Zak Willis

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  Published on: 11/13/2008    Last Visited: 11/14/2008  

  Willis to speak at Touchdown Club
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  Newberry College head football coach Zak Willis will be the guest speaker at Friday's Sumter Touchdown Club breakfast meeting.
  
  Willis just wrapped up his sixth season with the Indians, which ended in a 6-4 record. He holds a 39-25 record at the school, making him the school's winningest coach in history with a .609 winning percentage.
  
  Willis was head coach at Pikeville College before Newberry, going 9-11.
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  Published on: 4/1/2008    Last Visited: 4/1/2008  

  Friend and former Newberry football player Tymere Zimmerman, football coach Zak Willis, and Newberry College Trustee Billy Walker spoke at the memeorial service.

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  Published on: 4/10/2008    Last Visited: 4/10/2008  

  Coach Zak Willis' Indians will hold their annual spring game at 10 a.m. on Saturday at Setzler Field.

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  Published on: 4/1/2008    Last Visited: 4/1/2008  

  Before dawn Monday morning, Newberry coach Zak Willis brought the team together for devotion.Willis and his staff make no apologies as they wear their religious beliefs on their sleeves.
  
  "Six kids made the decision to become Christians this morning, and nine more rededicated their lives.To me, that's why I coach," Willis said.
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  "Last night I was like a kid before Christmas," Willis said.

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  Published on: 11/12/2008    Last Visited: 11/13/2008  

  The trio will be honored on Friday at the Sumter Touchdown Club's weekly breakfast meeting beginning at 7:15 a.m. Newberry College head coach Zak Willis will be the guest speaker.

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  www.thestate.com/recruiting/story/309725.html - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/6/2008    Last Visited: 2/7/2008  

  4. Newberry | Coach Zak Willis needed defensive players and quarterbacks, and of his class of 18, got eight and three, respectively.And some good ones in the bargain.

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  Published on: 1/2/2008    Last Visited: 1/2/2008  

  During WCU's search for a new coach, Newberry coach Zak Willis told the Citizen-Times he was offered the job but that the offer was later rescinded.

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  Published on: 6/19/2008    Last Visited: 6/21/2008  

  Come hear from Ken Sparks, (Carson-Newman) president of the American Football Coaches Associaton; Fred Goldsmith (Lenoir-Rhyne), two-time national coach of the year; Zak Willis (Newberry), 2006 SAC Coach of the Year; Joe Reich (Wingate), 2004 SAC Coach of the Year; Tim Clifton, Mars Hill's all-time winningest coach; Frankie DeBusk, Tusculum's all-time winningest coach; Chip Hester (Catawba), 2007 SAC and AFCA Region Coach of the Year; and Paul Hamilton (Brevard), former East Tennessee State and Elon head coach.

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  Published on: 3/27/2008    Last Visited: 3/28/2008  

  Nothing unusual was uncovered, Willis said."This is certainly a shock to all of us," he said.
  
  Some NFL draft predictions had Benedict being selected as high as the third round.
  
  The coach said he learned of Benedict's death Wednesday from one of his players.Soon after, Benedict's father called to confirm the tragic news.
  
  "This is probably one of the toughest days I've ever had as a human being," said Willis, his eyes red.
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  Willis, a former assistant at the University of South Carolina who coached future NFL players in tailback Duce Staley, linebacker John Abraham and receiver Marcus Robinson, thought Benedict had the makeup and talent to play a decade or more in pro ball.
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  "If he had stayed at Tennessee, he'd be a first-round draft pick, I have no doubt," Willis said.

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  www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?sto - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/27/2008    Last Visited: 3/28/2008  

  Newberry Coach Zak Willis
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  "These guys are more than football players to me. It's gonna be really tough to be able to realize he's really gone," says Coach Zak Willis.

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