Q & A with Bill Ramseyer

Keys to Successful August PracticesBill Ramseyer has a reputation for turning programs around. While head coach at Firelands High School in Ohio, his teams finished with a 24-2 record for a school that never had a winning season prior to Ramseyer’s arrival. After becoming head coach at Wilmington College, Ramseyer amassed a 114-58-4 record over 19 seasons. Before his arrival, Wilmington had only 28 wins over a 15-year period. He did virtually the same thing when he was selected as head coach at the University of Virginia at Wise. The school’s first head coach, he completed back-to-back 10-win seasons in 1995 and 1996. It was the first college program to accomplish this feat in its first six years of existence. Ramseyer has been a high school and college coach for 44 years. With August camp approaching, he spent a few minutes with AFM on the importance of pre-season practices.Q. What