Chip Ufford
eaufford@smsd.org     cell: 913-269-8035
Coach Ufford has 14 years of football coaching experience. This is his 7th year as assistant coach for the Lancers. In addition, he is in his 8th year as head wrestling coach. This is his 9th year at SME after finishing college and teaching in Olathe. He has an Undergraduate Degree from Mid-America Nazarene University in Physical Education and a Masters Degree from the University of Kansas in Sports Administration. He and his wife, Karen have one dog - Estes. 

Jason Filbeck   
eafilbec@smsd.org     cell: 913-602-9411
Entering his 8th year as a football coach at SM East, Jason Filbeck received his Bachelor of Arts in Art Education at Baker University where he played wide receiver. He also received his Masters Degree from Baker University. Currently, Coach Filbeck teaches drawing, watercolor, and intro to studio art at East. Prior to coming to East, he taught in the Blue Valley School District. Filbeck is married to the former Miranda Wilson who is an elementary music teacher in the Bonner Springs District. Together they have a Mastiff named Tank and a son named Asher.

Miles Martin    
eamartin@smsd.org     cell: 913-271-3818
Miles Martin is in his 9th year coaching football at East. He's currently coaching the defensive line, and has coached receivers and the offensive lines in the past. Coach Martin is also a physics teacher at East and came to the Shawnee Mission district from the Turner district, where he was defensive coordinator, an offensive coach, and head freshman coach. Martin earned his undergraduate degree in chemistry and secondary education from Mid-America Nazarene University in 1990. He played football there and was a four-year starter, earning all-league and all-district honors. He has been in public education for over 20 years at the middle-, junior-, and high-school levels. 

Josh Dalton   
daltonjosh@hotmail.com     cell: 913-709-9362
Josh Dalton coaches the defensive backs. He comes to Shawnee Mission from Avila University in Kansas City and McAuley Catholic High School in Joplin, Missouri. He coached the defensive line at Avila and coached defensive backs and wide receivers at McAuley. Coach Dalton graduated with his master’s degree in teaching and  instruction in May of 2011 from Avila University. He received his  undergraduate degree from Missouri Southern University,  where he played football for 5 years. Coach Dalton is married with  wife Christina and two dogs, one of which is named Emmitt after  former Dallas Cowboys football great, Emmitt Smith. Coach Dalton and his wife have a 1-year-old daughter, Ava Eloise Dalton. Dalton has lived in California, Missouri, Indiana, and now Kansas.

Chris Funk   
cell: 913-636-9746
Chris is a graduate of Kansas State University after graduating from SM North in 1996. He has spent five years teaching choir and coaching football and wrestling in Kansas City, Kansas. He is now a choir teacher in his third year at Westridge Middle. Funk and his wife, Jill, have a 4-year-old son and a 1-year-old daughter.

Sam Brown
eabrowns@smsd.org
In addition to being a member of the SME Football Coaching Staff, Sam Brown is the school's new Athletic Director.  He has been in the coaching profession for 39 years, many of those years spent as a head coach. A native of Excelsior Springs, Mo.,Brown began his coaching career in his hometown of Excelsior Springs and was there for seven years. From there, he spent 12 years coaching at Grandview High School. After he left Grandview, he coached at the college level spending 12 years at William Jewell College. Coach Brown then returned to the high school ranks as the head football coach at rival Shawnee Mission North for eight years. He then returned to Excelsior Springs where he coached for fi ve years before retiring from the Missouri school system. Coach Brown is excited to be at Shawnee Mission East coaching with his good friend, Chip Sherman. The two coached together at Grandview High School and are both members of the Missouri Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame class of 2008. Brown’s wife, Cindy, teaches at Blue Valley High School. Their daughter, Maggie, and son, Mack, both have teaching degrees from Baker University.

Ryan Wendorff
Ryan Wendorff joins the Lancer coaching staff  for his first year.  He graduated from Shawnee Mission East in 2008 where he played football, baseball, and wrestled all 4 years.  Ryan  is excited to be back in football and work with Coach Sherman again. He is also a wrestling coach for Shawnee Mission East in the winter. Last year was his first year for wrestling.

Seth Wolzen

A former Shawnee Mission East graduate (2000), Seth enters  his first year of coaching.  The former Lancer competed in football, wrestling  and track while at East.  Upon graduation, he spent two years at Fort Scott  Community College playing football for the Greyhounds.  He finalized his  education at Kansas State University and received a Bachelor’s Degree 2004.  

Zach Fletcher
Fletcher joins the Shawnee Mission East football program after spending last season out of football.  He moved to the area in July of 2010 to work for Power Sales and Advertising in Olathe.  His passion for football and an opportunity to work with the East program has brought him here. Fletcher, a 2003 graduate of Grinnell (Iowa) College with a degree in history, is currently pursuing a master’s degree in sport management and administration from the United States Sports Academy.  Prior to coming to SM East, he spent two seasons at Baldwin-Wallace College as the offensive line coach and offensive coordinator.  Prior to BW, Fletcher spent two seasons at his alma mater as its offensive coordinator, recruiting coordinator and strength and conditioning coach. Fletcher also served as the Grinnell Fitness Center Director and Video Coordinator. Prior to returning to Grinnell, Fletcher spent eight months at Dunnellon (Fla.) High School, serving as a teacher in the classroom and as its offensive coordinator and offensive line coach in football.  His first football coaching position was in 2003 when he served as the defensive line coach and conditioning coordinator at Kenyon (Ohio) College. Fletcher was born in Colorado in 1981 and moved to Florida in 1986. He was a 1999 graduate of Spruce Creek High School in Daytona Beach, Fla. Fletcher arrived at Grinnell in the fall of 1999 and was a four-year starter in football. He earned first-team All-Midwest Conference accolades three times and served as a team captain his final two seasons.  Coach Fletcher lives in Olathe with his wife Amanda and daughter Avery.   

Andrew Gagnon

aegagnon1@yahoo.com     cell:  913-269-8518
Andrew Gagnon graduated from Shawnee Mission East in 2000 where he enjoyed playing basketball and football all four years. He is now looking forward to his first year as freshman football coach at his Alma Mater and for a program he enjoyed so much as an athlete.  Aside from football, Coach Gagnon is also privileged to coach basketball at SME in the winter.  He is a graduate of Kansas State University with degrees in History and Secondary Education with an emphasis in Social Studies.