West Chester Rustin Football Coaching Staff

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Mike St. Clair: Varsity Head Coach

Coach St. Clair has been coaching and teaching at Rustin since it inception in 2006. The team has accumulated an impressive 169-58 record, won 2 District titles (2008 & 2024), 5 District finals, and 9 Ches-mont league titles.  Prior to coaching at Rustin, Coach St. Clair served as the defensive coordinator at West Chester East from 1993-2005. Coach St. Clair earned a degree in Economics from Bloomsburg University where he played free safety on the football team from 1980-1984. 

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2024 District 1 Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association Coach of the Year 

2022 Finalist for the Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year

2022 Philadelphia Eagles High School Coach of the Year

2021 Chester County Daily Local News Coach of the Year

2008 District 1 Coach of Year

2008 Chester County Daily Local News Coach of the Year

2008 Philadelphia Inquirer Coach of the Year 

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Mike Mohring: Defensive Line Coach and JV Coach

Mike Mohring is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh where he was 4 year starter on the University of Pittsburgh football team. Mike had a 5 year career in the NFL where he played 4 years with the San Diego Chargers and 1 year for the Oakland Raiders. 

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Shaz Brown: Wide Receiver and Defensive Back Coach  / JV Head Coach

Coach Brown is a 2002 graduate of Villanova where he was a 3 year starter and team captain during his senior year. He played in the Chesapeake Classic All-Star Game representing Mount Saint Joseph's High School. He was later inducted into Mount Saint Joseph's Hall of Fame in 2015.  Coach Brown is also the current Boys Head Track and Field Coach.

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John Timko: Offensive Line Coach

Coach TimKo is a graduate of Lehigh University with a degree in Business Management and a 4 year letterman on the Lehigh University football team.  Prior to coaching at Rustin, Coach Timko was the offensive line coach at West Chester East from 2002-2006 where he also graduated from in 1999.

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Mitch Hoffman: Assistant Coach / Strength and Conditioning

Coach Hoffman is a graduate of Great Valley High school where he was a 3 year starter as the quarterback and defensive back on the football team and member of the baseball team. He continued his baseball career at Western Maryland College where he graduated in 2004. Prior to joining the Knights, he served as the Head Football Coach at Stetson Middle School. Coach Hoffman is a Social Studies teacher at Peirce Middle School and coaches Varsity Baseball at Rustin.

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​Peter Stolzer: Freshman Coach

Coach Stolzer played football at Central High School in Philadelphia and was a four-year letterman at center and long snapper for Widener University. He was a member of the 1981 Division III National Champions. Coach Stolzer previously coached offensive line and special teams at Kennedy-Kenrick High School and Archbishop Carroll High School. He coached football in the WCASD at Stetson Middle School for 26 years.

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Assistant Coaches

Josh Palyan

Noah Shine

Paul Vanscovich

Karl Sivek

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