St. Ignatius

With the Official IFAF Junior World Championship Flag Raising Event now complete, Matt and I will be headed to Cleveland’s St. Ignatius to interview Team USA DB Pat Hinkle. St. Ignatius is also the home of Team USA’s Head Coach Chuck Kyle. Over the past 26 years as head coach, Chuck Kyle has built St. Ignatius into a football powerhouse. He has won three national championships and ten division I state titles.  He has been named Coach of the year in Ohio in 1988 and 1989 and national Coach of the year in 1989 and 1993 and compiled a 262-57-1 record.

The Wildcats have produced NFL players Chris Hovan (Tampa Bay), Jacob Bell (St. Louis) and Anthony Gonzalez (Indianapolis) along with the recently retired LeCharles Bentley. More than ten Wildcats are at Division I programs such as Notre Dame, USC, Vanderbilt, North Carolina, and Boston College.

Hinkle, 6′1 190-lb, will be headed to Miami (OH) this fall. As a senior, he helped the Wildcats earn Ohio’s 2008 Division I State Championship with a 14-1 record. He recorded seven interceptions, earned all-district and second-team all-state honors.