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Perkins will return Friday
Sep. 9, 2015 9:30 am
MARION - Head coach Tony Perkins will be back on the sideline for Marion's football game Friday at Thomas Park Field against Cascade.
'Yes, he was back at practice Tuesday, and he will be coaching the team on Friday,” Marion Athletics Director Corby Laube confirmed Wednesday morning.
Perkins missed the Indians' game last week at Washington (Iowa) for unspecified reasons. Marion fell to 0-2 with a 42-12 defeat.
Perkins is in his 16th season at Marion, his alma mater, and owns a 104-53 mark there. He needs one win to tie Les Hipple for the most wins by a Marion football coach.
He previously coached at MOC-Floyd Valley and is 159-99 in 27 years overall.
Laube said that the coaching staff going forward would consist of Perkins and the six assistants that led the Indians last week - Pete Messerli, Travis Fuller, Gerald Lowry, Josh Busenbark, Travis Stearns and Henry Martinson.
Nick Perkins, Tony's brother and an assistant, was not mentioned among that list.
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Marion football coach Tony Perkins talks with players during practice Aug. 12. Perkins will return to the sidelines when the Indians host Cascade on Friday. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
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