2026 Head Coach John Allison
Coach Allison was born and raised in Lincoln, Illinois where graduated from Lincoln High School in 1998. He was a three-sport letter winner in football, wrestling and track. Following high school Coach Allison attended and graduated from Illinois College (2002) in Jacksonville, Illinois where he played football and was a four year letter winner on the Offensive Line for the Blueboys and majoring in Biology/Pre-Med.
After college he began coaching football at Edwardsville High School in 2002 and working on his Masters Degree at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. The following season, 2003, he became an assistant football coach at Granite City High School. Coach Allison arrived at Sacred Heart-Griffin in the Spring of 2004 and began his coach/teaching career at SHG. He has held the position of Offensive Coordinator helping to lead SHG to State Championships in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2022 and State Runner Ups in 2016 and 2021. Coach Allison teaches Physics at SHG. The fall of 2023 was Coach Allison’s first year as Head Coach of the Sacred Heart-Griffin Cyclones. (allison@shg.org)
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2026 Assistant Coaching Staff
Varsity Defensive Coordinator: Jim McMann (36th Season) (1991)
Varsity Offensive Line: Chad Anderson (21st Season) (anderson@shg.org) (2006)
Varsity Outside Linebackers: Dan Schafer (18th Season) (2009)
Varsity Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers: Doug Martin (15th Season) (martin@shg.org) (2003,2013)
Varsity Quarterbacks: Todd Chance (11th Season) (2016)
Varsity Defensive Backs: Chris Rouse (5th Season) (2022)
Varsity Assistant Offensive Line: Don Goff (6th Season) (2008,2009,2010,2024)
Varsity Assistant Offensive Line: Tom Fiaush (34th Season) (1993)
Varsity Defensive Line: Barrett Kraft (5th Season) (2022)
Varsity Defensive Line: JT McMann (4th Season) (2023)
Varsity Inside Linebackers: Leonard Hubbard (3rd Season) (2024)
Varsity Assistant Offensive & Defensive Line: Byron Deaner (6th Season) (2021)
Varsity Running Backs/ JV Head Coach: Jeremy Judd (3rd Season) (2024)
Freshman Head Coach: Mike Horstman (11th Season) (2016)
Freshman Assistant: Jim Fahey (7th Season) (2020)
Freshman Assistant: Mark Stover (8th Season) (2019)
Freshman Assistant: Matt Goldasich (4th Season) (2023)
Assistant Coach: Alex Sweetland (2nd Season) (2025)
Assistant Coach: Connor Peters (2nd Season) (2025)
Assistant Coach: Nick Espejo (2nd Season) (2025)
Strength and Conditioning: Doug Ludolph (21st Season) (2006)
Athletic Trainer: Cole Thorton
Video Coordinator: "Doc" Peterson
Equipment Transportation: Don Gray
Chain Crew: Joe Zock Mark Winkler Don Viele Mike West