Jamin Pool has been named head football coach at Siuslaw High School, succeeding Tim Dodson.

"Please join me in congratulating Jamin Pool as our next football coach," Siuslaw principal Kerri Tatum said in a news release Wednesday.

"Jamin's relationships, work ethic and high expectations of himself, other staff and his student-athletes won him the job.

"I hope Jamin will have as much success as Tim Dodson has had over the years."

Dodson is retiring this year as a physical education teacher at Siuslaw. He was 152-58 in 20 seasons as head coach of the Vikings.

Pool, who teaches physical education and health at the high school, served as an assistant coach under Dodson and as assistant basketball coach under Will Biggs this past school year.

Pool came to Florence after five years as an assistant at his alma mater (South Albany) and a year as an assistant coach at Lebanon.

"My brother married into a family from here, so I learned a lot about Florence before I actually got here," Pool told ExplodingWhaleSports.com last fall. "I fell in love with the community right away."

Pool also expressed his appreciation for Vikings tradition at the time.

"It's a special tradition you don't come by often," he said. "It was nice to come in and see a culture that's already built, to kind of take in a community that just supports (the team) like crazy."

VIKINGS OPEN SEASON SEPT. 2 AT ELMIRA

The Siuslaw Vikings football team has a schedule for the next two seasons, athletic director Jeromy Graybill announced.

The 2016 and 2017 schedules are a mirror image of each other, the same eight opponents playing a home-and-home schedule for the two seasons.

The Vikings will open both seasons with the annual Blue/Gold Game at Hans Petersen Field. The 2016 game is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26.

Homecoming/senior recognition for 2016 is the regular-season finale against  Brookings-Harbor at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21.

Other home games are Newport on Sept. 16 and North Bend on Sept. 30.

First practice this fall is Monday, Aug. 15.

The Vikings lose 11 players to graduation on a team that went 6-3, including a state play-in game.

Returning seniors-to-be include Cade Clawson, Brogan Cornish, Justin Perkins, Nick Steinman, Michael Larson, Marcos Reyna, Robert Fleming and Kainan Lane.

Among the juniors-to-be are Trent Reavis, Evan Teter and Josh Larson.

2016 SIUSLAW FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
All games are Fridays with a 7 p.m. kickoff

• Aug. 15 — First practice.
• Aug. 26 — Blue-Gold Game
• Sept. 2 — at Elmira
• Sept. 9 — at Pleasant Hill
• Sept. 16 — Newport
• Sept. 23 — at South Umpqua, Far West League opener
• Sept. 30 — North Bend
• Oct. 7 — at Marshfield
• Oct. 14 — at Douglas
• Oct. 21 — Brookings-Harbor, homecoming/senior recognition

2017 SIUSLAW FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
All games are Fridays with a 7 p.m. kickoff

• Aug. 25 — Blue-Gold Game
• Sept. 1 — Elmira
• Sept. 8 — Pleasant Hill
• Sept. 15 — at Newport
• Sept. 22 — South Umpqua, Far West League opener
• Sept. 29 — at North Bend
• Oct. 6 — Marshfield
• Oct. 13 — Douglas, homecoming/senior recognition
• Oct. 20 — at Brookings-Harbor