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The
Lincolnshire Bombers are delighted to announce the re-appointment of Dale
Bridges as Head Coach.
Coach Bridges is
one of the game’s stalwart members with a long and varied career in American
Football.
In 1984 he started playing
for the unkitted Scunthorpe Steelers and in December of the same year he moved
to Boston Blitz, a newly formed local team and later went on to play for the
North Sea Hurricanes and the Norwich Devils.
Coach
Bridges was an assistant coach at South Lincs Blitz and the North Sea
Hurricanes and has attended numerous coaching clinics featuring well known NFL
coaches such as Marty Schottenheimer, Chuck Noll, Jack Bicknell, Howard Mudd
and Dave Adolph.
He then took up the
position of Head Coach for Boston Blitz and later the Lincolnshire Bombers.
Head Coach Dale Bridges.
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In
addition to playing and coaching football, between 1985 and 1995 Coach Bridges
was also active off the field as a full time administrator of the British
Gridiron Football League, the British National Gridiron League and the BAFA
senior League which went on to become BAFL.
General
Manager ‘Tank’ Harrison stated, “The Bombers’ management team and I were
positive from the outset that Coach Bridges was the man for the job and his
qualifications and experience speak for themselves.
I am thrilled that Coach Bridges accepted the position and I know
that the whole team is eager to improve on last season’s performance.
With Coach Bridges at the helm, things are
looking good for next season.”