🏈 WELCOME TO RED DEVIL NATION: COACH TAUNO VANNUCCI! 🔴⚪

WELCOME TO RED DEVIL NATION: COACH TAUNO VANNUCCI!

Mountain Pine School District is thrilled to introduce Tauno Vannucci (pronounced Taw-no Van-new-chee), who is joining our family as an ALE Teacher, Assistant Football Coach, and Assistant Track Coach!

Coach Vannucci brings an impressive background both on the field and in the classroom. He graduated from Lake Hamilton High School in 2009, where he was named an All-State athlete in both baseball and football and won a 6A State Championship—before graduating from the University of Arkansas in 2014.

He joins us with valuable teaching and coaching experience from both the Sheridan and England school districts. Coach Vannucci is dedicated to continuous growth as an educator and leader, noting that the skills it takes to excel as an athlete are quite different from the skills it takes to successfully guide and mentor students.

"I am impressed by Coach Alderman's knowledge and approach to the game of football and the talented staff he has assembled," Coach Vannucci shared. "Coach Walpole has also been a big help in showing me the ropes with ALE. Many thanks to fellow coaches, teachers, admin, and community members for welcoming me with open arms. I feel like I've been a Red Devil my whole life."

We are so glad to have his energy, experience, and dedication on our campus. Coach Vannucci is "ready to hit the ground running and cannot wait to be under the Friday night lights at the most scenic stadium in Arkansas"!

Please join us in giving Coach Vannucci a massive Mountain Pine welcome!