Ray Corona is starting his 21th season as a Nebraska Wesleyan assistant football coach and is the longest tenured member of the staff. This season he will again help with the punters and kickers.
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Last season, both the kicker and punter earned honorable mention All-GPAC recognition under the guidance of Coach Corona. Since 2007, Corona has had a punter or kicker earn All-Conference honors.
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During the 2013 season he coached both the First-Team All-GPAC punter and kicker. He coached a 1st or 2nd team All-Conference punter for six straight seasons. He also had his kicker earn CoSIDA Academic All-America recognition in 2013.Â
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Coach Corona has coached four of the top five kickers on the NWU all-time charts and two of the top three punters on the top 10 list during his tenure.
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In 2012 he coached the First-Team All-GPAC punter and had his punter and kicker both earn Academic All-America honors. Â Â
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In 2010 he coached Ethan Hunke to become the top statistical punter in the country and become an All-American.Â
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Corona coached wide receivers and defensive backs at Lincoln East High School from 1985 to 1991 before moving to Lincoln High School where he spent eight years teaching and coaching.
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Corona was a two-year letter winner as a wide receiver at Kearney State College before transferring to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he earned his degree in Education. He currently teaches at Lefler Middle School. Corona and his wife Juanita have a daughter, Karla.
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