Lakeland Football Coaches
Kevin Doherty
Head Coach
Kevin Doherty enters his third season as head football coach at Lakeland.
Last year, in the inaugural season of Northern Athletics Conference football, Doherty led the Muskies to a tie for second place in the league with a 5-2 record (5-5 overall). Lakeland swept the conference's top two individual honors as linebacker John Wagner took home NAC Defensive Player of the Year honors and wide receiver Matt Pawlyk received NAC Offensive Player of the Year accolades.
In his first season as head coach, the Muskies finished 6-4 overall and notched a 6-1 Illini-Badger Football Conference record to share the league championship with Concordia University (Wis.). The conference title marked the third time in the last four years that the Muskies had either won or earned a share of the top spot. Doherty’s guidance of the Muskies led the rookie head coach to be named the 2007 co-IBFC Coach of the Year.
A veteran offensive coordinator, Doherty joined the Muskies with a wealth of coaching experience in the IBFC, as he helped guide both Aurora University and MacMurray College to the NCAA Division III Playoffs
A native of the Chicago suburbs, Doherty spent five seasons as offensive coordinator for Aurora, where he graduated in 1995. In 2004, he helped lead the Spartans to a co-IBFC title with Lakeland and Concordia, Wis., and the Spartans represented the IBFC in the NCAA Division III Playoffs.
In addition to his on-field duties at Aurora, Doherty, who has a master's degree in public administration from the University of Illinois-Springfield, served as recruiting coordinator for Aurora's football team and was liaison between Aurora's athletic and admissions departments.
Doherty was also offensive coordinator at MacMurray College for two seasons, a stint that included an IBFC title and playoff trip in 2001. He also spent time as a graduate assistant and receivers coach at the University of Dubuque, Iowa, from 1995-97, then served in numerous roles as a position coach at Capital University, Ohio, from 1997-99.
He and his wife, Amber, have a 6-year-old son, Colin.
Colin Bruton
Defensive Coordinator
Colin Bruton enters his third year as the Muskies' defensive coordinator.
Prior to arriving at Lakeland, Bruton served for three years as an assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. While at Platteville, Bruton coached the linebackers and helped lead the Pioneers to their two most successful seasons since 1992 and helped develop three all-conference players. He also served as the Pioneers' academic coordinator, overseeing the academic development of the program's 100-player roster.
Bruton competed as a two-year starter and three-year letter winner in the former Illini-Badger Football Conference at Benedictine University from 1999-2001. He was an all-conference selection in 2000 after assisting the Eagles to a 7-3 record, their best season in the last 15 years.
Bruton completed his bachelor's degree in 2004 at the University of Illinois, where he majored in political science. He also has a master's degree in adult education from UW-Platteville, which he completed in 2006.
Peter Hahm
Offensive Line
Peter Hahm enters his second season as an assistant coach at Lakeland. He will help coach the offensive line.
An Ixonia native, Hahm joins the Muskie coaching staff after serving for a year and a half as a graduate assistant at Southwest Minnesota State University, a Division II school in Marshall, Minn. While at Southwest, Hahm coached the tight ends, including a preseason All-American, and assisted with the offensive line. Prior to Southwest, Hahm was a student assistant for one year at Wisconsin Lutheran College, a school currently in the Northern Athletics Conference, where he was also a four-year starter at fullback. He received second team all-conference accolades in his junior season.
Hahm received his bachelor’s degree in 2006 from Wisconsin Lutheran College, where he majored in communication with a coaching minor. He received his master’s degree in education from Southwest Minnesota State University in 2008.
Hahm and his wife, Jenny, were married on June 14, 2008, and currently reside in Sheboygan.
Larry Feest
Linebackers
Larry Feest enters his third year at Lakeland as an assistant coach. After working for two seasons with the offensive line, Feest will work with the linebackers.
Feest brings a wealth of knowledge to the Muskies with 20 years of coaching experience at the high school level. Prior to being hired at Lakeland, he spent 12 years as the head coach at Two Rivers High School, where he also taught social studies, and was also the head coach at Mishicot High School for three years before going to TR.
Feest and his wife, Paula, live in Manitowoc with their children, Trevor (11) and Julia (5).
Bo Perkins
Running Backs
Bo Perkins returns to the Lakeland football staff for his third year of coaching the running backs.
Prior to arriving at Lakeland, Perkins coached and taught history and government at Two Rivers High School for 15 years. Perkins played college football at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, graduating with a bachelor's in history and political science in 1987.
He lives in Two Rivers with his wife, Char, and has three children, Jessica, Josh and Jaimie.
Sam Scharinger
Defensive Line
A former Lakeland football standout, Sam Scharinger returns for his fourth season as a member of the Lakeland coaching staff to help guide the defensive line. He will also serve full time as the assistant director of safety and security for the college. Scharinger was a graduate assistant for the Muskies two seasons ago.
A linebacker during his playing days, he has plenty of on-field experience to offer as he was a third team All-American and a second team All-Region North selection in 2004. The Howards Grove native was also named the IBFC Linebacker of the Year and was first team All-IBFC in 2004.
Scharinger played professional indoor football for the Steubenville Stampede (Ohio) in the Continental Indoor Football League for the 2007 season where he led the league in tackles as a linebacker and safety.
Scharinger graduated with a bachelor's in graphic design from Lakeland in 2005. He received his master of arts in counseling from Lakeland in 2009.
Chaz Olson
Defensive Secondary
Chaz Olson enters his first season as a graduate assistant and will coach the defensive secondary.
A Jewell, Iowa, native, Olson began at Lakeland in January after a standout four-year career at William Penn (Oskaloosa, Iowa), an NAIA school. He was a three-time letterwinner and garnered all-conference and academic All-America honors in his career, playing defensive for one of the top-ranked defenses in the NAIA. Olson also assisted with video and film editing while at William Penn.
Olson also brings a wealth of coaching experience to the position, working for four years with the Summer Iowa Games and for two years as an intern in basketball with the Iowa Thunder.
Prior to his collegiate career, Olson played football at South Hamilton High School (Jewell, Iowa), where he was a team captain and an all-district player.
Olson received his bachelor's in physical education with an emphasis in sports administration and strength & conditioning from William Penn in December 2008. He is currently working toward his master's in business administration at Lakeland.
Travis Miller
Receivers
Travis Miller enters his first season as a graduate assistant coach and his fourth as a member of the Muskie coaching staff. He will work with Lakeland's receivers.
A Chilton native, Miller began working with the team in 2006 and has also worked with the running backs. Miller played football at Chilton High School as a wide receiver and safety.
Miller graduated from Lakeland in December 2008 with a bachelor's in fitness studies. He is currently working toward his master's in business administration.
Mark Halbach
Quarterbacks
Mark Halbach enters his second season as a student assistant coach and will coach the quarterbacks.
A New Holstein native, Halbach has nine years of coaching experience as a quarterbacks coach and running backs coach for the Oshkosh Flyers, a youth football program featuring sixth, seventh and eighth graders.
Halbach is a senior at Lakeland majoring in sports studies.
Stephan Johnson
Student Intern - Defense
Stephan Johnson enters his first season as an assistant coach for the Muskies.
Johnson, an Evanston, Ill., native, completed his Lakeland career in 2008 as a four-year starter at linebacker, and was named second team all-conference in 2007.
He is currently pursuing a degree in fitness studies from Lakeland.
Tom Baehnk
Student Intern - Offense
Tom Baehnk enters his first season as an assistant coach for Lakeland.
Baehnk played on the Muskies' offensive line for three seasons. He is a native of Madison, Wis., attending Madison LaFollette prior to Lakeland.
Baehnk is a sports studies major at LC.
