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Coach Craig Black is pictured with fiancée Erika Tomczewski.

•July 18, 2018•

By Jason Brown
NP Sports

Sometimes, life is about timing.
That was the case for Craig Black.
Black, who has been the head coach for Oakwood for the last four seasons, was not looking for a new coaching job.
But when Black had heard that the Sullivan coaching position became available after former coach Chester Reeder had taken the head coaching position at Teutopolis, he had to apply.
Black, like Reeder, is a Sullivan alumnus and has continued his ties to the area.
Black, a 2007 graduate, was hired at a special Sullivan board meeting June 29 and will teach physical education.
“I wasn’t really looking or applying for any other jobs, but when this came open, I had to apply,” said Black. “And where I am at in my personal life with getting engaged, being from Sullivan, and having family here, it made the most since for my fiancée and me.”
He was surprised that the job became open.
“I was really surprised to be honest,” said Black. “I know Chet has done a really good job the last five years and built the program up, and with him being from Sullivan too, I didn’t think it would be open.”
But it was an opportunity he could not pass.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.