CARSON CITY — In the grand scheme of things, Tim Swore knows that football is a luxury and a privilege.
Carson City-Crystal head football coach Tim Swore, center, and his family helped to hand out meals to children in the school district on Tuesday as part of the school’s initiative to feed students during the government-mandated shutdown due to COVID-19. Hired last month, Swore is excited to bring success on the football field as well as make an impact in the school district. — DN Photo | Alex Freeman
There may be no greater evidence than that currently as the world faces the COVID-19 pandemic. The new Carson City-Crystal football coach was doing his part to help the cause on Tuesday as he and his family helped to hand out meals to children in Carson City and the surrounding area.
Swore looks forward to opportunities in the community and the school district to help the youth in more ways than just on the football field. He was recently hired as the physical education teacher as well as a behavioral interventionist, a role that attracted him to want to come to CC-C.
“The opportunity to be in the school and make a difference greater than football,” said Swore on what drove him to Carson City. “If I can be in kids’ lives, a lot of what my role is going to be is dealing with kids who made a mistake, they were naughty. But how do we push them to redemption? It’s not about punishing and suspending and taking things away, it’s teaching them how to be successful adults and that’s what I’m looking forward to. My wife knows that I’ve talked about having and wanting this role at a school for a number of years and the opportunity came up and I’m excited about that.”
Swore grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and graduated college from the University of Northwestern-St. Paul in Minnesota. Primarily playing linebacker, guard and kicker in high school, Swore was a pure kicker at Northwestern St. Paul and is well-versed in the importance of special teams, as a result.
“I know the importance of winning games by what you do on special teams,” he said. “To me, high school football is all about field position, so if you can make teams have to work to drive further, they usually give you the ball in better position and then the odds of you scoring when you only have to drive 50 yards compared to 80 yards is way greater.”
Following college, Swore pursued a career in television broadcasting, where he worked in the markets of Dubuque and Cedar Rapids in Iowa, South Bend in Indiana, Cincinnati, Detroit and Grand Rapids. He worked primarily in sports broadcasting, hosting pregame and postgame shows for Notre Dame football as well as shows for the Cincinnati Bengals and Detroit Lions.
A lifelong football fan and player, Swore started his football coaching career in 2007 when he was an assistant coach for the Forest Hills youth football program. After moving up to help the Forest Hills Central Middle School program, Swore accepted a position as the head coach of NorthPointe Christian in 2008, the first year of the school’s football program. Swore coached 11 seasons at NPC before moving to Florida and coaching at Faith Christian Academy for one season.
CC-C sophomore quarterback Zane Forist, left, will be utilized more heavily in the spread offense this upcoming season, according to Swore. With his size and stature at 6-foot-4 and 240 pounds, Swore said Forist “may be the biggest quarterback in the state of Michigan.” — DN file photo
Just one year ago, Swore thought Florida was the perfect fit for him, but he quickly learned how much he missed his home in West Michigan.
“I thought it was time, we were supposed to go,” he said. “I love water, golf, hot (weather) and football. It was all right there for me and then there was some financial issues with the school and I just told (my wife) Tammy, ‘When we go back for Thanksgiving, we’re just going to stay home and look for a job there.’”
The opportunity to work in the school was a large factor for Swore with coming to CC-C, but he saw some other attractive features, as well. Being the son of a wrestling coach, Swore recognized the prowess of the Eagles’ wrestling team and saw the potential of the school’s athletes.
“The fact that they have a successful wrestling program caught my eye,” he said. “I know that translates to good football, generally schools who are good in one are good in both and you can see that all over the map, so that got me excited.”
Swore was also impressed that everyone on his interview panel had attended school at CC-C.
“As they went around the room introducing themselves, they all went to school here, went away to college and chose to come back to this community,” Swore recalled. “There’s a lot of places that doesn’t happen where they stay away and they don’t come back. But these folks all wanted to be back and be apart of the community and that spoke a lot to me like, ‘OK, they must believe in this place,’ and that matters.”
Swore got confirmation he made the right choice when he had a chance encounter with former head football coach Tim Stout, who was the head coach for the previous three seasons. Swore and Stout spoke about the program and the reasons Stout stepped down, which were related to his time commitment, not regarding the health of the football program, at all.
CC-C junior running back Kyler Stone was a Daily News All-Area First Team Offense member in 2019 and also was named All-Conference. Swore is excited to use Stone’s talents in the Eagles’ new spread offense next season, which will focus on up-tempo play. — DN file photo
“I’m not walking into a broken program,” Swore said. “So often, the new coach is coming into a situation where it’s broken and that’s not the case here either. So we just have the opportunity to build on what’s taken place before.”
Since being hired last month, Swore has been active on social media and promoting the football program in any way possible even in the offseason. He’s started to take commitments from players for the 2020 season and posts their picture on social media announcing their commitment to play for him this upcoming season. Swore said accountability in football is important to him.
“I tell them beforehand, ‘You’re standing here, I’m going to take your picture, this is going out and this means you’re going to play,’” Swore said. “So many kids, football isn’t an easy sport, we’re going to require some things and you’re going to have to make some sacrifices and a lot of kids aren’t willing to make that commitment. We’re trying to make it special and we’re trying to hold them accountable because accountability is needed. It accomplishes that and kids love to see their picture on social media.”
Swore will handle the offense and special teams, opting to run a spread offense with the Eagles. He hopes to go no-huddle when possible to keep the tempo fast, but will do so with caution as many of his players will play on both sides of the ball. On defense, Swore is serving in an advisory role and keeping many of the previous coaches who were on the staff last season.
Swore sees the talent on the roster and is excited to use the talents of sophomore quarterback Zane Forist and junior running back Kyler Stone, two players who he sees as cornerstones of the new offense.
“I ran into Zane Forist in the hallway and I said, ‘Holy cow,’” Swore said. “He may be the biggest quarterback in the state of Michigan at 6 (foot) 4 (inches), 240 (pounds) and he’s still growing. And then you meet a kid like Kyler Stone and you start to realize, ‘I’d love to work with these kids.’
In his 12 seasons coaching, Swore has accumulated an overall record of 78-45. During his time with NPC, Swore reached the playoffs seven times in 11 seasons and twice made the Division 6 state semifinals. Given the talent on the roster, and the Eagles’ back-to-back playoff appearances, Swore expects immediate success.
“We want to win a conference title in year one and we’re going to win playoff games in year one and we’re going to win a state title in year two,” Swore proclaimed. “That’s what we’re going to do. When I look at the group of kids I have, we have the all-conference running backs coming back and we’ve got a quarterback who we’re going to utilize in ways that maybe haven’t been before with him.
“To be honest, the biggest thing we have to do is when we see Breckenridge, we have respect for them but we believe we can beat them,” he continued. “And they’re going to do the same, right? Why wouldn’t they? They’ve been beating us. When we see Fowler in week one, we need to believe we can beat them. We haven’t but we’re going to get it done. It happens in steps but I want us to take the field with the confidence that we will win every football game we play. If you don’t do that, what chance do you have?”
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