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Former Eagle to coach Woodrow Wilson

POSTED: Sunday, July 1, 2012, 8:17 PM
Former Eagles fullback Thomas Tapeh will be taking over as the head football coach at Woodrow Wilson High. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)

Thomas Tapeh, who played fullback for three seasons with the Eagles, has been named the new head football coach at Woodrow Wilson in Camden.

The 32-year-old Tapeh replaced Chris Crowley, who resigned after the season.

“I’m very excited for this opportunity,” Tapeh said.

A 2004 fifth round draft choice of the Eagles from the University of Minnesota, Tapeh played for the Birds in 2004, 2006 and 2007. He missed the 2005 season due to a dislocated hip injury that he suffered late in the 2004 season.

Tapeh appeared in two games for the Minnesota Vikings during his final NFL season in 2008.

He takes over a Wilson team that went 7-4 last season and won an opening round South Jersey Group 3 playoff game. The Tigers have suffered many key losses to graduation and Tapeh will inherit a relatively inexperienced team.

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Comments  (3)
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:15 AM, 07/02/2012
    Why is this story on here, and why did I bother reading it?
    Geno D
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:31 AM, 07/03/2012
    Geno, because it's on a high school blog, you dope!
    JBinPA
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:31 AM, 07/13/2012
    Its amazing you can even read Geno...smh
    Joe Bennett


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