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GREEN BAY – The Green Bay Packers announced Wednesday that Spencer/Columbus Catholic head football coach Jason Gorst has been named Green Bay Packers High School Coach of the Week.
Gorst, in his fourth year as the head coach of the Rockets, led his team to a 28-27 victory over No. 1-seed Wautoma in a WIAA Division 4 Level 2 playoff last Friday. The victory marks the first time S/C will advance to Level 3 in the co-op’s 13-year history.
Gorst’s team will travel to Little Chute on Saturday, Nov. 8, for a 4 p.m. kickoff against the Mustangs in the third level of the 2014 WIAA football playoffs.
“Our kids have a tremendous work ethic and although we don’t have a lot of players out for football, the guys we have are high quality and they leave everything they got on the field,” Gorst said. “We consider ourselves a family and I’m proud of the way our team has stuck together.”
Gorst is a 2001 graduate of Granton High School, where he played tight end under former Green Bay Packers Coach of the Week winner, Brad Westphal with the then Neillsville/Granton co-op. Upon graduation, Gorst spent two years at the University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County before transferring and graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 2006. In 2008, he accepted his first assistant coaching position at S/C before being promoted to his current position as head coach in 2011. He is also Spencer’s middle and high school social studies teacher, and the varsity softball coach.
Gorst and his staff oversee a program of 40 players. His assistant coaching staff includes Brian Abel, Ben Bauer, Tim Buttke, Todd Hilderbrandt, Jared Krasselt and Justin Rayburn.
Gorst and his wife, Jessica, have a son, Jack, and a daughter, Isabelle.