Husband | Father | Head Football Coach of @FerrisFootball
Big Rapids, MI
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Privileged to be the only team in Michigan to play a game this week. It’s wheels up 🛫 to Mankato, Minnesota for some #Final4 football! 🐶🏈
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Well it’s the final weekend of @NCAADII football. Two teams are left. @FerrisFootball is one of them. Thank you to #BulldogNation for the support to this point. Time to wear a lot of red and cheer louder than you’ve ever cheered before. Let’s bring this 🏆 home! 🐶🏈
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Three former Ferris State Bulldogs played in the same NFL game Sunday. So proud of these great men!
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Excited to still be playing football over thanksgiving weekend for the 5th consecutive season. Recruits be patient with us, as much as we want to get out to recruit, we’re busy representing @GLIACFootball as the last team standing for the 3rd straight year! 🐶🏈
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Such a blessing to deliver this National Championship trophy to our esteemed President, Dr. Bill Pink and his wife Lori!
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So proud of these 2 great friends and former Ferris State Coaches! @Coach_Casula @UMichCoachEspo
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1st time since 2013 we aren’t practicing on Thanksgiving Day. Very thankful, but sad to not be with my staff and team! We will be back Dawg fans!
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From a walk on to the first ever draft pick from @FerrisFootball. Anything is possible. Congratulations @zachsieler.
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Man, what a time to be a #DAWG! Third straight year playing in a regional 🏆 game. Third straight year playing 🏈 in December. I’ve never been around a team that embraces the #NextManUp mantra the way these 🐶 do. It’s wheels up 🛫 to Arkansas tomorrow!
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National. Champions. Congratulations to @FerrisMBBALL for one of the greatest seasons in the history of College Basketball. Thank you for taking #BulldogNation on one epic ride!
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Proud to deliver this National Championship Trophy to our great President, Dr. Bill Pink!
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AFC Defensive Player of the Week! Congratulations Tav. So proud of you! What an accomplishment.
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So humbled and excited to be invited to speak at Clemson University this afternoon! Thank you Clemson for the opportunity.
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Standing with three great friends at the @michiganhsfca clinic. Combined over 1,000 wins between the three. Legends! John Herrington, Jack Schugars, and Jim Ahern.
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Not the way any of us wanted to go out, but I need to take time to thank our senior class. 45 times we got to celebrate the joys of victory together, & 7 times we had to handle defeat together. Thank you for your impact on @FerrisFootball as players and as men. #DAWGSForLife
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Wow, great work by the grounds crew today clearing Top Taggart so we could practice! Blessed to have such supportive people to help our team succeed. Thank you!
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So proud! Not surprised at all. Love Trinidad!
West Michigan, Ferris State, Ole Miss, Trinidad and Coach Annese—What an article!!
If you want to know what the secret behind Ferris State 🏈 success is—take a look at this!!
@FerrisFootball @CoachAnnese @TrinidadChambl1
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The definition of Loyalty - When virtually every QB in the nation chooses to leave to be grad transfers, TRuss graduated this past spring but chose to stay at Ferris! And the D2 player of the year plays the same position. Much love for you TRuss!
Congrats to Bulldog senior QB Travis Russell on being nominated for the 2019 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team for the second consecutive year! @WeAreAFCA #GoodWorksTeam bit.ly/32qL7MC
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The most loyal, most giving, and hardest working coach on earth! So proud of you Hodge!
Huge congrats to Ferris State NATIONAL CHAMPION defensive coordinator Ryan Hodges on being chosen as the 2021 @FootballScoop Division II Coordinator Of The Year Award recipient! Great honor! bit.ly/3t7oCfm
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Great time at the Glazier Clinic in Las Vegas! I truly enjoyed talking ball with a great group of coaches. Thank you to all the coaches that attended my sessions. We had a big crowd. Go Dawgs!
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Got to spend time w the toughest dude I know tonight. His fight is inspiring to all of us & shows you don't have to be a 🐶 to fight like one
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Wow. Great crowd. Great Alumni. Great recruits. Great rivalry. Great day to be a #DAWG. Proud of every member of @FerrisFootball!
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So very proud of these great young men!
Awesome photo of @FerrisFootball alums Malik Taylor, Zach Sieler and Brady Sheldon at last night’s Packers/Ravens NFL game!
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Blessed to witness the marriage of the greatest rushing quarterback in the history of college football, Jason VanderLaan, to his beautiful wife Nicole! Love u Jason.
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Very proud of @TavierreT , @kylejot81, @DeeThrower1, @PoundForPound20. All four of these guys have their own incredible story of personal triumph!
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So proud of these Dawgs! 3 former Ferris Football players, Coach Dylan Roney, Malik Taylor, and Caleb Murphy participated in the NFL Hall of Fame game.
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Incredibly proud of all that this young man has accomplished. A great honor for one of the hardest working and most selfless people I’ve ever been around!
Congrats to Bulldog QB Travis Russell on winning the Elite 90 Award from the NCAA tonight for holding the highest GPA of anyone in the National Championship Game!
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The Ferris State way! Great job Zim!
Tyreek Hill says Justin Zimmer is the defender he’s been most impressed by.
#SuperBowl
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Shout out to #BulldogNation for showing up strong today. Big time effort by our fans, big time effort by our players. On to the #Final4 #🐶
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Our thoughts are with the entire GVSU football community this morning. There are a lot of things in life that are bigger than football and this is one of them. #GLIACBrotherhood
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And he played great!
Ferris State Football Alum Jason Vander Laan promoted to New Orleans Saints' active NFL roster for Sunday's action! Congrats JVL! bit.ly/2s9ZvuZ
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You mess with one 🐶, you get the whole pack.
Honored to be part of @ferrisathletics, the only school in the country in the #Elite8 for 🏈 and mens 🏀
📸: @nonrevtraveler
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Proud to be standing 8-1 with 1 week left to play. It may not always be pretty, but I will take W’s anyway we get them. On to Tech!
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What an honor It was to yet again speak at the @michiganhsfca clinic this morning. Coaching is the greatest fraternity in the world!
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The greatest football player in Ferris State history, Jason VanderLaan came to speak to our team tonight. He was very inspiring! Thanks Jason.
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Great first day in the Lone Star State so far. Thank you to @LHSRedhawkFB for the hospitality today. Excited for the rest of #BulldogNation to join us down here! 🐶🏈
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So proud of @JayruCampbell on this accomplishment. He’ll be the first to say that the @HarlonHillAward is a team award and that the most important business of this weekend is still ahead of us. 🐶🏈
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We are inviting any coach or player to come watch our practice this next week!
ONE WEEK! Fall camp opens with first practice next Monday for the three-time National Champs! #FSUFallCamp25
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Thank you to our new friends @MBHSFootball and @BroncoTweet for the hospitality today. Day 2 in Texas has been incredible but we couldn’t be more excited to have the rest of our pack of #DAWGS down here. Safe travels #BulldogNation! 🐶🏈
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When you let a puppy out of the cage you find that he learns to play like a #DAWG real quick. Proud of the way our vets have played like vets and our young guys have stepped up. Thank you to #BulldogNation for rocking the Top the last two weeks. Time to hit the road for week 3!
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Congratulations to Austin “Ace” Edwards on being activated for the Atlanta Falcons! So proud that the Ferris State Bulldogs have 5 players currently on active rosters in the NFL! #InTheFold
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TOUCHDOWN Malik!!!!
TD pass No. 3️⃣ for @AaronRodgers12 goes to @Taylor12Malik!
#GBvsHOU | #GoPackGo
📺 FOX
📱 packers.com/app nitter.app/packers/status/1320430…
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So proud to receive these plaques from the NCAA! To be number 1 in the Nation in both Total Offense and Scoring Offense is an amazing achievement by our players and coaches. Congratulations!
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Thank you my friend! Merry Christmas!
On behalf of the @HopeCollegeFB family, congratulations to my friend @CoachAnnese and @FerrisFootball on winning the DII National Championship! ❤️
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Honored to be ranked in the top 5 in the country the last two seasons and top 10 in the country the last 3! #DAWGS
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We had a very positive virtual call with our Wide Recievers and Slots this week! Thank you @LampStamp8 and @Taylor12Malik for taking the time to give our guys a few words of encouragement and great advice. Great to hear from some Bulldogs competing at the next level!
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I love those two guys! So proud!
Awesome photo of Bulldog alums Tavierre Thomas & Malik Taylor after last night’s NFL Preseason matchup between the Texans and Packers! #ProDawgs
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What a time to be a #DAWG🐶! Record crowd, top recruits, tons of alumni, and over 80 players got the chance to play! #Homecoming2017
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Congratulations to the 8 future DAWGS that participated in the Michigan HS All-Star game yesterday and to former FSU coaches Rob Zeitman & Joe Morse for coaching in the game!
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Congratulations to @zachsieler, @TavierreT, and Justin Zimmer on making @NFL 53 man rosters. 3 @FerrisFootball #NFLDawgs making their pro debuts this upcoming Sunday! Also 3 more who are still on rosters/practice squads. Proud and excited for all of them!
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It’s starting to get real 🔴 down here! Can’t wait to see, and most importantly, hear #BulldogNation tomorrow! Calling all @FerrisFootball alumni to meet @WillGoode3 in the tailgate lot exactly 1 hour before kickoff tomorrow for a group 📸!
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Incredible time at the Glazier Clinic in St. Louis! Loved the interaction with the great coaches that sat in on my sessions. Thank you for coming to see me. It was a lot of fun. Go Dawgs!
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Another great player from West Bloomfield HS!! Welcome, @jasonnnwilliams to the familly. its official! #InTheFOLD #FSUNSD20
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It’s nice to get out of the hotel a little bit but man, I hope we’re better on the field tomorrow than we are on the lanes today! #DAWGS #WhenInKansas
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Proud to make the playoff's for the 4th straight year. Gotta play like some #DAWGS every play to move on.
Congrats to @FerrisFootball - @ferrisathletics is NCAA BOUND & #️⃣4️⃣ seed in #D2FB Super Region 3️⃣ 🏈
#NCAAD2 #GLIACFB
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One of the greatest dudes I have had the pleasure of coaching in my career. Love Jared Bernhardt!
🥍 The nation's best college lacrosse player in 2021 is now fighting to make the @AtlantaFalcons roster as a wide receiver.
He’s never played the position.
@pschrags introduces us to Atlanta’s best preseason story: Jared Bernhardt.
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Congratulations @jvanderlaan15! Go to work like I know you will and good things will happen.
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Superstar player! An even better person. Love you Tav!
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2 regional championship trophies arrived recently! Congrats to the Ferris women and men. On to the ELITE EIGHT!
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Great to reunite with this incredible group of men and former players at JVL wedding! @LampStamp8, Brady Sheldon, Justin Zimmer, and @jvanderlaan15 have been on NFL rosters the last two years.
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So proud & so excited to watch these guys ball out today! @NFL @FerrisFootball @Taylor12Malik @TavierreT @zachsieler #JustinZimmer GO DAWGS! #InTheFold
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What an honor it was to be inducted into the Muskegon Area HOF last night. Great ceremony with even greater people!
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Excited to announce our staff is putting on a clinic for all coaches interested in learning the Offensive and Defensive techniques and schemes that helped us win the National Championship. To register just follow the link --> bit.ly/registermay7
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Way to go Zim! Another #DAWG on an NFL roster!
TRANSACTION: We have signed DB Tyson Graham, DT, Garrison Smith and DT Justin Zimmer.
📝 - atlfal.co.nz/2HJ0m9M
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