The two-headed leader: Mainland chooses co-defensive coordinators

Ormond Beach Observer
Sports

Less than a month after Mainland’s former defensive coordinator Travis Roland took over at Flagler Palm Coast’s, Bucs’ coach Scott Wilson has named assistant coaches Bo Sadusk and Willie Oglesby Jr. as co-defensive coordinators.

Both Sadusk and Oglesby joined the Bucs’ programs, when Wilson became head coach in 2011. “These guys deserve it,” Wilson said. “They know the system and are great with our kids. They have

“We’ve talked about a lot of things we want to do, and everything’s the same philosophy. I don’t see us butting heads at all.”

BO SADUSK, on becoming co-defensive coordinator with Willie Oglesby

the same vision and share the same concepts we’ve been using for years.”

Sadusk has served as defensive line coach and Oglesby for defensive backs. Now serving as co-defensive coordinators, both agree that there will be no problems leading the defense.

“He’ll be calling the secondary coverages, and I’ll be calling the front-seven alignment zones and blitzes,” Sadusk said. “We’ve done it before. Keynodo Hudson and Jonathan Brown did it, and then brown and coach Roland did it, when Roland first got here. Our record proves it has worked, and Coach O. and I are going to produce the same style of defense.”

“It won't be hard considering we kind of already do it,” Oglesby added. “Our defensive game-plan meetings consist of the entire defense sitting down for hours together, watching film and then drawing up the other teams’ formations and coming up with our game plan.”

Meet the coaches

Oglesby was named All-American twice and All-Conference three times at Bethune-Cookman. He’s led as defensive coordinator at Tampa Robinson and coached running backs, special or defensive backs at several other high schools, including Pinecrest (North Carolina) and Spruce Creek.

Sadusk played college ball at Nassau Community College in Long Island, New York. He went on to coach Pop Warner and 8v8 before beginning his time at Mainland.

“We’re very good friends,” said Sadusk on his relationship with Oglesby. “We’ve talked about a lot of things we want to do, and everything’s the same philosophy. I don’t see us butting heads at all.”