Mike McLendon

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  Faces in our community - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/2/2004    Last Visited: 9/2/2004  

  Madison-Ridgeland Academy coaches are (front) Head Coach Mack Norwood, (back row) Allen Kirk, Mike McLendon and Jesse McRight.

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  MRA - Madison Ridgeland Academy - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/19/2008    Last Visited: 11/19/2008  

  Mike McLendon

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  The Madison County Herald - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/2/2004    Last Visited: 12/4/2004  

  "I thought we did a real good job up front in creating seams in the line of scrimmage, and the back did a good job once he got there," commented MRA offensive line coach Mike McLendon.

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  The Madison County Herald - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/31/2005    Last Visited: 6/1/2005  

  "I thought he was very worthy of making the All-Star team," said MRA head coach Mike McLendon.
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  "I guess if you wanted to call it a heated rivalry, you could," said McLendon, "It depends on how you want to look at it.
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  "I know Brett talked with Mississippi Delta a good bit and there are other doors still open for Brett," said McLendon.

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  The Madison County Herald - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/6/2006    Last Visited: 7/6/2006  

  There are other changes, such as Tameika Brown and Gary Bowen taking over the girls and boys basketball programs at Velma Jackson and Larry Wesson replacing Mike McLendon as MRA's baseball coach.

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  The Madison County Herald - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/1/2006    Last Visited: 6/1/2006  

  MRA's summer baseball schedule continues through the month of June, and Mike McLendon will be in the dugout even though he recently announced he's stepping down.
  
  "I don't think I want to be a head baseball coach right now," said McLendon, "and I'm going to take my career in another direction.
  
  "Sooner or later, you're going to have to decide on which way you're going to go as far as your career," he added."I think football is the way to go for me now.That's what I feel in my heart, and that's what I'm going to do."
  
  For the past four years, McLendon has been the offensive and defensive line coach for the Patriots, who won the Academy AAA Division II state championship in 2004.
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  "Mike is going to move into that area, and he'll do a great job there.He's done a great job with the offensive and defensive lines, and I feel fortunate to have a coach of his capabilities on my staff."
  
  McLendon, 32, played baseball at Delta State and used his weight room experience as a head football coach at Bayou Academy before coming to Madison.This summer, he'll split time between the baseball field and the weight room, but expect his roles to increase next fall.
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  "Coach (Allen) Kirk and coach (Jesse) McRight pretty much handle the defense, so that should free Mike up to do a little more game planning on the offense."
  
  McLendon still plans to be involved with MRA baseball, even after they hire the program's third head coach in three years.

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  The Madison County Herald - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/6/2006    Last Visited: 4/7/2006  

  "We got some timely hitting," said Patriots coach Mike McLendon, whose team moves to 8-11.
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  It's as good as I've seen him throw since he's been here," McLendon said of his senior reliever's longest outing of the year.
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  "I like the way we are, but we're going to have to play good ball on Friday," said McLendon.

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  The Madison County Herald - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/7/2005    Last Visited: 4/9/2005  

  The MRA family will now be taken care of by Mike McLendon, who should have a comfortable move from assistant coach to head coach.
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  "They're used to coach McLendon and they like coach Smith out there with them.
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  "I don't think it's going to effect them at all," said McLendon.
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  After a year with the now-defunct semi-pro Greenville Bluesmen, McLendon coached at Deer Creek School in Arcola before taking an assistant position at Humphreys Academy under his father, Benny.
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  McLendon was the head football and baseball coach at Bayou Academy for two years before joining the MRA coaching staff in 2002.
  
  "I think it's a great school and we have a lot of talent," said McLendon.
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  The program sits at a crossroads, two games above .500 in their overall record and Academy AAA-Division II District 2 as McLendon takes over.
  
  "If you've followed our program over the past two years, we've won," said McLendon."We just haven't consistently got the job done at the end of the season.That's what we want to try and do, get over that hump."
  
  He plans to get the Patriots over the hump with a strict diet of discipline and training to eliminate mental lapses.
  
  "The big thing about (coach McLendon) is the way we practice," said Kirschten.

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  The Madison County Herald - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/28/2006    Last Visited: 3/28/2006  

  "I still feel like we've got a good ball club, (but) we've played some real stiff competition right off the bat," said Patriots coach Mike McLendon, whose team got just one hit in a 9-0 loss to Jackson Academy on Thursday.

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  The Madison County Herald - [Cached Version]
  Last Visited: 5/5/2005  

  After the game, head coach Mike McLendon wished the six seniors well and hugs were shared by all.Then he addressed the underclassmen and was unavailable for comment.
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  Reed started the sixth with a opposite field double and after an out, McLendon chose to intentionally walk Sneed, a Dandy Dozen selection who had doubled in the first and singled off the left field wall.

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