Head Coach Jim Zauzig Announces His Retirement

January 23, 2012

Bearcat Football Head Coach Jim Zauzig is officially announcing his retirement from varsity football today.  He will be meeting with the players today at HAHS to inform them of his intentions. 

Coach Zauzig leaves as the all-time leading coach in wins with a tally of 113 wins and 55 loses.  In the 15 years Jim was head coach he posted 13 winning seasons, four Big Eight titles, one Mountain Athletic Conference title, five District 6 titles, and he advanced as far as the Western Finals in 1998.

As the webmaster of this website that is sanctioned by the Head Coach and his staff, I’d like to wish Jim well and say that he will be greatly missed.  It has been a pleasure for me to be able to assist Coach Zauzig and his staff for the last 15 years.

With my “inside access” to the locker room I was able to witness firsthand the inner workings of the Bearcat Football Program.  I witnessed Coach Zauzig not only coaching and motivating his teams, but also taking an interest in their well-being and personal lives.  Coach Zauzig would take disadvantaged players under-his-wing and push them in the right direction when many of us would have turned our backs on such a challenge.  I witnessed Jim spend most of his weekends each fall at the field house processing films, washing and drying uniforms, creating scouting reports, dealing with injuries, and performing many other under-appreciated tasks that needed done.  Coach Zauzig poured his heart and soul into Bearcat Football.

Jim said that it is time to move on, but he remembers past head coaches telling him how they enjoyed retiring from the top spot and rejoining the program at the junior high level.  His is open to the idea of teaching and coaching the younger players in the junior high program if the new head coach is in need of his services.

Thank You Jim for all the great memories and thanks for bringing Bearcat Football back to prominence these past 15 seasons!