Eau Gallie Fighting Commodores

EGHS FOOTBALL 2010 - 2011

EAU GALLIE FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF

 

Head Coach: Tim Powers • Defensive Coordinator/Outside Linebackers Coach: Phil Price

Inside Linebackers Coach: Chuck Woodall • Defensive Line Coach: Patrick Breckenridge

Defensive Backs Coach: Robert Mitchell • Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach: Mike Shelton

Special Teams Coach: Dennis Amico • Wide Receivers Coach: Brad Lustic

Offensive Line Coach: Kepa Sarduy

 

Tim Powers - Head Coach

A new era began at Eau Gallie High School with the hiring of Tim Powers as the head coach of the football program on Jan. 18, 2010. Powers, who is the third head coach in the last 20 years, becomes the Commodores’ head coach after three seasons as Eau Gallie’s defensive line coach.

Powers, a 2001 Eau Gallie Graduate, plans to use his community ties to rebuild and foster positive relationships within the Eau Gallie community. He plans to get the EGHS Alumni involved again, and he is also reaching out to the Melbourne PAL youth football league.

Before coming to Eau Gallie in 2006, Powers coached the tight ends at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. While there, he worked with Offensive Coordinator Carmen Felus, who is now the head coach at Juniata College in Pennsylvania.

Prior to coaching the tight ends at UT-Chattanooga, Powers was the Assistant Defensive Line Coach at UT-Chattanooga for two years. He was under the tutelage of Jimmy Brumbaugh, who is now the Defensive Line Coach at Syracuse University and Vantz Singletary, nephew of Hall of Fame Linebacker Mike Singletary. Vantz is now serving as the linebackers’ Coach for the San Francisco 49ers.

Born September, 23 1983, in Medford, NY, Tim Powers spent the first eight years of his football career playing for his father. He credits his father for his ambition to succeed in the coaching world.

He attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga from 2001-2005. Powers earned his Bachelor's Degree in Exercise Science in 2005 and was a three-year starter for the Mocs playing on the defensive front.

Tim and his wife, Dominique welcomed their first son, Jaxon, on March 11, 2010.

 

Phil Price - Defensive Coordinator/Outside Linebackers

Coach Price has 21 years of coaching experience, including St. Augustine Prep. H.S., Williamstown H.S., Rowan University, Eau Gallie H.S., Merritt Island H.S., Cocoa Beach H.S. and Satellite H.S. His experience includes strength and condition as well as coaching tight ends, linebackers and acting as defensive coordinator. He was born in Philadelphia and raised in Williamstown, New Jersey. He attended Salem College in West Virginia, West Virginia University and Trenton State College where he majored in law and justice. He has worked as a substitute teacher and as a food service manager. In high school he was a kicker, tight end and line backer. He also played tight end in college. He has been married to his wife Heather, an Eau Gallie grad, for six years. His coaching philosophy is: “Football is a team game that 11 individuals play together with one goal in mind. Dedication and sacrifice are absolute musts for both player and coach in order to have success. You will remember for the rest of your life the years you have on the football field.”

 

Chuck Woodall - Inside Linebackers

Coach Woodall has been coaching High School Football for the last 6 years in Brevard County as well as BCYFCA for 7 years. He has been a Head coach, Offensive and Defensive coordinator as well as a linebacker coach.

Coach has been married to his wife Linda for 20 years and has 3 great sons Chuck JR, Tyler and Michael. Coach Woodall has been retired for the last 2 years but previously owned and operated a printing company.

As a Coach/mentor he feels it's his responsibility to lead by example on and off the playing field and to prepare to teach the skills and the rules of the game to the best of his ability. This is done by demonstrating positive life skills, like good sportsmanship though his actions and words. It's not how hard you get knocked down but how you get up!!!

Coach Woodall was born in Deptford, New Jersey in 1962 and remain there until 1991 when he and his family moved to Florida. Coach Woodall played High School football and after graduating he played Semi-Pro football from 1981-1985 for the South Jersey Cowboys.

 

Patrick Breckenridge - Defensive Line

An Eau Gallie graduate Coach Breckenridge is coaching high school football for the first time. He was born in Huntington, West Virginia and raised in the Eau Gallie area. He has a degree in criminal justice from the University of Central Florida. He works at United Space Alliance at the Kennedy Space Center. He has been married to Brandy Breckenridge, a Mel High graduate, since November of 2005. They have a three year old son Vincent, and they are expecting their second child, a son, Dominic, soon. His coaching philosophy is:” Coaching football is a lot like coaching for life’s challenges. You are fighting to prove yourself on and off the field just as you would in your career. You will face the same challenges, and you will only get out what you put in. If you give a 100% effort, that is exactly what you are going to get. Go hard or go home! Let’s bring back the bull nose hard-working mentality to EGHS.

 

Robert Mitchell - Defensive Backs

Coach Mitchell has one year of experience coaching at Bayside High School, Pop Warner League coaching experience, and three years experience as a sports trainer in Miami. He is a graduate of Florida International University, and he is currently working as a juvenile probation officer. He was born and raised in Melbourne, Florida. “My family is a very hard-working class of people with tradition here at EGHS,” he said. He played football for four years at Palm Bay High School. He played defensive back and lettered three years. His second year, he finished second in the county with seven interceptions. He also went on to play at FIU, where he played three different positions and was on a once-ranked #4 secondary in the nation. His senior campaign he led the team in tackles for loss, and also finished second in tackles and fumble recoveries. His coaching philosophy is:”Technique, Detail and hard work = success.”

 

Mike Shelton - Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks

Coach Shelton was born in Chicago, Illinois, and for most of his childhood he lived in the Midwest. He is a graduate of Rollins College. He is unmarried, and he has no children. His parents, brothers and sister live in different parts of the country. He is an English teacher at Eau Gallie currently teaching Pre-AICE Language, English II Honors and AICE Global Perspectives. His football experience was in junior high school and high school where he played football as a running back. He was part of the starting line-up all four years of high school. For the past eight years, he coached football at Titusville High School and Eau Gallie High School. During that time, initially he coached the defensive backs at the J.V. level, and then he transitioned to coaching the offensive line, the wide-receivers, the running backs, and the quarterbacks. Four years ago, he took over running the offense for the Titusville Terriers. Upon his arrival at Eau Gallie, he became an assistant coach and was responsible for coaching the wide-receivers under Coach Todd Oas. He will transition to offensive coordinator under head Coach Tim Powers.

 

Dennis Amico - Special Teams

Coordinator/Running Backs Coach Amico is a graduate of the University of Florida. He was born in Homestead, Florida and raised in the Miami area. He has a wife, Jan, and one daughter, Jamie, who is a student at Eau Gallie High School. He teaches Algebra II and Geometry. He played high school football, and he has 30 years of coaching experience in football and 25 years experience coaching track. His coaching philosophy is “hard work and consistency.”

 

Brad Lustic - Wide Receivers

Coach Lustic is a graduate of the University of South Florida. He has a degree in Technology Education. He currently teaches AutoCAD – Drafting and Design at Eau Gallie High School, where he has taught since 1999. He was born and raised in Melbourne, Florida. He has a wife, Diana and a two-year old son, Brock.

He played quarterback and receiver in high school. He has been coaching at Eau Gallie High School since 1999. His coaching experience includes ninth grade, J.V. and varsity football, coaching the receivers and quarterbacks. He also coached ninth grade basketball for the past three years. His coaching philosophy is “being an athlete involves commitment, self-discipline and hard work, all of which build strong character.”

 

Kepa Sarduy - Offensive Line

Coach Sarduy is an Eau Gallie Graduate and a three-year Commodore letterman who played right guard from 1997-1999. He was born in Daytona Beach and raised in the Eau Gallie area. He is currently a junior at the University of Central Florida. He coached linebackers for two years at King Kekaulike High School in Hawaii, winning a state championship in 2006. He also coached the offensive line for the Commodores in 2008. His coaching philosophy is, “Work harder than the opponent all year long.”