Assoc Head Coach | Defensive Coordinator | Director of Player Personnel for College of DuPage: ILLINOIS' ONLY JUCO 🏆 23/22/21 NJCAA CHAMPS 🏆
D3➡️FBS➡️NFL➡️COD
Coaches and athletes of Illinois this is YOUR team. Our roster and staff IS Illinois, it's not a hashtag. As we take the field next week in the NJCAA National Championship have pride in your state's ONLY football JUCO. You're the reason we're here.
Not all paths are the same.
If you're the praying type would appreciate some for my little nephew and his parents. He's had a bad fall and being transferred to a second hospital. Thank you!
Last year
@FBCoach_Rahn
and I rented an office. Campus closed, no season. Signees and vets stayed home, recruiting class got virtual tours.
Yesterday those same kids beat a 1st class opponent that's beaten us by a combined 108-29 score last 2 szns.
#YouBelieved
#NotDoneYet
Not sure who still needs to hear this but: 0⭐ 0 D1 offers out of HS. Drive & talent needed a stage to show the 🌎.
A) 🗣️The world needs JUCO football.
B) Maybe chill on tripping over ourselves to offer 9th graders
If you don't see the value in someone who put in the work at JUCO vs someone who wasn't willing to put in the work at a 4 year then not sure you see value.
Lazy recruiting.
Not every portal kid taking the easy way out. But 11,000 kids didn't try to transfer when it was hard to.
Wild 3 weeks. In my little family we've had 5 hospital stays, been blessed with welcoming Maverick into the world and winning our second National Championship in the middle of it. My family, our staff, and these
#Chaps
lifted me up. So proud of who we are. All will be well soon!
Full credit to
@_Illini_
@IlliniFootball
and
@BretBielema
's staff for a very productive talk today. We're on the same page & look forward to a great relationship. We WANT to be a resource for our in-state programs FIRST. Fired up to welcome the
#Illini
🤟
#FamILLy
Hey
@_Illini_
@BretBielema
@IlliniFootball
Hope to see you at our spring game. I know I'd hate to be about the only Big10 school to not have checked in this year. In your state.
#FamILLy
right? Check your DMs, texts, and emails...
Hey
@_Illini_
@BretBielema
@IlliniFootball
Hope to see you at our spring game. I know I'd hate to be about the only Big10 school to not have checked in this year. In your state.
#FamILLy
right? Check your DMs, texts, and emails...
Proud to serve our program alongside one who served our country. Best wishes and loads of respect to our
#Veterans
including my colleague and friend "Coach Hop"
@peter_hopson
. Shining example of a servants heart and leading from in front.
#ThankYouForYourService
Another 0⭐ club member out of high school. Not everyone's ready at 16,17 years old. If you can work while no one's watching and go to class, why can't this be you? Give us a look if you want to
#ChaseYourDream
class of '20s
Shout out
@Dupage_Football
alum and coach
@FBCoach_Rahn
for beginning his **12th** season of professional football!! DuPage OL is lucky to have an expert teaching the craft! Go get that bag 💰 big bruh (and then oxygen and a snack) 💪🍪🍦💪
👀 30 minutes west of all this sits Illinois' second largest college with a half billion dollar in renovations and a national championship 🏆. Not a better better location for a football JUCO in the country. And my first language is
#facts
.
#LevelUp
@JUCOFFrenzy
@JuCoFootballACE
2017 is a wrap. Shout out to the excellent coaches we have and the players who made the year a success. The foundation is laid...and the best is yet to come!
#Birdgang17
#Birdgang18
It's not how you start, it's how you finish. By the age of 39, Ulysses Grant ($50 bill guy) had failed at 5 careers and was working in his dad's store. 3 years later he was promoted to the highest rank in the U.S Army. 8 years later he was President. Keep working, find your fit.
Hard to put into words what
@CoachFosterCOD
has meant to me since I was 16 years old. There isn't a better heart and soul within the profession or our community. The rest of my career is about paying it forward and it will still fall short. Love you Coach!
Thanks to the over 70 college coaches who attended our spring game / the stage event. Something special is happening in Glen Ellyn! We look forward on building on this event for years to come!
S/O to our Administration for going over and beyond expectations on hosting!
#Chaps
Let's go!! Excited for and proud of my friend
@FBCoach_Rahn
as he takes on this role for our program. Current Chaps, Chaparral alum, and the community: the torch may be passed but the mission and values that
@CoachFosterCOD
instilled will carry on!
Interested in joining
@Dupage_Football
for spring ball? Tryouts are Nov 19th at 12:30p. You MUST fill this form out and put 'Tryout' in the questionnaire code section
I don’t know one successful person who leaves their cart in the middle of the parking lot.
If you are too big to do the small things, you’re too small to do the big things.
🚨🚨 Great news today! Nephew had a great day and seems to be recovering by the minute. Doctors ultimately determined no neck fractures or compression. Out of the neck brace and back to himself. Should be released by now from
@LurieChildrens
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE LOVE AND PRAYERS
JUCO football twitter the last 24 hrs...... not sure about the rest of the country but the
@Dupage_Football
staff is here to help kids and our community.
"we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." - Abraham Lincoln, 1863. Our work continues.
#DDay
always reminds me how small my problems are and how few I have. I can't fathom the leadership, courage, and sacrifice that day- I just hope to be worthy of it.
Coaches, recruits, players, etc... Please be patient I'm working through backlog of texts, emails, DMs over the next couple days. That whole national championship run (
#humblebrag
) and then getting to be "Dad" instead of "Coach" for a couple days comes at a price. Talk soon!
🚨Came to my attention moments ago that there is a twitter account posing as me
@CoachTCipriano
IS NOT ME and I'm sorry to say to anyone who has had contact with this person that any offers or recruiting going on here is NOT REAL. Twitter has been notified.🚨
#HappyWednesday
Happy
#Thanksgiving
! I'm so grateful for the staff we have, the 2022
#Chaps
and all those that came before. Everyday is new and is real; nothing like the collective energy of a group of underdogs out to prove something.
🏡 To the house
Brandon Vines of
@AthleticsCod
put together a strong performance and is the
#NJCAAFootball
DIII Defensive Player of the Week, presented by
@TicketSmarter
.
Vines nabbed two INTs on the week, including once which he took for a touchdown.
#NJCAAPOTW
I feel this. Only been walking the walk as a dad for a year but I guard my time and look for balance. I'm more than a coach, and that needs to be OK in our profession.
Good luck to all the
#Chaps
alums this weekend and congrats to the many who have already played! You carry us and the bonds you created here with each other for life. Though life moves us apart, you'll never walk alone!
Inspiration to fuel the young birds here. See it to be it =
#priceless
.
@Johnno_uc3
&
@_MikeTeee
you guys are welcome back any time to see what's new here (and the same!) and visit with the 2021
#Chaps
You can add Minnesota State-Mankato
@msumavericks
(by way of
@Dupage_Football
) K/P Casey Bednarski to the list of K's that the
#Bears
are bringing in to their rookie mini-camp. The 6'1, 215 pounder knocked in 55 of 71 FGs throughout his career & avg 40yds per punt the past 2 yrs.
Mike is a physical FREAK and was an absolute rock in the middle for us as a 2yr starter with 2 national championships. He is a fearless leader, savage tackler, tireless worker, & playmaker. Tons of game reps in multiple fronts and coverages. Uplifting and positive. Check him out!
Been traveling a lot last few days but pausing to say congrats to the boys
@BryanParker21
and
@ChristianH_2625
on their commitment. It's been a privilege to work with you both. So proud and happy to see it all pay off for you!!
Grateful to
@coacheimer
and the outstanding staff of
@WABlackhawkFB
for letting me check them out today. Can't wait to lift the lid on this IHSA season!! You all deserve it so much. WE WILL BE OUT AMONGST OUR LOCALS ALL SEASON LONG.
#GoChaps
#BabyBirds
Credit to our incredible athletes and the rest of the def staff. You trusted, collaborated, and worked through all the world threw at us! 🤜🤛
My NCAA & NAIA colleagues: Watch us work this spring.
#LevelUp
#TurnThePage
#NextCHAPter
It was nothing but
#AllBrakesNoGas
for CoD opponents during this historic defensive run 🔥😤🙅♂️
Excited to see the sequel. Spring ball starts April 5th
#LevelUp