Coach "MacK" enters his 30th year of coaching young men and boys as the new Head Coach of the Sherwood Park Northstars. His wealth of experience and knowledge is to be shared among the youth who take up the challenge of Building S.T.A.R.S. Rob's vision is to have "three strong thriving football teams to serve the Sherwood Park Area in the CDMFA and all can be competitive." Coming up from the Pee-Wee level, Rob has a number of his ex-players in each of the 3 Bantam Programs in Sherwood Park. He has always sought a vision that the players must first think of "Family...Education...and then Football". If the first components are missing then the Football is compromised.

Rob began coaching in 1977 while in his third year at Lakehead University (1975 - 1979). After completion of his Honours Degree in Physical Education he went to NCAA Div. II St. Cloud State University Huskies (1979 - 1981) for two years as an assistant with the Offensive and Defensive Lines. During this time Rob took his teacher certification and completed his post graduate level courses in Sport Psychology.

Rob moved to Edmonton in 1981 to begin teaching and coached at Victoria Composite High School, Queen Elizabeth High School, and Harry Ainlay High School. He left teaching in 1988 but still remained on the coaching staff at McNally High School . During those years Rob coached, he had 3 City Conference Championship Teams and One Provincial Championship as an assistant at Harry Ainlay.

Rob had the opportunity to take in Football Clinics involving the legends of the sport including the likes of Woody Hayes (Ohio State) and Joe Montana (San Francisco 49'ers). Rob's experience will only help to enhance all those athletes who seek his tutelage.

Rob has garnered the respect of all those involved in the Sherwood Park Minor Football Program and while coaching with the Atom Eskimos won a provincial championship and this past season as the head coach of the Pee-Wee Raiders was voted by his peers as the CDMFA Coach of the year. The Raiders were also voted the top defensive team. In the past four years he has amassed a 38 W - 8 L record.

Rob looks forward to bringing forth his energy to serving all youth in the football community by launching his Building S.T.A.R.S. football camp to take place the week after Victoria Day. We look forward to all players from any team benefiting from this experience.

Offensive Coordinator

Running Backs Coach

Linebackers Coach

Special Teams

- Level I coach
- Played four years football in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Member of 1982 4A provincial championship team with Holy Cross Crusaders.
- Coached two years of Bantam football with Tinkler-Raiders in Saskatoon SK 1983, 1984.
- Coached SCMFA Peewee Raiders 2006.
Have greatly enjoyed being back and involved in football again.

Northstars Alumni

Is really enjoying being back and involved in Northstars football again.