Rampage Head Coach Michael Trigg Resigns
Randy Snow
Monday August 11, 2003
Trigg had been the head coach of the Rampage since its inception into the league in 1998 and still had one year left on his contract. He recently returned from Buffalo, New York where he interviewed for the Destroyers vacant head coaching position, but Trigg’s new job was not disclosed at the press conference. That will be announced sometime in the next few weeks.
 Michael Trigg Image courtesy of Michael Wright |
A Personal Goodbye
On a personal note, 2003 was my first season of covering the Rampage for Arenafan and Coach Trigg made my job an easy one. I found him to be very approachable and easy to talk to. He always had time to answer my questions, even after a heartbreaking loss. (and there certainly were a number of those this year) Even though the league requires their coaches and players to sign autographs after each game, I never got the impression that it was a chore for him or that he would rather be someplace else. He was always prepared to explain his reasoning (in depth) for a call he made during the game when questioned by this cub reporter using the advantage of 20/20 hindsight.
I was unable to attend the press conference myself, but if I had, I would have thanked Coach Trigg for bringing a championship to Grand Rapids in 2001. Experiencing that entire championship season first hand was one of the great football highlights of my life.
I will miss Coach Trigg and I wish him good luck in the future.
Randy Snow covered the Grand Rapids Rampage of the Arena Football League for ArenaFan from 2003-2008. He also covered the Fort Wayne Fusion of arenafootball2 in 2007. From 2004-2008 and in 2010, he was a member of the Arena Football League Writer’s Association and, since 2011, has been a member of the Professional Football Researchers Association. Randy lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan but will travel just about anywhere for a football game or a great football story. He runs the web site www.theworldoffootball.com and hosts a podcast with his son, Adam, called “This Week in The World of Football.”
