Carthage High School Director of Athletics & Activities Mark Holderbaum has announced a number of coaching changes for the 2021-22 school year.
Longtime track and cross country coach Andy Youngworth is retiring from coaching at CHS with the conclusion of the spring season, a press release stated.
Logan Wilson will be the new head coach for the boys track and field squad. Wilson is currently an assistant coach in the program.
Wilson is a Neosho native who earned a bachelor’s degree from Missouri Southern and a master’s from Northwest Missouri.
Wilson has coached at Neosho, McAuley Catholic and Seneca, where he was the head track coach for three years before arriving in Carthage in 2016.
Nicole Sipes is the next head girls track and field coach.
A native of Frontenac, Kansas, Sipes has been an assistant under Youngworth since 2010 and has been at CHS since 2008. She’s previously coached volleyball and basketball.
Sipes played basketball, volleyball and softball at Labette Community College before playing basketball at Pittsburg State.
Sipes has coached at Northeast and Sarcoxie, where she led the school’s softball team for 11 years, the volleyball program for 10 years and the girls hoops program for two seasons.
Brian Crigger will take over the reins of the CHS cross country program.
Crigger has been an assistant under Youngworth and currently leads the junior high cross country and track programs. Crigger hails from Springfield, where he was a standout runner at Parkview.
After running collegiately at Missouri State, Crigger joined the faculty at Carthage Junior High School in 2006.
Crigger will be an assistant coach for the high school track teams next year as well. Volleyball coach Bradyn Webb will also join the track and field coaching staff.
Also, Andy Hogenmiller will join Nathan Morris’ boys basketball coaching staff. A native of Washington, Missouri, Hogenmiller currently coaches basketball at Sarcoxie. Jaren Hulette will join the softball coaching staff.
The 2021-22 head coach for boys' track at Carthage High School will be Logan Wilson. pic.twitter.com/WzSitoeTf7
— Mark Holderbaum (@CarthageTigerAD) April 27, 2021
Nicole Sipes has been named head coach for girls' track for Carthage High School for 2021-22. pic.twitter.com/ZmdXGvj3mn
— Mark Holderbaum (@CarthageTigerAD) April 27, 2021
Brian Crigger has been selected as the head cross country coach for Carthage High School for the 2021-22 school year. pic.twitter.com/R1SiGNuAWG
— Mark Holderbaum (@CarthageTigerAD) April 27, 2021
With retirement from coaching at Carthage High School, Andy Youngworth will wrap up his Tiger tenure this spring. Thank you for your dedication to CHS cross country and track programs! You'll always be a Tiger! pic.twitter.com/KubJ5NJIvl
— Mark Holderbaum (@CarthageTigerAD) April 27, 2021
