While at Watterson, Coach Golden compiled a record of 127 wins, 43 losses with a record of 21-9 in the playoffs. In addition, during his 14 years as head coach, his teams reached the playoffs ten times, participated in the State Regional Championship nine times - winning four regional titles, were State Runner-up twice and won a Division III State title in 2002. Through 22 years as head coach, Mike Golden has compiled an overall record of 183-66.

Mike is a graduate of Whetstone High School and received his Bachelor of Science in Education from The Ohio State University. During his 22 years at Bishop Watterson, Coach Golden taught World History, Sociology and Psychology. In addition, he was the Chair of the Social Studies Department for eight years, Co-Athletic Director for three years, Registrar for one year and the Faculty Representative to the School Board for 12 years. At Upper Arlington, he will teach in the Social Studies department as well as being involved on a day-to-day basis in the athletic department.

Coach Cikach is a 1998 graduate of Upper Arlington High School. He was a starter on the 12-1 state semifinal team in 1997. Nate was also a four-year letter winner in track. He went on to play cornerback at the University of Dayton. This will be his sixth season with the JV team, who have gone 42-3 the past five seasons.

He is currently teaching 6th grade and coaches basketball and track at Olentangy Liberty Middle School. In his spare time, Nate enjoys watching '80's movies and being relentless.

Coach Boggs is a 1973 graduate of UAHS where he was a two-year starter in both football and baseball. He served as captain of the 1972 team and received All-League, All-District, and All-Ohio honors at linebacker.

Mike attended Xavier University. He lives in Upper Arlington with his wife Maureen and their two daughters, Kelly and Anne.

George Brown is a 2006 graduate from Upper Arlington High School where he played linebacker and fullback. He lettered for three years in football before going on to Ohio Wesleyan University where he received two more letters.

His senior year at UAHS marked the first year for coach Golden, when the team won the OCC and earned a playoff birth.

Coach Dimitroff begins his thirteenth year in the Upper Arlington City School district. He helped guide the Bears to the 2000 Div. I state title, coaching "Mr. Football" Jeff Backes and All-Ohio players Simon Fraser and Tim Schafer. In his tenure, Coach Dimitroff has helped develop three National Football League players (Jabarr Threats - Jacksonville Jaguars/Kansas City Chiefs, Nick Myers -New York Giants/ Chicago Rush, and Simon Fraser - Cleveland Browns/Atlanta Falcons). Jim is a Springfield, Ohio native and played his high school football at Springfield Catholic Central, receiving All-City honors.

He received his Bachelors degree from Wright State University and earned his Masters degree from the University of Dayton in Educational Administration. He has coaching experience as the head coach at Springfield North High School, along with being an assistant at Springfield Catholic Central, Springfield South, Wittenberg University and Springfield North. Coach Dimitroff was the boys and girls track coach at Springfield Catholic Central for three years, where he produced several state champions and state qualifiers and the head boys track coach at Springfield South High School for twelve years where he had similar success. He has also coached basketball, baseball and softball. Coach Dimitroff has coached in the Miami Valley All-Star, and Central District All-Star football games. He has also coached summer camps at Ohio State, Michigan State, Northwestern and Wittenberg Universities.

Jim is currently a Special Education teacher at Upper Arlington High School. Jim and his wife, Cindy, have three lovely children; Christina, 18 and twins, Dimitrious and Alexis, age 17. Dimitrious is currently a third year two way starter for Springfield Catholic Central high school.

Ed Golden

Coach Golden is a 1975 graduate of Bishop Watterson High School. He has been coaching football for 15 years including 14 years at Bishop Watterson and one year at New Albany High School.

Ed was voted the Assistant Coach of the Year by the Central Ohio Coaches Association. He and his wife, Judy have three children: Jason, Sean, and Lizzie.

Coach Peters graduated from Olentangy High School, where he was an
All-League punter. He furthered his punting career at Ohio State during the
1979-80 season. He is excited to return this year to coach the Golden Bears
punters and kickers, having previously coached at UA during the 1989-94 and
2002-03 seasons. After graduating from Capital University, where he coached
the kicking game in 1995-97, he taught and coached at Marion-Franklin High
School and Gahanna Lincoln High School, where he is currently an
intervention specialist.

He and his wife, Mary, reside in UA with their two
children, Courtney (14) and Connor (12).

Coach Schaefer is a 1996 graduate of Yorkville High School (Yorkville, Illinois). While in high school he earned seven varsity letters for the Fighting Foxes while participating in 3 sports (Football, Basketball, Baseball). Michael completed his bachelor's in education in 2000 and his master's in administration in 2001 at the University of Toledo. While in college, he started 36 games, earned four letters and winning three MAC West championships with the Toledo Rockets from 1996-2000. As a Senior he received ALL MAC (Mid American) honors as an Offensive Lineman. He was also voted the teams IRON MAN award winner, which is presented to the hardest worker in the weight room. In 2000 Schaefer helped guide the Rockets to a 10-1 record and a No. 25 ranking in the final Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN Coaches' polls. One of Toledo's 10 wins during the 2000 season was a season-opening road win at Penn State by a score of 24-6. The 2000 Toledo offense also set a school record for scoring offense, averaging 36.4 points per game, and allowed an NCAA Division I low 3 sacks all season.

After college, Schaefer played professionally for two seasons in the Arena Football League 2 for the Quad City Steamwheelers. During his time in Quad City he helped lead the Steamwheelers to Division Championships (2002, 2003) and was a Captain of the 2003 team that went 14-2 and won the National Conference Championship.
Before joining the Upper Arlington football family Michael was a varsity assistant at Davenport North High School (Davenport, Iowa). He has also coached baseball in the Upper Arlington system for 6 years, and was the head Varsity Baseball Coach for the 2005 season.

Michael resides with his wife, Kirsten (Yarletts), daughter Samantha (7 year old in 2nd Grade at Tremont), son Bo (4 years old), and Emma Hazel (1 year old) in Upper Arlington. Michael is in his third year as Co-Athletic Director along with teaching Health, Wellness, Physical Education and is also department chair of the Wellness department at Upper Arlington High School. Michael and Kirsten are members of Discover Christian Church and are very active in the children's ministry, and small group Bible study.

He lives in UA with his wife, Sarah, and their six children: Amy, Betsy, Thomas, Julie, Katie, and Jack. Sarah teaches language arts and Coach Trace teaches science at Jones Middle School.

Coach Mott is a 2006 graduate of New Albany High School. While at New Albany, he earned three varsity letters playing football, and helped lead to New Albany to their first ever playoff appearance.

Adam graduated from The Ohio State University in March 2011 with a undergraduate degree in Sports Management. He is also the Girls JV Basketball Coach at Lakewood High School.

Adam Kattoua is a 2007 UAHS graduate. A three year starter for the Black and Gold, he was awarded All-OCC twice and was a member of the Agonis Club All-Metro team. He went on to play at Wittenberg University in Springfield, OH and was a starting defensive tackle on the number one ranked defensive unit in the country in 2009.

Adam graduated with a degree in psychology and is also currently pursuing medical school.

Coach Kerr has been with the Upper Arlington School District since 1999. He currently teaches American Studies at the High School. He was a member of the varsity football staff from 1999-2004. He has also coached football at Otterbein College, Mechanicsburg High School and Westerville North High School.

He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he earned a B.S. in History and Master's Degree in Secondary Education. He lives in Galena with his wife Kim and his two sons, Gus (age 3) and Abe (age 1). Kim also teaches Math at UA high School.

Stephanie is a graduate of Buckeye Valley High School in Delaware, OH and she recently earned a bachelor's degree from the Ohio State University. She is licensed by the State of Ohio and is a member of the National Athletic Trainer's Association, the Ohio Athletic Trainer's Association and the Great Lakes Athletic Trainer's Association. Stephanie also works with OhioHealth and the Victorian Village Health Center in Columbus, OH. She also plans to begin working on her Master's degree in the fall at Ohio State.

Ryan grew up in Defiance, Ohio and graduated from Tinora High School in 2002 where he was a multi-letter winner in Football and Track & Field. In 2007 he received his Bachelors degree from The Ohio State University in Athletic Training. While at OSU he worked with football, men's ice hockey, and men's lacrosse teams. His education continued at Iowa State University where he earned his Masters in Higher Education while working as the head athletic trainer of Ames High School. Since starting work with OhioHealth, Ryan has worked for the past two years at Olentangy Liberty High School and Olentangy Sports Medicine and Rehab. He has multiple certifications from the National Academy of Sports Medicine and has worked a lot with noncontact ACL prevention, sport movement screening, and the endurance athhlete. Ryan is an active runner participating in half and full marathons. He currently lives in Springfield with his wife, Stacy.

Before coming to UA, Brian was a teacher and coach at Macedonia Nordonia High School. While working as Head Strength Coach and Assistant Football, Wrestling and Track coach he helped develop many successful college and pro athletes. In addition, he was a key part in the Nordonia Knight Football teams six year playoff run, 2006 Final Four appearance and 2002 State Runner up. Brian is a 2000 graduate of Syracuse University. As a three year football letterman and two year starter, Brian was a part of three Big East Championships, two BCS bowl bids, and played in the Gator, Liberty, Fiesta and Orange Bowls. In addition, he was named to the All Big-East team as a defensive lineman his senior year. Brian was born and raised in Cuyahogs Falls, Ohio. In addition to earning All-State honors in football, wrestling and track as a Black Tiger, Bigger Faster Stronger magazine named him "The Nation's Strongest High School Football Player,"