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East Central Community College w111 conclu~e springspntact d!IIIS by s~rimmaging l()ngtir:ne rivRI East Mississippi Community College at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Ap~l14 at Warrior Stadium on the Decatur campus. The public is invited to attend the scrimmage and there 1s no ch~rge for admission. Warrior head football coach Terry Underwood said 41 players participated 1in spring drills, which began the week of March 21 Underwood said he was "very pleased" that the squad 'completed the ,three major goals set for spnng workouts. 'We did what we wanted to accomplish,We successfully . I needed to be, we worked a lot on fundamentals. and we were able to 1nstall our base defensive and offensive philosophy. However, we ... . ,. placed personnel where they

director/head football coach Terry Underwood. Volarvich, 28, whose hiring was approved at the April meeting of the College's Board of Trustees, served the past three

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. East Central Community College quarterback Robbie Morse will be

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Volarvich also coached quarterbacks and wide receivers during his tenure with the Buccaneers. Underwood said Volar– vieh, who recently jollied the Warrior coaching staff and is assisting during spring drills, plans to imple– ment a "wide-open attack" for the ECCC offense. "Mike will bring a lot of multiplicity to our offense. We'll have a more open attack thnn we've had in the past; it will basically

be a spread om~nse., .He's pl~~1il1g a unique passing attack that will enable us to attack defenses with a lot of different schemes. We'll also run a no-huddle offense. which will be u new look for us. We're reai excited about Mike joining our staff: he brings a lot of knowledge and enthusi– asm to our football pro– gram," Underwood said. In addition to serving as offensive coordinatm: Volarvich will coach quat·

terbacks wide receivers and serve as the team's academic advise~~ Volarvich is a also a for– mer assistant at Pearl River Community College in Poplarville and served as offensiv(' coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Cabrillo College in Aptos, Calif. He served as wide receiver coach at PRC in 2001 when the Wildcats led the nation in offense with a 1160.5-yard average per contest. and

Volarvich was co-offen– sive coordinator in 2004 when the Buccaneers fm– ished second in the nation, averaging 44.6 points and 469 yards per contest. Blinn completed the 2004 cam– paign by defeating Jones County Jun ior College 18- 14 in the Golden Isles Bowl Classic in Brunswick, Ga.

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