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January 13, 2012

For Immediate Release
To: News Director/Editor
From: Dave Weber, Chief Student Affairs and Strategic OperationsOffice
(507) 285-7217 or dave.weber@roch.edu Fax: (507) 280-2813

Derrick Hintz Named Head Football Coach of Yellowjackets

Derrick Hintz has been named the permanent Head Football Coach of the Rochester Community and Technical College Yellowjackets. As interim coach this past season, Coach Hintz led the Yellowjackets to the Minnesota College Athletic Conference (MCAC) state championship with an undefeated conference campaign. The team was ranked as high as seventh nationally and played in the Graphic Edge Bowl.

"I am excited to continue the winning tradition that has been Rochester football since its inception. We will continue to recruit the best local athletes and field teams that Rochester will be proud of, and with the continued support of the college, the local communities, and the student-athletes, we plan on continuing the tradition of excellence."

Derrick has been part of the Yellowjacket program for over 13 years. Besides his stint interim head coach, he has served in a variety of coaching roles including defensive coordinator, offensive line, linebacker, and special teams and has worked under former coaches including Brad LaPlante, Tom Hosier, Chuck Siefert and Joel Swisher. Coach Hintz has been part of a Yellowjacket coaching staff that has brought two national D-III championships, nine state championships and eleven bowl appearances.

Coach Hintz currently works at Byron High School teaching Industrial Technology and Engineering courses and has served as the head wrestling coach and is an assistant track coach. He will continue his work at Byron in addition to his coaching responsibilities at the College. Coach Hintz has been a head coach at the high school level coaching football, wrestling, and track, and also has been an assistant at that level for over 36 seasons. Coach Hintz wrestled for the Yellowjackets in 1983 before his season was cut short by injury and later transferred to UW-Stout where he wrestled.

Coach Hintz holds a Master’s Degree from University of Minnesota in Applied Kinesiology-Sport Exercise Science and a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Wisconsin Stout in Technology Education and a Coaching minor.

January 4, 2012

Fruechte excited to catch on as juco recruit for Gophers

Isaac Fruechte was barely a year old the first time he wore a Gophers jersey, a pint-sized replica that his parents put him in for baby pictures. Now he'll get to wear the real thing.

Fruechte, a wide receiver from Caledonia in the southeast corner of the state, formally accepted a scholarship to Minnesota by faxing in his letter-of-intent Wednesday morning, making him part of a team he'd dreamed of joining "for a real long time, probably since I was 5."

Four other junior-college athletes also signed their commitments on Wednesday, the first wave of reinforcements for coach Jerry Kill's 3-9 Gophers. Along with Fruechte, who spent a season playing for Rochester Community Technical College, Kill received letters from three defensive backs and a tailback: Jeremy Baltazar, a cornerback from Blinn (Texas) Community College; Briean Boddy, who played cornerback at Coffeyville (Kan.) Community College; Martez Shabazz, a cornerback at Trinity Valley (Texas); and Mississippi Gulf Coast tailback James Gillum, who gained more than 2,200 yards over two seasons.

All five will be on campus, along with a handful of early-graduating high school recruits, when winter semester begins next month, and will take part in spring practices in March.

"I wish we didn't have winter break, I want to get up there so bad," Fruechte said.

No wonder. He's waited almost two years already.

Originally recruited as a walk-on by Tim Brewster two years ago, Fruechte attended RCTC instead while getting his test scores up. He caught 25 passes, 10 of them for touchdowns, for the Yellowjackets, while picking up 890 yards. That -- and a 4.38-second timing in the 40-yard dash -- got the attention of Kill, who met with the 6-3 receiver and his father, Caledonia coach Carl Fruechte, soon after he was hired.

When Fruechte offered to redshirt during the 2011 season while finishing his associate degree, Kill was sold. The junior-college transfer, who spent the season working out with his old team and dabbling in some informal coaching on game days, will have three seasons to play with the Gophers, rather than the usual two. (Same goes for Boddy, who is leaving Coffeyville after only one season.)

"I told him from Day One, I'd be willing to do anything he asks. Special teams, offense, anything," Fruechte said. "I've always been proud of where I'm from. It means a lot to me to play for Minnesota."

Posted by Star Tribune - Updated December 21, 2011 - 8:39 p.m.

January 4, 2012

Congratulations to Caleb Leichtnam - 2011 Post Bulletin Sportsperson of the Year!!!

Click here: http://postbulletin.com/news/stories/display.php?id=1480983 for story.

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RCTC football, a tradition of excellence!

2011 Season Results:

Record: 11-1
MCAC State Champions
MCAC Southern Division Champions
Graphic Edge Bowl Invitation

2010 Season Results:

Record:  10-2
MCAC State Champions
MCAC Southern Division Champions
North Star Bowl Invitation

2009 Season Results:

Record:  10-2
MCAC Southern Division Champions
MCAC State Runner-up
North Star Bowl Invitation

2008 Season Results:

Record:  8-2
Southern Division Tri-Champions
North Star Bowl Champions

2007 Season Results:

Record: 11-0
MCCC Southern Division Champions
MCCC State Champions

2006 Season Results:

Record: 7-4
MCCC Southern Division Champions
MCCC State Runner-up

2005 Season Results:

Record: 9-3
MCCC State Champions
Graphic Edge Bowl Invite

2004 Season Results:

Record: 9-3
MCCC Southern Division Champions
MCCC State Champions
Snow Bowl Invite

2003 Season Results:

Record: 9-3
MCCC Southern Division Champions
MCCC State Champions
Heart of Texas Bowl Invite

2002 Season Results:

Record: 12-1
MCCC Southern Division Champions
MCCC State Champions
Defender Bowl Invite

2001 Season Results:

Record: 10-1
MCCC Southern Division Champions
Dixie Rotary Bowl Invite

2000 Season Results:

Region XIII Champions - 2000
Pepsi Cola-Sigler Printing Bowl Champions-2000
NJCAA Div. III National Champions-2000

Kickoff:

 

CONGRATULATIONS, Brad and the entire RCTC Football Team!

RCTC's Head Football Coach, Brad LaPlante was involved in two awards presented at the 2008 Rochester Area Sports Banquet. Brad was named Area Coach of the Year, and the RCTC Football Team was named Team of the Year. Read more...

 

Updated: January 13, 2012