Terries coming off of impressive 7-3 playoff season
WATCH: John Holmes, head football coach of the Titusville Terriers, and two of his players, Ralph Smith and Nate Lopez, talked with the Friday Night Locker Room’s Orville Susong and Steve Wilson recently during summer workouts.
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – John Holmes, head football coach of the Titusville Terriers, talked with the Friday Night Locker Room’s Orville Susong and Steve Wilson recently during summer workouts. Susong and Wilson also talked with standout Terrier players Ralph Smith and Nate Lopez.
Coach Holmes took over a Terriers team that in 2021 that did not win a single game, and in a remarkable turnaround, Titusville won seven games and reached the playoffs!
Susong asked Coach Holmes about the success his team had last season. He said, “We had a lot of young kids, but they believed in the process, and we were able to be successful.”
Wilson asked Smith, a wide receiver for the Terriers, how Coach Holmes was able to turn things around so quickly. Smith said, “He showed that he actually cares about us.” He went on to say that his caring “made us come together easier.”
Lopez also talked about Coach Holmes and his leadership. When talking about the summer program at Titusville football, Lopez said, “It’s a great program, especially with Coach Holmes.”
The common theme seems to be Coach John Holmes. He has turned things around in Titusville and, as you can imagine, there is a tremendous amount of excitement as we inch closer to the 2023 season.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Steve Wilson was born in DeRidder, Louisiana and grew up in both New Orleans and Macon, Georgia. He moved to Brevard County in 1984 and retired from local government as the Community Advocate/Assistant to the City Manager with the City of Rockledge in 2018.
Among the awards and accolades Steve has received over the years are 15 + year Rockledge Little League volunteer, Brevard Public School Jefferson Award Recipient, Rockledge High School Raider Booster Award 2001, 2006, City of Rockledge Employee of the Year 2006, Rockledge Kiwanian of the Year 2006-2007, City of Rockledge Quality Public Service Award 2008, 2012, 2017, Rockledge Kiwanis Citizen of the Year 2012-2013, Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame – Sportscasting 2015, Rockledge High School Leadership and Service Award 2016, Central Florida Humanitarian Award 2017, Space Coast Inspiration Award – 2018 and Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame – Lifetime Achievement – 2020.
Wilson is especially proud of his chairing two fundraisers in support of pediatric cancer research through the St. Baldrick’s Foundation in honor of Merritt Island resident Julie Spurlock that raised over $25,000.00.
He has been a partner, along with Orville Susong, for the past 24 years with the Friday Night Locker Room, a broadcasting team that covers and reports on a wide variety of local events that are of significance to the residents of the Space Coast and beyond. Their mission is to promote youth sports, support first responders and law enforcement personnel, and showcase community and charitable events that are produced by our nonprofit partners in central Florida.
The Friday Night Locker Room has awarded hundreds of sports achievement plaques to Brevard County student-athletes over the years. They have also awarded more than $18,000 in academic scholarships to Brevard County high school seniors.
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