The word got out about this one last week but like many things soccer related this season, I’m moving a bit slow. So I’ll let Dave Roberts at the Waynesville Daily Guide do the honors:
(Waynesville AD John) Morrison confirmed this week that Mike Armstrong, a current assistant for the WHS girls’ soccer team, and Mike Gow, currently the boys’ and girls’ soccer head coach at Ozark Conference rival Lebanon, have been hired to run the WHS soccer programs. Each will be a head coach, with the other serving as his assistant.
Armstrong was hired as the Waynesville boys’ soccer head coach as well as the Lady Tigers’ assistant coach. Gow was hired to be the WHS girls’ soccer head coach and will be the boys’ assistant.
Mike is pictured at a Hillcrest Girls game last Spring. His record in seven years at the school is 81-89-7 for the boys, including three winning seasons and Boys Coach of the Year for District 11 in 2002. His six seasons at the helm of the Girls program includes a 64-65-5 record including three straight winning seasons the past three years. He was Girls Coach of the Year for District 11 last Spring. He also coached the Red All-Stars squad at the initial Girls game in 2006.
Mike will finish the season with Lebanon where I fully expect another winning season. And no, this is not an April Fool’s joke folks!
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Much luck goes out to Coach Gow. He’ll do an outstanding job. He sure helped put the Lebanon girls’ team on the map. I’m glad he’s a least staying within the conference.
I hope you worked in a year’s supply of Whopper Malted Milk balls into the contract.
Best of luck to you and your new teams.
Coach Gow has done a great job at lebanon. he went from: lebanon soccer a joke in the ozark conference( winning 16 games in the first 5 years) however, ( In Coach Gow’s first 2 years he won 27 games!)
to now lebanon a respectable team that works hard and can surprise any team on any night. (this year with his girls there is no surprise, he has a good team)
With that said i think Coach Gow will continue the recent success of the Lady Tigers!
Thanks for kind words.
Renee where were you before I signed my contract!
Whopper Malted Milk Balls - those were some fun summertime afternoons watching our boys play, weren’t they?
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