Coaching Staff

REX LUXTON-Head Coach

Reps 2000-2008

Michigan Hockey Hall of Fame Inductee

Started Coaching JV Football in 1958 - 3 years

Varsity Line Coach - 4 years

Head Football Coach - 13 years 1965-78

JV Football Coach - years 1988-92

Retired at end of 1993 school year

Started Coaching Hockey in 1969-1988(19 seasons at SCS Lakeview)

1975 Champion-First Official State Tournament (31-0 season)

1976 State Runner-up

1978 State Champion

2001-02 season 26-1-1

DOUG BURNS-Assistant Coach

Reps 2002-2008

CODY INGLIS-Assistant Coach

Reps 2002-2008

Born in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada. Raised in 14 different cities across North America. Father, Bill played 17 seasons of professional hockey including playing for the Buffalo Sabres and Los Angeles Kings.
After his playing career was over he coached the Buffalo Sabres and then was a coach and general manager for the Toledo Goldiggers and Kalamazoo Wings in the IHL. Lived in Portage, Michigan from my freshman to senior years of High School. Graduated from Portage Northern in 1989. Played 3 years of Varsity Hockey for Portage Northern High School. all conference, all area and honorable mention all state senior year in Hockey.
Ran cross country and track at PN. Graduated from Hope College in 1993 and ran 4 years of cross country and track. Captain for two years of each team and also all conference in both sports in senior year. Academic All American in Cross Country while at Hope College.
Hired as a physical education teacher and head cross country and track coach at Suttons Bay High School in 1995 and have been employed there since then. In Cross Country has coached 7 conference championship teams, 2 regional championship teams and 3 top ten teams at the state finals including one state runner up team in 2002. In 2002 named the MITCA state Cross Country Coach of the Year in Michigan.
At least one athlete has qualified for the state finals for the past 11 years including 5 all-state athletes. In Track has coached 4 conference championship teams, 2 regional championship teams and 3 top 10 teams at the state finals. In 2003 named a finalist for the MITCA State Track Coach of the Year in Michigan. At least one male and one female has qualified for the state finals for the past 10 years, including 4 state champions and 12 all-state athletes or relay teams. In 1997, named Athletic Director of Suttons Bay High School.
In 2002 named Regional Athletic Director of the Year for Northern Michigan and in 2004 Suttons Bay was named the Athletic School of the Year by the Traverse City Record Eagle Newspaper.
Married to Carrie in 2002, son Reid born in 2004.
Assistant coach for the Reps since 2001, the second year of the program.

MICHAEL POLOMSKY-Assistant Coach

Reps 2007-2008

KEVIN WESTRICK-Athletic Trainer

Reps 2007-2008Kevin Westrick received his Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Michigan and became certified as an athletic trainer by the NATABOC in 1994. He also spent two years at the University of Houston pursuing a Master’s of Education in Health and Related Fitness.

Kevin has an extensive background in athletic and orthopedic injuries. During his time at the University of Michigan, he worked with numerous athletic teams including trips to NCAA Final Fours in ice hockey and basketball as well as a football bowl game. Upon completion of his time in Ann Arbor, Kevin spent two years as a graduate assistant at the University of Houston working primarily with the baseball, football and women’s basketball teams. He left Houston to pursue a career opportunity at the University of Michigan Health System’s Med Sport program. During his 10 years there, Kevin held several positions. He was the head athletic trainer at Saline High School, followed by a year holding the same position with the USA Hockey National Team Development Program during its inaugural season. For the next 7 years Kevin worked in the outpatient physical therapy department providing rehabilitation services to all patient populations as well as coordinating rehab programs for the physician clinics.

Outside of work Kevin enjoys coaching football(varsity asst. at Elk Rapids) and fishing

CERTIFICATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

Certified member, National Athletic Trainer’s Association (June 1994)
Michigan Health and Life Insurance License(March 2006)
Athletic trainer, Brownstown Bombers Junior “A” Hockey Team (2002-2004)
Athletic trainer, Motor City Chiefs Junior “B” Hockey Team (2000-2001)
MHSAA Skin Fold Assessor (1996)
Football coach, Elk Rapids H.S. (2006); Whitmore Lake H.S. (2001-2005)