I am completely blessed and honored to be named the new Northland Vikings head football coach!! This is a dream come true! What an unbelievable opportunity! Now it is time to get to work!!
#GoVikings
R.I.P. grandpa/coach Annarella! You taught me more than anyone could have ever imagined, you cared for each one of us like we were one of your own! This dude is a true legend! When my dad married your daughter our family got a lot stronger just by having you in it! Fly high coach
Lets goooo!!! All our kids gear came in today!! Every kid gets a long sleeve, sweats and a book bag, FOR FREE!!! They deserve nothing but the best and that’s what we will provide to them!
Super excited to say I am going to be Coaching at Pickerington North High School the next football season! Time to see the game from a different view! Can’t wait to start working with these boys and the coaching staff next week!
#GoPanthers
#BeatLiberty
The
@NLVikesFB
roster just got a lot stronger adding this little guys to the roster!! Xavier Thomas Sayers checking in at 7 pounds 8 ounces and 21 inches!! Mama was a trooper and is doing amazing! God is great!!
I really wish every time i say I coach and teach at Northland to someone they would stop acting like our kids are so terrible because we are in the city! If people would get to know our kids and support them the way we do then they would know how genuine and amazing they are!
😅 doubt they even show up!! Bishop Sycamore is not even a real school! Same dudes who tried to start the COF are trying there!!! Very sketchy school! No school building no facilities no nothing!!! Not affiliated with OHSAA nor ODE... bad to schedule them in my opinion🤷🏻♂️
If y’all didn’t know, THE PANTHERS ARE G-MAC CHAMPS BABYYYY!!! I love this team and all our support!! Let’s pray everything falls in place and we get in these playoffs!!!
#PantherNation
If you see your student athletes going through crisis at this time and being depressed about losing their sports please give them the hotline...
Nationwide Children's Crisis Line: 614-722-1800
Crisis Text Line: text "home" to 741741
Our guys make coaching easy and most importantly, fun!! I’m so proud of this group it’s unreal! We have had so many highs and lows but our guys have so much grit and continue to fight in every situation! When adversity his hard they hit back even harder! Lets keep it rolling!
I am unbelievably proud of our guys... we went on a 2 hour rain delay... come back out to start the game... get another rain delay then come out and had a hell of a game! 42-14 Vikings!!! I love our guys and how they responded to all the craziness!! Game ended at 12:40am!
You have no clue how ignorant this tweet is... teachers are the biggest influence on a child’s life! Teachers are with the kids more than most of their parents! There’s so much more to it! Do more research and come talk to me!!! And $53,000 is 100% not the average salary at all!!
Lemme vent real quick... i absolutely hate when someone gets to go on a “smoke break” at work?? Like just cause i don’t smoke i can’t go take a 5 min break every 45 min to an hour like them?? Smoke breaks shouldn’t even be a real thing!
Man, what a season! I’m truly blessed for having the opportunity to coach this Vikings football team! There are a lot of things to be proud of! Huge shout out to my coaching staff, those dudes have done a phenomenal job! Class of 2024, go be great! GO VIKINGS🔰
I’m just gonna be honest… there’s not another team in the city with this many football players showing up to winter workouts! 40+ guys coming in to get that work, while our other guys are in winter sports!!
#NoRetreatNoSurrender
#EmbraceTheChase
It’s that time of year again!! The first day of summer workouts is always one of my favorite days! Something is brewing on the North side of Columbus!
1st year- 28 guys first day
2nd year-35 guys first day
3rd year- 46 kids first day
4th year- 56 kids first day
#Every24
We aren't done yet. After beating Beechcroft on Saturday we earned a spot in the playoffs and a piece of the City North Championship. This is the first time the Vikings have made the playoffs since 2013.
#GoVikings
Man!!! What a beautiful day yesterday was!!! Our guys are continuously getting better and taking the necessary steps to becoming great!! Back at it today!! Have to finish the week strong
Great first scrimmage for the Vikings! Vikings come out on top 13-0 against Hamilton Township! And my little dude was out there cheering us on!!
#GoVikings
Congrats to my guy
@jacksawyer40
on being presented his Under Armour All American jersey today!! I’m so proud of where you are and where you are going! The sky is the limit for you!!
Finally the Vikings get their hardware for this past season! This trophy goes to show all the hard work that was put in by the student athletes and assistant coaches! Thankful for everyone that was apart of our 2022 journey! 2023 is going to be a “movie” as our kids would say!
Interesting fact about Northland High School… we are the only high school in the city that has raised its graduation rate every year for the past 5 years!!
Spring cleaning ☑️
Great job by our guys coming in over spring break and deep cleaning our weight room!!! Next year we paint the entire place and start getting new weights!!! Take pride in taking care of your space!!
#WeAreONE
It’s crazy not having football! It’s only been one day but it’s felt like an eternity since being with our guys! especially when you go from being with them 6 hours everyday to not seeing them or knowing the next time you’ll get to coach them! They need to let these kids play!
The transfer portal has made getting a high school athlete recruited so tough, many of the colleges have expressed “we are waiting for the transfer portal guys first”
It takes a village to raise these boys into young men and our parent meeting tonight showed just that! We had over 50 parents come to our parent meeting tonight which is by far the best we have had the past three years!
#WeAreONE
I can’t speak for anyone else but man I’m pumped up for this
@ohsfca
coaches clinic that’s coming up next week! Some great speakers on the list and I’m just excited to be back in person around some great coaches!
Wow.... what a blessing to be back out there with these young men!! Today was A little review of what we learned before going on suspension and practicing our social distancing with guys that were not in!! It’s always a great day to be a Viking!!
Man!!!! That felt amazing to finally get back out there!! Great job by our guys flying around and making plays!! 3 defensive turnovers and a touchdown!! A lot of work to still be done but overall the Vikings are ready to go!!
Just checked our hudl and the amount of time our kids watched... I’m speechless!! These guys are all the way bought in! 75% of our guys are all over an hour of time and we had zoom meetings with them after practice Monday and Wednesday to watch film!! Man i love our guys!
Phenomenal start to the off-season for the Vikings.. 1st year here we had 8 to start lifting, 2nd year here we started with 17, this year we started with 36 student athletes! Now consistency with them is going to be the key to success!
#EmbraceTheCha23
Phenomenal past 2 days at the
@OhioStateFB
Coaches Clinic!! Always great to see the HS coaches across Ohio coming together to get better! Another positive is watching this Dawg do his thing!! Proud of you
@jacksawyer33
!!
VIKINGS FOOTBALL IS BACK!!!
We will be practicing Saturday 9am-10:30am to get the kids back together!!
Off Sunday
Monday-Friday we will be practicing 4pm-7pm!! Football game schedule will be coming out soon!!
Things happen so fast in life! That’s why you always tell the ones you love that you love them and never take anything for granted! In just a blink of an eye your world can change!
First knot on his head from walking and going face first into the hardwood floor… mom is about in tears and I’m over here jacked up for my guy because he recovered quickly and went right back to practicing walking!! Talk about some
#grit
Continuing our meet the new coaching staff at Northland High School, today is getting to know me a little bit, thank you
@USMChris1984
for doing the interview for me. Super excited to get this journey started
#AllGasNoBrakes
Can’t forget about
@coachA01
! This girl has been nothing short of amazing! She does all our behind the scenes work, checks our kids grades and attendance to class even though she’s a student herself and never misses a day! College coaches need to tap in with her!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!! From the Sayers Gang!!! Seeing Christmas through Xavier’s eyes has made this the best Christmas ever!! Being a Dad is my favorite job in the world!
Huge congrats to my guy
@MekhiKilburn
he will be the first player I’ve been blessed to coach that continues his football career at Ohio Dominican where i finished mine! So excited for what’s ahead of you and i can’t wait to be cheering you on the whole time!
Big one tonight for the Vikings:
-City north title on the line
-Win and we are in playoff scenario
-Rivalry game
-Last regular season game for our seniors!
If you aren’t already juiced up for this one, then this game just isn’t for you!
#GoVikings
#AllGasNoBrakes
HUGE shoutout to all the college coaches that came to The Land this morning!! We had over 60 coaches in attendance for our combine!! Our kids brought the juice and competed all morning!!
#GRIT
Our guys have been killing it so far this off season, competing with each other and making each other better!! We have averaged 35 guys in the weight room each day! The work ethic has been impressive!
#BeTheStandard
#EmbraceTheCha23
Huge shout out to
@Tyler_Foster10
and
@sglov1
for being selected to compete in the North South All Star game!! These guys deserve everything they have received! Not only great football players but amazing people as well!!
Great way to finish workouts today!! One of my favorite things as a coach is watching our guys compete and push each other!! More and more guys are coming everyday, we went from 8 to 24 in 4 weeks!! We are building something great!