By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
After five years as head football coach at Larned High School, Tad Remy
announced his resignation at the end of the 2022-2023 school year. Tad and his
wife recently welcomed their fourth child, and felt the timing was best to
pursue other goals for their family.
“There are things we’ve wanted for us and for our family,” said Remy. “There’s
probably never a perfect time to pull the trigger, but we had some
conversations and felt like we needed to make the move now.”
Remy graduated from Kansas State University in the fall of 2011, wrapping up
his student teaching in his pursuit to become a teacher and coach. He applied
for jobs at Moundridge, Hill City, West Franklin and Larned.
“Larned was the first one to call me,” said Remy. “I accepted the job and went
to Larned right before spring break in 2012. I was introduced to A.B. Stokes,
who was just hired as the head coach at the time. I didn’t know if I was going
to be able to get onto the high school staff.”
After talking with Stokes over football philosophy and what they valued in a
football program, Remy was hired to join the high school staff. Stokes would eventually leave, now the coach Bethel College, and Remy took over as Larned head coach in
2018.
Remy posted a 14-31 record in his five years at Larned and qualified for the
playoffs three times. Spending 11 years overall with the Larned
program, telling players and community members the news was not easy.
“I was running some errands Thursday morning, and I saw Luke Fischer (junior
running back this fall for the Indians) around the corner,” said Remy. “I
thought I was going to be good and stay composed. I saw Luke and knew it was
going to be tough.”
Prior to telling the team, Remy walked down a different hallway and went to the
gym the backway through the laundry room to compose himself before relaying the
message.
“It was tough,” said Remy. “I wanted the message to be my conversation and not
for people to hear it from other avenues. Ultimately, I had to do it for real
and look them in the eye.”
Remy is completing a master’s degree in history and said his plans after the
school year are unknown, but he still wants to coach going forward.
“Coaching kids and teaching kids is a big part of who I am,” said Remy. “Everyone
probably thinks I’m going to go to Bethel College and coach with Stokes, and I
have had conversations with him. Eventually, things will filter out there,
hopefully sooner rather than later. I’m excited for the future.”
Listen below to the entire interview with Remy and Eagle Radio's Cole Reif.