Mount Pleasant Magazine Sept/Oct 2014

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SIx years ago, JImmy NooNaN
accepted the head coaching position
at Wando high school. He’d come
from Spring Valley High School in the
midlands, where the football culture is
ingrained into kids’ minds at an early age.
Noonan accepted the challenge
of bringing his own brand of football philosophy to a
place that was not necessarily a football town. Yet Mount
Pleasant is a supportive community, and, on Friday
nights, it can create “one of the greatest home-field
atmospheres in high school football,” according to the
Warrior coach.
“The Chop House is most intimidating to our
opponents,” Noonan continued, referencing Wando’s
student body cheering section.
In a school where the band receives all the sideline
advertising money and a 60-man football roster receives
about the same amount of money as a 15-man wrestling
team, Noonan is grateful for the parent and fan support
given to his squad.
“Our parents are tremendous and always rally to the
cause when our program needs something. Their energy,
effort and support of our program are second to none,”
With Jimmy Noonan at the helm of the Warrior
football program, Mount Pleasant has become a
difficult place for visiting teams to play.
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By Cullen Murray-Kemp
Y’all Ready for Some
(Wando) Football?
Photos courtesy of Wando High School.