HS. I know God is always watching over my kids and coaches but we could sure use everyone’s prayers now! Faith>Family>Football. Thanks 🙏
There are good coaches and then there are good men! Coach Peterson was both. God put him on this earth to help young people and he did more in his life to help others and spread joy. He is the definition of servant leadership! John 14:1-3
This breaks my heart. My thoughts & prayers go out to
@Skiblue65
and the Peterson family.
@SV_Vikings
and our football team are hurting. CP was a great man, husband, father, and an incredible asset to our community. I will miss you and hope to see you again.
#RIPCP
@barstoolsports
@ldhsRaiderFB
David Bennett was my roommate in college!! You won’t find a better man on this planet! Great father, great husband, Great coach and a great human being. 🐐
Extremely excited to be the new Head Football Coach & Dean of Students at the American Leadership Academy. Excited to build this new football program & build future leaders who will change the world. Excited to bring my vast network of college coaches/recruiters to ALA.
#RAISE
It was great having Head Coach Mark Stoops And DC Matt House from the University of Kentucky at Spring Valley HS meeting with UK commit Jalen Geiger
@UKCoachStoops
@CoachMHouse
To all the football parents out there. Remember most HS coaches get paid very little, some not anything. They will spend more time, money & energy on your child. We do it because we love them & the game & want to help them reach their potential and grow. We’re fathers & mentors!
@Mike_Uva
@GCChrisClark
Trust me they have a kicker there that is more than capable of both kicking and punting for them. Alex Herrera from Spring Valley HS. Great kid and competitor. Loyal and a Columbia kid. Strong leg and great accuracy! 💪💪
I want to thank everyone for the support of our football program. These kids battled their hearts out every week and represented Spring Valley with class all the way! I know these seniors are going to be successful in life and will be great fathers and husbands some day!! Love ya
College coaches we had some of the best players in South Carolina play 4 us in the North South All Star game. Many aren’t getting recruited like they should be. There are some serious ballers. Please contact myself and Coach Gentry at Chapin for info on these guys! Don’t miss out
Today I want to remember one of the toughest kids I ever coached at RIchland Northeast HS Jay Collado who was killed in action in Iraq serving with the US Marines!One of the best teammates & toughest guy I know! So proud of my kids who serve our country & this is one of the best!
Got great news today from one of our former players John Miller who will be a wide receiver coach at the University of Texas! What an unbelievable pick up for Texas! So proud of John! One of the toughest & hardest working players I have coached. Huge get for the Longhorns.
We have a trade in policy with our FB players at Spring Valley HS.If you work hard in the classroom & in the weight room, learn in the film room, are a great teammate, bust it on the practice field & do big things on Friday night will trade a Spring Valley helmet for one of these
Please all you arm chair coaches who are quick to criticize kids, yes college players are kids, and other players just stop. Trust me if someone doesn’t play well they don’t need to be reminded by you. What kind of society do we live in? Ephesians 4:32
On every team, there is a core group that sets the tone for everyone else. If the tone is positive, you have half the battle won. If it is negative, you are beaten before you ever walk on the field. – Chuck Noll
Congrats to Spring Valley Junior LB/RB Oru “OT” Nkiri on getting a 1360 on his SAT plus a 4.3 GPA. Runs track and plays football! Expect big things out of him next year!!
With all these camps and combines going on for HS football players in SC I guess we will continue to see our numbers of Covid cases spike again! Not a mask in sight from what I have seen. I hope these kids will be Ok in a week? So much for the guidelines? Hope it’s worth it? 😢
I have a lot of people who ask me what we have to do to have a football season. Very simple people in Columbia, wear a freaking mask when you go outside. Please I don’t want anymore honey do lists! I want to coach!
No words can describe how proud I am of my guys, coaches and our awesome fans. So much adversity all season with injuries, the loss of our beloved athletic trainer Mary. What a great win over our rival Blythewood! Good luck to them! Seniors lets Finish! Love you guys!
#Ourhouse
I want to thank the SC Athletic Coaches Association for this tremendous honor. I am very humbled and blessed to be a part of such a great organization. Makes it even more special that my brother Bruce works for Fairfield Electric one of the Co-Ops Thanks
@NorthSouthFB
Prayers for James “Radio” Kennedy and his family on his passing. What an incredible life and journey. Also prayers for Coach Jones and his commitment to helping James and mentoring him throughout his life. A true testament to the impact a coach has on young people.
Prayers for the Kennedy family. Jame "Radio" Kennedy passed away this morning,. He's a legend, he walked the sidelines at TL Hanna games for over 50 years. He had a movie made about his life, and touched so many lives including mine. Rest in peace RADIO 🙏😥
@TLH_Football
Couldn’t be more prouder of a group of young men then I am of my our guys! They fought every play in every game and left everything on the field! I love these seniors who have been through more then any other team I’ve had! They will all be great leaders, husbands and fathers!
I want to thank Coach Shane Beamer and the South Carolina football staff for allowing the North All Star team staff to meet this morning at their Football Facility! First Class all the way! 💪💪!
@CoachSBeamer
@GamecockFB
Prayers to the families of the Marines killed in Afghanistan yesterday. Everyday we need to pray for our military and their families as they serve and protect this great nation. 🙏🙏🙏
I want to thank all of the Spring Valley football supporters, band cheerleaders, Booster Club and fans for all of your support this year. Tough game tonight but these kids played their hearts out all year. Love u Seniors!!
This guy is the reason why my brother and I️ got into coaching. Chuck Jordan coached me and all my friends at Richland Northeast HS. Next to my father one of the biggest influences in my life. Never can thank you enough for being there for us!!
Excited for Spring Valley HS Defensive End Trey Peterson on his commitment to West Point! Thanks to all the West Point coaches for all their help. Unbelievable young man!
@TheValley_FB
@SV_Athletics
@ldhsRaiderFB
@bill_boroff
RJ graduated yesterday from Presbyterian College, although he won’t officially finish until right before Thanksgiving. He is double majoring in Accounting & Data Analytics. Thanks
@presbycollege
for a great job with the graduation.
@e_bstaton
@e_bstaton
Most HS Head Coaches work 240 or more days a year. Spring practice, summer practice, recruiting work through Christmas. Its about time people start paying HS coaches what they deserve!!
Supplement plan calls for additional 35 days, making the HC a 240-day contract...that would equal an estimated 10,000 raise at a minimum...more than double the current supplement...not quite at the level of some of the other counties but much more competitive across the board
Been a really tough week for our players and coaches but was glad to just be able and go out and do the things we love to do which is play football. So proud of our kids effort tonight and fight. I know Coach Peterson was smiling down on Trey and his teammates!
Had this picture sent to me! Two former Vikings battling in the SEC but always will be team mates. Georgia’s Channing Tindall and Kentucky’s Jalen Geiger. Two great young men with bright futures! Thanks
@tonymgeiger
It was great having Coach Coleman Hutzler from the University of South Carolina recruiting our players here at Spring Valley HS.
@CoachHutzler
@GamecockFB
After watching the film from last night until 2:00 I saw a lot of positive things. I know what we need to do to get things corrected & the guys who will do it. Congrats to DF . “Scars Show toughness; that you’ve been through it, & your still standing.”
I want to thank Spring Valley Alum Peter Boulware, a 4 time NFL Pro Bowler with the Baltimore Ravens, for generously giving back to the Viking Football Program! Always good to see Alumni investing into the kids at SV!
To all my coaching friends who begin their seasons tomorrow or Monday, I wish you all God Speed. I pray your seasons go well and you and your teams stay safe. Remember to always keep your families first! They will be there long after your seasons are over! 🙏🏈
Athletes who demand more playing time are usually trying to steal what someone else has earned. They become the victim and cry about their “mistreatment”. Here’s an idea...stop blaming others and be the hardest working, best teammate in the program.
#LifeLessons
Couldn’t be more prouder of our guys tonight. Backs against the walls last part of the season and these kids battled and earned a home playoff game against a very good Blythewood team. Hey
@RichlandTwo
can we get another V on the field!
#PaintthatV
I lost my Uncle Harry Hood this morning. Loved him more then anything. Taught me my love for soccer. He was a star player for Glasgow Celtic! Not only was he a great soccer player but a great husband, father, grandfather and uncle.
#CELTICLEGEND
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Spring Valley HS Football would like to thank former Alumni and Buffallo Bills Pro Bowl WR/KR Andre Roberts and the NFL Foundation for the $10,000 grant to the Spring Valley Football team.
@AndreRoberts
@NFLFoundation
@SV_Athletics
@TheValley_FB
Please remind everyone that March 29 is a day to thank and honor Vietnam veterans and their families for their service and sacrifice. Shout out to my dad and my father in law Joel Winchip! My personal thanks to all who served and those who lost loved ones!
#WARRIORS
Spring Valley Football Early Signing Day will take place at 11:00 this Wednesday in the auditorium. Malik Wesley UNLV, Jalen Geiger Kentucky, Anthony Wilson Georgia Southern, & Alex Herrera USC. We will still have a Signing day for our other players in February.
@SV_Athletics
Congrats to Spring Valleys Anthony Wilson And Jalen Geiger On being selected for the 2018 Shrine Bowl Game. It’s a great honor to be selected. Congrats to all the young men who were selected!! Represent SC well!!
@AnthonyWilson_4
@jalengeiger
One of these guys is a NFL, College and High School Football coaching legend and I am The other guy on the left. Great to see former Spring Valley Head Coach and good friend Miles Aldridge!! Great times at the Carolina Panthers 7 on 7.
It was great having Former Spring Valley HS FB players at our game at Blythewood. Channing Tindall from the University of Georgia, Anthony Wilson from Georgia Southern University and Jalen Geiger and the University of Kentucky. All big time FB players in college. Love you guys!
To all my senior football players. I want you to read this carefully and understand how quickly things will fade away if you don’t stop to appreciate them. 👇
Congratulate to the three coaches retiring from coaching at Spring Valley HS. Great men and terrific role models. Steve Lea Woman’s soccer, Rick Crumpler Football/Track and Dave Clark Men’s soccer!
#Salute
Great having the legend PJ Dozier of the Boston Celtics back home during the NBA break. Not only a great basketball player but one of the all around best young men! Good to have former Vikings back home!
Congrats to SV FB Player Anthony Wilson for being selected as 1 of 5 finalists for Mr. Richland County HS Football Player of the year award. It’s based on academics, athletic participation and community involvement. He’s pictured with Chris Santino from Richland County Recreation
Touching tributes to the memory of Spring Valley volunteer assistant Charles Peterson.
A moment of silence, helmet sticks to honor his memory & a message from hc Robin Bacon on the courage of CP's son Trey who played in the Lake Murray Kickoff Classic against Laurens
@SV_Vikings
Good luck to all the HS coaches kicking off their first practices tomorrow! Really excited to get going tomorrow. Excited to see what all these new Spring Valley Vikings have in store! T minus 12 hours! 🔥🔥
Asking for prayers of safe travels for my daughter Linnea as she heads to the UK to study abroad in Scotland! Masters in Sports Psychology! Love and miss her! Proud dad!
@FulbrightPrgrm
@lbacon10
Really proud of the way our guys played tonight!! Never give in, never give up!! Fight for your brothers and for your school and community. All the coaches are so proud of you. Celebrate and enjoy the weekend! Round 2 up next! Love you guys!! Thanks to all the students and fans!!
Merry Christmas from the Bacon family! Prayers to those serving overseas and those having to be away from their families today! Police officers, fireman, EMTs, hospital workers and others. Thanks for all you do!! 💪💪