HOUGHTON - Karl Borree has been chosen to take over Houghton High School's varsity football head coaching position.

His hiring was confirmed by the Houghton-Portage Township Schools Board of Education Monday.

"I've really loved football my whole life, and being up here, I was just waiting for the right opportunity where I thought I could help," he said.

That love of football is something that has carried Borree through a playing career at Northern Michigan University and coaching in several stops, including at Michigan Tech, where he was an assistant under Bernie Anderson from 1992-2001.

Borree, a specifications coordinator at Horner Sports Flooring in Dollar Bay, also served the last two seasons as an assistant coach in Hancock's program.

Transferring that love of the game into the Gremlin program is a priority for Borree as he establishes his mark.

"I always had a lot of fun playing football and I have fun coaching it, and I think it's important for the players to have fun," he said.

Borree takes over for Marc Sanko, a Michigan Tech student who was head coach for one season before leaving the area for graduate school. He is the fourth HHS coach in the last five seasons.

It's still nearly five months until fall practices kick off in August, so Borree said talk of tactics will wait until he has a better handle on his team's strengths and weaknesses and can reinforce the fundamentals.

"Especially in high school, you try to fit your offense and your defense to your personnel as best you can," he said.

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