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Jarvis Takes Reins of CAHS Football

Sept. 4, 2008 — Having had only two head coaches in their entire history, Charlotte Amalie High School announced this week that former Arawaks coach Francisco Jarvis would lead the Chickenhawks in the upcoming football season.
Taking over a program with a rich tradition of winning, and following in the footsteps of longtime head coach Robert Massey, Jarvis has hopes of taking the two-time defending champs to a new level.
"I am grateful to the CAHS administration for giving me the opportunity to carry on the great Hawks tradition, and I want the public to know that I do intend to continue winning," Jarvis said. "To excel always is our motto, and I plan to keep up with that 100 percent if I can."
With all his success as the Arawaks' coach, Jarvis hopes that the community does not judge him on his win-loss record, but rather on the amount of athletes he gets into college. Picking up key players such as quarterback Ryan Mills, Jarvis said he easily has six to eight "next level" athletes on the team.
"CAHS is the perfect environment where our student-athletes have the opportunity to excel and go to college," he said. "The goal is keeping them in the classroom so they maintain the required GPA and finding things like SAT prep for them. My focus is to get those kids on into college and to be seen by college coaches. Another goal is to get to those students that might have not been approached in to past and get them involved in the CAHS tradition — whether it's in sports or academics, just make sure to keep the young men involved in something constructive."
The transition from CAHS' heavy run offense to his more balanced run-pass offense will be a smooth one, Jarvis said.
"The goal is here to keep it simple for the new players I have acquired, keep it as simple as possible and try to maintain a balanced passing and running attack," he said. "We do have the best quarterback in the Virgin Islands in Ryan Mills and I'm going to use him to the best of his ability."
Like the previous two coaches, Jarvis plans to make CAHS — his alma mater — his last stop.
"I don't feel like I'm in a strange place. This is something that I wanted — I came and talked to coach (athletic director Myron) Corbett and asked him for the opportunity to be here and he welcomed me 100 percent," Jarvis said. "I look forward to any team that we play and I look forward to all the challenges. And I'm not going anywhere — I've had offers from stateside high schools before, and if they come calling again, I'm happy to tell them I'm happy where I am. This is the best place for coaching sports in the Caribbean, and we plan to take it to another level this year."
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