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The 2022 season will be Coach Bicker's 7th year as head coach at Plainfield South and his 22nd season coaching high school football overall. His record at South is 26-25 with playoff appearances in 2018 and '19, marking only the second time in school history the Cougars qualified for the playoffs in back-to-back seasons. Additionally the 2019 and 2020 teams were conference co-champions. Prior to coming to Plainfield South, Coach Bicker coached high school football at Wheaton North, West Chicago (where he was head coach for 2 years) York and Metea Valley. He played 4 years of high school football at Wheaton North. He can be reached at wbicker@psd202.org
The 2022 season will be Coach Szudarski’s 12th year at Plainfield South. His first two seasons were in 2011-2012 as the sophomore DC/LB’s coach. Starting the 2013 season he was moved up to varsity to coach OLB’s. From 2014-present he has been the varsity DC/LB’s coach. Coach Szudarski has coached 3 LB’s to Conference Defensive Player of The Year Honors in 2015, 2016, and 2018. Prior to coaching at Plainfield South, Coach Szudarski coached at Morton High School, coached youth football for PJC for 5 years, and was the commissioner of the PJC heavy weight division for 1 year. Additionally, he organized and ran a youth coaches’ clinic for over 200 coaches for PJC. He can be reached at rszudars@psd202.org.
Coach Reames is entering his 10th year coaching football all at Plainfield South. He started out coaching two years at the freshmen level coaching both running backs and linebackers. From there he moved up to the varsity level to coach defensive backs for both the sophomore and varsity levels. He also helps out with coaching the special teams as well. He was selected to the IHSFCA All-State team in high school and went on to play college football at Millikin University.
The 2022 season marks the 11th year Coach Carver has been with Plainfield South football. Coach Carver has helped the program in a variety of roles beginning as the freshman defensive coordinator in 2011. In 2017, Coach Carver moved up to serve as the Varsity defensive line coach. On Friday nights, you will also see him assisting Coach Vestal with the sophomore team.
Coach Vestal is entering his 8th year of coaching, with the 2022 season being his 5th at Plainfield South. While at Plainfield South, Coach Vestal has assisted with all levels of the football program. He currently assists Coach Carver with the varsity defensive line and is the sophomore defensive coordinator. Prior to coming to Plainfield South, Coach Vestal spent 3 seasons with the Lincoln-Way East Griffins coaching offensive line with both varsity and sophomore teams. He was a member of the staff that won the 2017 Class 8A State Championship. Before coaching, Vestal played 4 years at Joliet Central and started all 42 games of his career at Monmouth College. He can be reached at kvestal@psd202.org
Scott has 17 years of coaching experience, 16 of those at South. He has coached at all 3 levels, serving as a varsity position coach and coordinator, as well as Head Coach at the freshmen and sophomore levels. He has experience coaching QB’s, RB’s, TE’s, Offensive and Defensive Line, and Linebackers. Scott is married with 3 children. He and his wife are graduates of Olivet Nazarene University, where Scott earned his Bachelor of Science in Secondary PE and Health Education.
2022 will be Coach Miller’s 11th year coaching football and his fourth at PSHS as freshman defensive coordinator. Prior to coaching at PSHS Coach Miller spent 7 seasons coaching at Marmion Academy where he was in charge of the offensive and defensive line at both the freshman and varsity level. This year Coach Miller will be in charge of both the offensive line and linebackers.