Veteran college football assistant coaches Cazzie Kosciolek and Eric Inama are the honorary captains for this year’s Schuylkill County Football Coaches Association All-Star Game, which will kickoff Saturday, June 12, 7 p.m. , at Rotary Field, Schuylkill Haven.Kosciolek, a 1993 Panther Valley graduate, will represent the North. Inama, a 2001 Nativity graduate, will represent the South.In his fourth year at Holy Cross, Kosciolek is the wide receivers coach and coordinator of special teams. Inama will begin his new duties this year as defensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator at Dana College, Blair, Neb.A Summit Hill native, Kosciolek was the first-team quarterback on The Associated Press All-State Small School Team as a senior at Panther Valley . That year, he completed 173-of-282 passes for 2,618 yards and 25 touchdowns, finishing his career completing 379-of-686 passes for 5,425 yards and 47 touchdowns.
Kosciolek is a 1997 graduate of Boston University , where he was a two-year letter winner at quarterback, a member of the 1993 Yankee Conference championship team and played on squads which made two trips to the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs. He went on to play his fifth year at the University of New Haven in 1997, leading the Chargers to an overall record of 13-2 and a trip to the NCAA Division II championship game, selected first-team quarterback on the Small School All-American Team and finishing third in the voting for the Harlon Hill Trophy as the Division II Player of the Year.
Prior to taking his current position at Holy Cross, Kosciolek was the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Newberry College in South Carolina . He helped lead the Indians to an 11-2 record in 2006, including the first NCAA playoff appearance and victory in school history with an offense that averaged 392.3 yards and 30.7 points per game and ranked second in the nation with a 158.1 pass efficiency rating.
Previously, Kosciolek served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Fort Scott Kansas Community College , offensive line coach at Hofstra University and offensive line and wide receivers coach at New Haven College . He and his wife, Christy, reside in Sturbridge , Conn. , with their sons, Owen and Max.
A Pine Grove native, Inama won four letters in football at Nativity, where the wide receiver was a team captain for the Green Wave on its 2000 Eastern Conference runner-up team that finished 8-4 for the school’s first winning record in 11 years. He went on to play wide receiver and defensive back at Delaware Valley College , graduating in 2005.
Inama helped the Aggies set a school record with a 9-2 overall record in 2003, winning the Eastern College Athletic Conference Southeast Championship, making their first postseason appearance. In 2004, the Aggies raised the bar with a 12-1 record, winning the Middle Atlantic Conference championship to earn the school’s first NCAA Division III playoff berth and win their first two playoff games.
In 2005, Inama began his coaching career at Palisades High as wide receiver and defensive back coach. He began his college career as an assistant coach at Kings College in 2006, where the team was the ECAS runner-up.
For the last three years, Inama has been an assistant at the University of Sioux Falls , where he worked on completing his Masters of Business Administration degree, and was outside linebackers coach and video coordinator. During his three seasons with the Cougars, they compiled a 42-1 overall record, winning back-to-back NAIA championships and whose 29-game winning streak is the current longest streak at any level in college football.
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