Coach Rob
I am a 33 year-old who has been playing rugby for roughly the last 8 years. I currently work as an Operations Engineer with Transocean out in the Energy Corridor, so please bear with me if I am a few minutes late at times.
After playing 5 years of Division 2 college football, I played with my college's rugby team for my final semester and got hooked. Upon moving to Houston in 2007, I joined the Houston Athletic Rugby Club (aka HARC - www.houstonrugby.org) and began to really learn the game. I am still active on play on HARC's Division 1 side as a forward, Loosehead Prop specifically. In high school, one of my "dreams" was to coach high school football, well rugby changed that. So 3 years ago, I started assisting Coach Spencer Wheat (now Head Coach at Lamar’s Rugby Club) at the Houston Christian High School. The interest wasn't high enough to continue the rugby Club there. In 2014, Coach Wheat and I moved over to Lanier and helped to start the program. With Coach Wheat moving on to Lamar High School, I volunteered to stay on and continue what was started. I am a certified Level 200 coach by USA Rugby and have completed the necessary training, as deemed by USA Rugby, to coach contact. As registering as a Coach through USA Rugby, I have also passed a background check.
My goal is that every child who plays rugby at LMSRFC will become not only a better athlete but a better person as well. I will try to ensure everybody gets the playing time they deserve determined by the effort they put into practice and in the classroom. As I am not a teacher, I am not privy to your child's grades or files, but I do expect the School Administration to let me know if there are any issues that need to be addressed. Also, feel free to let me know if your son or daughter will not be able to make a training or match due to school (or other) issues.
After playing 5 years of Division 2 college football, I played with my college's rugby team for my final semester and got hooked. Upon moving to Houston in 2007, I joined the Houston Athletic Rugby Club (aka HARC - www.houstonrugby.org) and began to really learn the game. I am still active on play on HARC's Division 1 side as a forward, Loosehead Prop specifically. In high school, one of my "dreams" was to coach high school football, well rugby changed that. So 3 years ago, I started assisting Coach Spencer Wheat (now Head Coach at Lamar’s Rugby Club) at the Houston Christian High School. The interest wasn't high enough to continue the rugby Club there. In 2014, Coach Wheat and I moved over to Lanier and helped to start the program. With Coach Wheat moving on to Lamar High School, I volunteered to stay on and continue what was started. I am a certified Level 200 coach by USA Rugby and have completed the necessary training, as deemed by USA Rugby, to coach contact. As registering as a Coach through USA Rugby, I have also passed a background check.
My goal is that every child who plays rugby at LMSRFC will become not only a better athlete but a better person as well. I will try to ensure everybody gets the playing time they deserve determined by the effort they put into practice and in the classroom. As I am not a teacher, I am not privy to your child's grades or files, but I do expect the School Administration to let me know if there are any issues that need to be addressed. Also, feel free to let me know if your son or daughter will not be able to make a training or match due to school (or other) issues.
Coach Berger
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I teach 6th grade World Cultures at Lanier Middle school and am thrilled to be here at Lanier. I have been playing rugby since 2007 and am a proud forward- I play the positions of hooker and flanker. I first played rugby at Rutgers University, where I was able to enjoy playing on a highly competitive team (we competed at nationals my junior year.) When I moved to Houston in 2011, I joined the women’s side of the same team that Coach Rob plays for (Houston Athletic Rugby Club.) Although I am currently CIPPed with HARC and participate in the club as a social member, I am not an active player this season. I am a USA Rugby-certified Level 200 coach.
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