Marsh new football coach at Pulaski

Jerad Marsh has been named the new football coach at Pulaski.

Marsh, who will be replacing Jed Kennedy, also serves as the school’s athletic director, and will take over immediately, working with the football coaching staff to coordinate the off-season strength and conditioning program.

Marsh served as the Red Raiders baseball coach last season, but has an extensive football background as both a player and coach. In high school, Marsh played for Seymour under coach Bill Collar. In college, Marsh was a starting linebacker for the University of Wisconsin-Stout, and as  team captain, he led the team to a conference championship during his senior year.

After college, he began his coaching career at West DePere, where he served as the defensive coordinator under coach Bill Turnquist.

“From my experience in coaching football with Jerad at West DePere and with working with him in Pulaski, I couldn’t be more pleased with the selection of Coach Marsh as the person to lead our football program,” said Pulaski associate principal Dexter McNabb, who has been an assistant football coach for Pulaski. “Everyone that knows Jerad understands he will coach with enthusiasm and passion.  

"Our football players and the student body have the utmost respect for Mr. Marsh. I am very excited for the future of our program, we have a great staff and I am honored to be a part of it.”

Following his stint at West DePere, Marsh coached running backs and tight ends at the University of Minnesota-Duluth before his family moved to Tomahawk, where Marsh taught technology education and served as an assistant football coach, and head baseball coach, for two years.

In 2009, Marsh accepted the athletic director position at Pulaski. He will continue to serve as the school’s baseball coach this spring until the end of the season, but plans to remain active in the baseball youth program into the future.

“Our goal will be to compete for the conference championship every year, and to make deep runs in the playoffs," Marsh said. "We want to be playing on the turf in Camp Randall in November. My staff and I will also use the sport of football to build outstanding young people of character who will be positive contributors to the communities they live in."

Marsh will be Pulaski's fourth coach in four seasons. Last year, Pulaski was 5-5 in Kennedy's only season and reached Level 2 of the Division 2 playoffs, where Green Bay Southwest eliminated the Red Raiders. Pulaski defeated De Pere in Level 1.

Kennedy announced he was leaving Pulaski earlier this week to be the coach at Edgewater High School in Orlando, Fla.