Former WDCR-WFRD broadcaster Rob Simmelkjaer '93 graduated from Dartmouth and Harvard Law, but the sports broadcasting bug that bit him apparently never let go. A USA Today column mentions his unique background and reports that the former ESPN Inc., executive -- who has stepped out of the corporate world to return to broadcasting -- will spend Saturday as "a sideline reporter on ESPN's coverage of high school football as Glades Central (Fla.) squares off vs. Byrnes (S.C.)." To be honest, WDCR-WFRD sports programming is, to put it kindly, uneven from year to year. It's only as good as the students who run the show and get behind the mic. Simmelkjaer was one of the best. To learn a little more about his unique background, click on this (somewhat dated) bio.
Wonder what football coaches do during their time off? Coach Buddy Teevens reported the following on the Dartmouth football parents blog ...
Defensive Coordinator Chris Wilkerson took in the Brickyard 400 NASCAR race in Indianapolis while back home in the midwest.
Offensive Coordinator Mike Hodgson vacationed in Castine, Maine with his family and followed daughter Cassie's summer softball team while volunteer assistant Curt Oberg '78 was with his family in Boston and on the Little League baseball circuit around Massachusetts and New York.
Offensive line coach Cyril Brockmeier spent time in Tampa while defensive backs coach Sammy McCorkle and defensive line coach Cedric Calhoun waited in lines at Disney World in Orlando.
Running backs coach Adam Hollis honed his golf game at Myrtle Beach and bided his time until the Yankees could storm past the Red Sox.
Special teams coordinator and director of football operations Matthew Smiley made it to the Bahamas.
Outside linebackers coach Kenyada Davis got some family time back in Oklahoma where new wide receivers coach Jarrail Jackson was working -- as a player for the Oklahoma City Yard Dogz of arenafootball2.
Buddy Teevens spent time in Crescent Beach, Fla., and working at a certain football camp in Louisiana. (Be sure to scan down the bios on that site ;-)
Check the Green Alert main site tonight for a full report on today's first practice session. A story should be posted by 9 p.m.
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