NOTES
--James Miller stepped down as Mayo's Head Football Coach on Tuesday, February 19, 2008.
The search for a new head coach will begin after the winter sports season is over.
Thank you to Coach Miller for all of your years of service to Mayo HS Football!
--Final team and individual stats, along with season-end website updates, will be forthcoming in the next few weeks. (TP - 10/27/07)
--Professional photographer Matt Addington took several pictures of the Mayo/Faribault game. You can view and purchase them HERE
--Mario Butler's 294 yards rushing vs. Faribault is the 4th best single rushing game in team history.
--With the team's victory over Albert Lea, Head Coach James Miller is now Mayo's all-time winningest coach, with 107 wins. This tops the 106-95 record former head coach Ralph Pucci set between 1972-1993. Congratulations Coach Miller!
--Mayo's 60-point win against Albert Lea was the teams largest margain of victory ever, topping a 59-point win over Winona in 2005.
--Mayo's team total of 543 yards vs. Albert Lea was the 2nd-most in team history.
--Mario Butler's 286 rushing yards vs. Albert Lea was the 5th-most by a running back in a single game (at the time).
--Mario Butler's 88-yard TD run vs. Albert Lea was the 7th-longest in team history.
--Mario Butler's 39 rushing attempts vs. Minnetonka set a new team record!
Landherr lands dream job as Mayo football coach
By Jason Feldman - 5/17/2008
Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN
Kevin Landherr knows all about the tradition-rich football program at Rochester Mayo High School.
He was a three-year starter for the Spartans in the mid-1990s. He started as a sophomore for the Mayo team that reached the 1995 Prep Bowl, and as a center/defensive tackle for the 1997 team that advanced to the state tournament. He graduated from Mayo in 1998.
Now Landherr, 28, hopes to guide the Spartans back to state from the sideline. He was named the fourth head coach in Mayo history on Friday.
“Mayo is a special place,” Landherr said. “I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to play here and I am fortunate to have the opportunity to come back and coach here.”
While Landherr has a new title, he is not new to the coaching staff. He served as an assistant to James Miller — who coached Landherr in the mid-90s — for the past four seasons. Miller resigned in February with 111 coaching victories, the most in
school history.
“I feel fortunate for the relationship I have had with him,” Landherr said. “To have played for him and then coached with him … I learned what high school athletics is all about.”
Landherr was a standout multi-sport at Mayo, also serving as a defenseman on the Spartans’ 1997 state tournament team.
“He is an awesome addition as a head coach,” Mayo Activities Director Jeff Whitney said. “He’s a solid teacher and a solid coach. He’s been a big part of the program. He’s a Mayo graduate and I’m sure we will see a lot of pride coming through in his coaching style.”
Landherr played college football at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, where he was a three-year starter. He teaches biology at Mayo.
“He knows what it takes to win. He’s very committed to the program and is a great teacher, too,” Whitney said. “He wants to see his kids do well in football and in the classroom.”
Mayo finished this past season 5-5 overall (4-4 in the Big Nine Conference), advancing to the Section One, Class AAAAA semifinals. The Spartans have won or shared the Big Nine championship in four of the past six seasons.
Landherr said he will use the final two weeks of the school year to help Whitney fill out the football coaching staff (three assistant coach positions are vacant) and to meet with players to discuss summer strength training programs.
“From a coaching standpoint, this is a dream come true,” Landherr said. “I’m extremely excited and looking forward to what’s to come.”
