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LINK to ManateeFootball.com.

Selected Tweets commenting on the announcement of John Booth being named new Manatee football coach

1.  Followed by TBenderPhoto and 8 others

   Dennis Maffezzoli ‏@maffsports  2h

   “He absolutely killed it in his interview,” Manatee @WeAreManatee AD Jason Montgomery @CoachMontgomery said on FB coach John Booth @htpreps

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   John Lembo ‏@JohnLembo1878  3h

   "My goal is to continue the success that (Kinnan) done, and continue the legacy that is #Manatee.” John Booth.

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3. John Lembo ‏@JohnLembo1878  3h

   "My goal is not to come in and replace Joe Kinnan..." John Booth, @WeAreManatee's new head football coach. #flhsfb

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Herald Tribune: Manatee hires Booth to replace Kinnan

LINK to Herald-Tribune article.

Hurricanes name Manatee alum John Booth as new head coach

LINK to Bradenton Herald story.

Orlando to host football state championship for two more years

LINK to story on the state championship game.

Two more candidates emerge for Manatee football head coach position

LINK to Bradenton Herald story on two more candidates emerging for Manatee's head coach position.
LINK to Bradenton Herald story naming the final seven candidates.

Photos of new Manatee QB Sloan Drummonds from ManateeFootball.com

New Manatee QB Sloan Drummonds readies to deliver a pass.


Drummonds takes the snap.

LINK to Manatee Football's Facebook page for more photos.

NFL.com names Manatee High's Tommie Frazier as the greatest college football player of the 1990s

LINK to the story and the listing of the top ten.

Manatee High lines up first six head football coach interviews - 4 internal and 2 external candidates emerge

LINK to the Herald Tribune article.

Vote for the next Manatee High football coach in the Bradenton Herald poll

LINK to the Bradenton Herald reader's poll.

Bradenton Herald: Manatee received 70 resumes in search for football coach Joe Kinnan's replacement

LINK to the Bradenton Herald article.

Catpause.com: 'Cats hand first offer to Manatee RB Lang

LINK to a story on Johnnie Lang receiving a verbal offer from the University of Kentucky.

BlueGreyfootball.com: Manatee High receiver "turns heads" at Blue-Grey Football Super Combine in Tampa

Vrinios finishes the 40 at a U of F
camp while a group of coaches time
him and Will Muschamp (Far left)
looks on.

Manatee High receiver Sam Vrinios, a rising senior, vaulted onto the recruiting scene by turning heads at the Blue-Grey Combine in Raymond James Stadium earlier this month. According to media reviews, Vrinios "opened eyes" with his times and then "passed the skills tests with flying colors". Vrinios was also the Manatee County champion in the 200 meter dash and finished sixth in the 200 meter dash at the Class 4A-Region 2 track meet.
LINK to the Blue-Grey Super Combine: Southeast Scouting Report.
LINK to Vrinios 2013 Huddle highlights.

Manatee High head football coach position opening posted on FHSAA website

LINK to a Herald-Tribune article on the posting of the Manatee High head coaching position.
LINK to a Bradenton Herald article endorsing Jim Phelan as the next coach of Manatee High.