Manatee High School football head coaching applicants

Manatee High School is searching for its next head football coach this spring.

While athletic director Danielle LaPoint and principal Don Sauer did not return phone calls seeking comment on where they stand in the process, the Herald obtained the list of applicants through a public records request.

Since John Booth resigned a few weeks before spring practice began, 127 people applied for the job.

Among the applicants, two formerly were on the Hurricanes’ coaching staff under Joe Kinnan.

Chris Conboy, who works in the University of South Florida’s recruiting office, was a finalist after Kinnan departed just before the 2014 season. John Booth was hired for the head coaching position at the end of that search.

Dominique Dunbar also applied. He is a coach on the track team, working alongside Mike Smith to prepare this year’s boys 4x100 relay team that is aiming for a third straight state title in the event. That team possesses three current football players and Tarique Milton, who is signed with Iowa State to play in college. Dunbar also has coached on Booth’s staff.

Braden River assistant coach Spencer Hodges applied. Hodges played at Manatee High for Kinnan and Howie DeCristofaro. Hodges has college coaching experience and coached at IMG Academy when the program was started under Chris Weinke. He became Braden River’s boys weightlifting coach this past season, and recently joined the Pirates’ staff for the upcoming football season.

Cardinal Mooney head coach Drew Lascari also applied. Lascari became the Cougars head coach in 2015. Prior to arriving at the Sarasota private school, Lascari was a member of Don Bosco (Ramsey, N.J.) Prep’s coaching staff. He joined Don Bosco in 2010 and was on staff for its 2011 national title season. Last season with Mooney, Lascari’s team defeated Southeast, a bigger public school, en route to making the playoffs for a second straight season under his guidance.

The list includes in-state candidates as well as a number of candidates from across the nation. Several are currently college assistant coaches and a couple are former NFL players.

Robert Andrews

Jameson Allen

Waides Ashmon

Scott Barnwell

Matt Bartley

Carlos Blake

Steven Boone

Joe Bowen

Miles Brandon

Robert Braucht

Jon Brooks

Matt Bryson

Michael Burns

Carlos Burrows

Roger Casciani

Keith Chattin

Bradley Chavez

RJ Chidester

Kenneth Cieri

Gene Clemons

Simon Codrington III

Chris Conboy

David Corrao

Michael Cullison

Buster Davis

Christopher Davis

Mike Dean

Chris DeGiovanni

Willie Denson

Matt Dillon

Dominique Dunbar

Landon Dunham

Dustin Etheridge

Chance Farrell

Howards Feggins

Stephen Fields

Ronnie Ghent

Scott Gildea

Bob Gobel

Jeffrey Golden

Raul Gomez

Cord Graham

Doug Haas

Garrett Hagin

Tim Harper

Jeffrey Hawkins

Christopher Hawley

Willie Hill

Spencer Hodges

Brandon Iseman

Roderick Jefferson

Melvin Jenkins

Paul Jenne

Edmund Jones

Fabrizio Joseph

Mark Kantor

Randall Kerns

Ken Knapczyk

James Lal

Stroad Lanham

Drew Lascari

Trent Laune

Scottie Littles

Christopher Madison

Martin Mathis

Kirk Mastromatteo

Dedrick Mayo

Jason McClendon

Fred McRae IV

Ronnie McCuin

Billy Miller

Joe Molina

Larry Moyer

Brett Munroe

Patrick Murphy

Bernard Myrthill

Jordan Nelson

Doug Nichols

Jesse Norris

Jim O’Leary

Brad Orlando

Custavious Patterson

Ashour Peera

Brandon Pennington

Justin Polizzi

Derek Pope

Jim Pusateri

Casey Quedenfeld

Robert Ramsay

Steven Reynolds

Shelley Ridgley

Nick Rigdon

Jason Robinson

Andrae Rowe

Dan Sanso

John Saracco

Ryan Schneider

Lance Schneider

Dan Schwartz

Todd Scott

Pierre Senatus

Allen Sergio

Michael Shatzer

Will Siffin

Eric Small

Dontay Spillman

Seth Stebbins

Jason Stokes

Joey Sulkowski

George Templet

David Thompson

Matt Tomlin

Aaron Towne

James Upchurch

Jared Van Acker

Chad Walker

Kevin Wallace

Jacoby Watkins

Jeffrey Weber

Anthony White

Jalen Whitlow

Charles Wiggins

Joel Williams

Nate Wilson

Charles Wimberly

Victor Winters

K.C. Woods

This story was originally published May 3, 2017 at 4:17 PM with the headline "Manatee High School football head coaching applicants."