Tuscarawas Twp. — Tuslaw High School is looking to turn to a coach with a very recent career to turn things around for the Mustangs football program.
Pending school board approval, Tusław has hired Brock Dial, who won the Northeast Inland Coach of the Year award in two of the past three seasons at Dalton, to lead the football program. . The board meeting will be held on Monday. He replaces Matt Galing, who went 6-24 in three seasons as Tuslaw's head coach.
“Coach Dial's ability to instill a winning culture and philosophy aligns with the goals of Tusław Athletics,” the district said in a press release Tuesday.
Dial will also be employed as a teacher in the district, according to a news release from Tuslow.
Tuslaw's soccer team hasn't had a winning season since 2018, and the Mustangs have struggled mightily in their home league. Since 2020, they are 1-25 in the PAC-7.
In nearby Dalton, things were much different down the dial. In seven seasons at Dalton (split into two seasons, 2016-17 and 2019-23), his teams went 68-18 and won five Wayne County Athletic League titles. . His teams made the state playoffs in all seven seasons.
Dial resigned as Dalton's head coach on Jan. 11, more than a month after leading the Bulldogs to a memorable run to the OHSAA Division VII state finals. Ohio's small school powerhouse Marion Local defeated Dalton 38-0 in the title game in Canton.
Dial went 12-4 in the playoffs over the past four seasons and 14-7 overall in the postseason.
Dial graduated from Northwest High School in 2004 and was an All-Ohio offensive lineman. He helped Northwest go 10-0 in the regular season his senior year. He also led Dalton to a 10-0 regular season in 2017.
He earned a teaching degree in history from Baldwin Wallace and a master's degree in school leadership from Concordia University.
The 2023 Mustangs are 2-8, losing the last seven games of the season (all league games). Since going 2-5 in the PAC-7 in 2019, the Mustangs have won just one league game on the season. Since 2019, the Mustangs have a total of 11 wins and 37 losses.
Their last winning season was in 2018, when they finished 6-5 after losing to league rival Orville in the first round of the playoffs. Tusrow was 4-3 in his PAC-7 play that year.
