Chicago Bears honors Highland Park’s Anthony Kopp as High School Coach of the Week

chicago bears name highland park's anthony kopp high school coach of the week
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Highland Park head coach Anthony Kopp is being honored by the Chicago Bears as their Week 1 High School Coach of the Week. Kopp is an HP alum who played quarterback during his scholastic days.

Below is an excerpt from the Bears’ news release:

Kopp, a first-year coach, helped lead his team, the Highland Park Giants (1-0), to a come-from-behind 28-25 home non-conference win against the Leyden Eagles (0-1) of Franklin Park on Friday night. As the Highland Park community heals after the tragic shooting on the Fourth of July, the team stayed focused under Kopp and staff and won despite adversity. A graduate of Highland Park High School’s Class of 2009, Kopp is a former Giants quarterback who has been an assistant coach in the football program since 2013. Kopp was promoted to Varsity Head Coach on June 6 after serving as Highland Park’s offensive coordinator for four seasons. He’s also Highland Park’s girls’ gymnastics coach and an assistant to varsity baseball.

Chicago Bears news release

The Bears will make a $2,000 donation to the Highland Park football program.

About Coach of the Week

The Chicago Bears “Coach of the Week” program was launched in 1996. It honors outstanding Illinois high school coaches who develop players’ football skills and knowledge, character, leadership, discipline and teamwork abilities.

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Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.