Arrangements: for Bill Giarmo

Visitation: Thursday from 5-8pm Stroo Funeral Home 1095 68th St. SEGrand Rapids Funeral Friday at 11am Mary Magdalene Catholic Church 1253 52nd St, SEKentwood

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Loss of Coach Bill Giarmo

MHSFCA would like to offer our deepest sympathies to the family, friends and colleagues of Coach Bill Giarmo. Many of us remember him as not only a very successful coach at Ypsilanti and East Kentwood and Hall of Fame Member, but more importantly as a great man that impacted the lives of many.

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8 Michigan football teams finalists for NFF National Academic Honor

IRVING, Texas (Feb. 2, 2022) – The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame has announced that eight high school football teams from Michigan have been chosen as the top academic winners in the nation and are now finalists for the NFF National High School Academic Excellence Award.  The 62 teams from across the […]

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Rob Zimmerman Named National Coach Of The Year

Congratulations to Rob Zimmerman of Dewitt on being named National Federation of State High School Associations 2021 Coach of the year By DOUG DONNELLY  Rob Zimmerman, who has been a highly successful football coach in the State of Michigan for nearly three decades, has been named the National Federation of State High School Association’s 2020-21 national […]

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Two Michigan HS Football Coaches recognized in new book

High school coaches shape millions of lives. These 30 stories show the diversity of approaches by coaches in building athletes’ hearts, minds and bodies to form successful teams and future leaders. Two of Michigan’s best coaches are featured, Coach Al Fracassa who coached at Royal Oak Shrine and at Brother Rice High School and Fouad Zaban […]

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MHSFCA Executive Director Blog – December 2021

50th Anniversary “Winner’s Circle” Clinic COMING IN JANUARY Our 50th anniversary coaches’ clinic returns in person at the Lansing Center January 13-15. Our speaker lineup is the BEST EVER – featuring Nick Saban, Mel Tucker, Josh Heupel, Tony Annese and dozens of the best HS and college coaches from Michigan and around the country! If […]

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MHSFCA SCHOLAR ATHLETES

The MHSFCA has selected from a group of outstanding finalists, Tyler Holtz from DeWitt and Cross Watson of Portage Central as the 2021 recipients of the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association’s Scholar Athlete Awards. The two seniors were both recently chosen to the MHSFCA Dream Team, have grade point averages above 4.0 and scored […]

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2nd Annual Senior Showcase

The MHSFCA Senior Showcase is a MHSAA endorsed one-day event for high school seniors that have not signed to display their skills to Division II, III, and NAIA football programs. The event will be organized and managed by the MHSFCA and area high school football coaches. Players will showcase their skills during a series of […]

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