{"id":2822,"date":"2020-04-30T17:36:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T17:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"\/upd\/?post_type=te_announcements&amp;p=2822"},"modified":"2020-04-30T17:36:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T17:36:14","slug":"cervino-leaves-western","status":"publish","type":"te_announcements","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/football-50-years\/announcement\/cervino-leaves-western\/","title":{"rendered":"Cervino Leaves Western"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2922\" src=\"\/upd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2020\/05\/cervino-headline-300x25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/football-50-years\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/2020\/05\/cervino-headline-300x25.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/football-50-years\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/2020\/05\/cervino-headline-768x64.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/football-50-years\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/2020\/05\/cervino-headline.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2923\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2923\" class=\"wp-image-2923\" src=\"\/upd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2020\/05\/john-cervino-with-team-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/football-50-years\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/2020\/05\/john-cervino-with-team-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/football-50-years\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/2020\/05\/john-cervino-with-team.jpg 543w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>http:\/\/archives.library.wcsu.edu\/omeka\/items\/show\/5801<\/em><br \/>After a remarkable run that included an undefeated season and conference championship, Head Coach John Cervino leaves the program before the 2000 season to pursue other coaching opportunities. Players have mixed feelings about the coach\u2019s departure, with quarterback Matt LeFever describing the move as \u201cdisappointing\u201d but going on to say that \u201c[Cervino] has to do what\u2019s best for him and his family, but I\u2019m not really happy about it right now.\u201d Wide receiver Brent Bardellini says of Cervino, \u201cHe\u2019s\u00a0the best coach I\u2019ve ever played for.\u201d Players expressed their wishes for Offensive Coordinator Bob Surace to fill the vacancy, citing his familiarity with the team and offense as a plus side. \u201cBut even then,\u201d LeFever says of Surace taking over as head coach, \u201cI don\u2019t know how things will change&#8230;change is tough. I don\u2019t know. I guess this whole thing hasn\u2019t hit me yet.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-2822","te_announcements","type-te_announcements","status-publish","hentry"],"announcement_date":"Announcement Date: January 28, 2000","announcement_image":{"iframe":false,"url":"\/upd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2020\/05\/rg8_clippings03_33_01.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/football-50-years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/announcement\/2822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/football-50-years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/announcement"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/football-50-years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/te_announcements"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/football-50-years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}