Casey Dick has had a hand in helping a pair of new high school football teams find early success in his coaching career.
Now he gets the opportunity to bring new life to an established, yet struggling program. Dick, Bentonville West's offensive coordinator for the past two seasons, was hired by Van Buren as its new head coach during Tuesday's school board meeting. Dick takes over for Greg Werner, who resigned two weeks ago to take over at Muskogee (Okla.) Hilldale.
"It's a good opportunity, and I'm being backed by some good people," Dick said. "We have a chance to do a good thing over there, and I'm ready to get over and go to work.