FOOTBALL COACHES Miles Martin – Miles Martin is in his eighth year coaching football at East. He's currently coaching the defensive line, and has coached receivers and the offensive lines in the past. Coach Martin is also a physics teacher at East and came to the Shawnee Mission district from the Turner district, where he was defensive coordinator, an offensive coach, and head freshman coach. Martin earned his undergraduate degree in chemistry and secondary education from Mid-America Nazarene University in 1990. He played football there and was a four-year starter, earning all-league and all-district honors. He has been in public education for 20 years at the middle-, junior-, and high-school levels. Nick McGrain – Nick McGrain is coaching the offensive line at East this year. In addition, he is coaching the sophomore team. He has spent 39 years teaching and coaching and has been a head coach for 21 of those years. Coach McGrain has taught in Topeka and this is his sixth year in the SM School District. He is currently teaching Social Studies at SM North High School. McGrain's wife, Trisha, is an elementary school teacher in the SM district, and they have a son, Lawson. Josh Dalton – Josh Dalton coaches the defensive backs. He comes to Shawnee Mission from Avila University in Kansas City and McAuley Catholic High School in Joplin, Missouri. He coached the defensive line at Avila and coached defensive backs and wide receivers at McAuley. Coach Dalton still attends graduate classes at Avila and is on pace to receive a master's degree in teaching and instruction in 2010. He received his undergraduate degree from Missouri Southern University, where he played baseball. Coach Dalton is married with wife Christina and two dogs, one of which is names Emmitt after former Dallas Cowboys football great, Emmitt Smith. Dalton has lived in California, Missouri, Indiana, and now Kansas. Jared Anderson – Jared Anderson coaches the sophomore team at Shawnee Mission East. He attended Emporia State University and has taught physical education in the Shawnee Mission School District. Anderson grew up in a small-town farming community and played football, basketball, and baseball all four years of high school. He is married and delayed his college education by going to work in residential construction while his wife completed nursing school.
Sam Brown – Sam Brown has been in the coaching profession for 39 years, many of those years spent as a head coach. A native of Excelsior Springs, Mo.,Brown began his coaching career in his hometown of Excelsior Springs and was there for seven years. From there, he spent 12 years coaching at Grandview High School. After he left Grandview, he coached at the college level spending 12 years at William Jewell College. Coach Brown then returned to the high school ranks as the head football coach at rival Shawnee Mission North for eight years. He then returned to Excelsior Springs where he coached for five years before retiring from the Missouri school system. Coach Brown is excited to be at Shawnee Mission East coaching with his good friend, Chip Sherman. The two coached together at Grandview High School and are both members of the Missouri Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame class of 2008. Brown’s wife, Cindy, teaches at Blue Valley High School. Their daughter, Maggie, and son, Mack, both have teaching degrees from Baker University. John Haley – John Haley joins the East football coaching staff this year at the freshmen level. His primary responsibilities will be coaching the defensive backs, wide receivers, and special teams. Coach Haley is a native of Kansas City, playing both football and baseball at Shawnee Mission South. He attended the University of Kansas where he earned his degree in Human Biology. Haley’s wife, Jill, is also a graduate of Shawnee Mission South and KU. She works as a physical therapist. Coach Haley and Jill currently reside in Leawood with their two dogs, Huron and Koda. Jason Utlaut – Jason Utlaut comes to the Lancer coaching staff from Platte County, where he coached football for two years. Coach Utlaut is thrilled to be working with Coach Sherman again. He and his family have been a part of championship teams since 1998. He played varsity football for three years at Santa Fe in Alma, Mo. and attended Central Methodist University. Coach Utlaut will be doing his student teaching in a kindergarten class this fall. He is married with one daughter, Ava, and lives in Shawnee.
Chris Funk – Chis is a graduate of Kansas State University after graduating from SM North in 1996. He has spent five years teaching choir and coaching football and wrestling in Kansas City, Kansas. He is now a choir teacher in his third year at Westridge Middle. Funk and his wife, Jill, have a 4-year-old son and a 1-year-old daughter on the way this October.
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