Growing the Family Tree

It’s not the coaching Dave Wiemers minds. It’s what so many coaches go through when they become a head coach… You see, the pressures of diagramming a game plan and mentoring Division II players at Emporia State isn’t that difficult to him. Drawing up plays, inserting the right personnel – that’s easy. You’d think it was easy too if you grew up where Wiemers did, sharing a house with the same family that he did. Coaching is work, but it isn’t work. It’s second nature. Wiemers was born into the family business. His father is a coach, as is his mother. Larry Wiemers and his wife, Sandi, met and married, and had three children – Dave, his brother Jon and his sister Susan. Larry Wiemers was, and is, a legend in Kansas high school football history. He coached Clay Center (Kan.) High School – where Dave would shine as a prep athlete – to a record of 114-62. He won eight