Botts, Rainey Set To Coach In D4 All-Star Game
By: Ed Weaver / May 12, 2026
Mifflinburg's Cody Botts and Hughesville's Howard Rainey will man the helms as head coaches of this year's District IV UPMC North-South All-Star game.
Botts will be the head coach of the South team while Rainey will lead the North.
This year's all-star game takes place on Friday, June 19 at Milton's Alumni Field. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. At halftime the Coaches Association's Hall of Fame Class of 2026 will be enshrined.
Botts began his coaching career at Lewisburg in 2020 as an assistant offensive line coach then moved to Susquehann University in the 2021 season, coaching offensive line and tight ends. Botts started at Mifflinburg in 2022 and coached the offensive line and was the run game coordinator under former head coach Jason Dressler for two years before taking over the helm in 2024. In two years Botts has compiled a 14-10 record, highlighted by a 10-3 season in 2025 with a District IV Class 3A championship.
Rainey's coaching career started in 1991 at Jersey Shore the their Junior High defensive coordinator. He stayed in that role until 1998 when he moved to the Varsity level and did the same role from 1998-2000. Rainey volunteered from 2000-09 in various roles for the Bulldogs before taking over as their Junior High offensive coordinator in 2009. From 2010-2021 Coach Rainey was the Junior High head coach at Loyalsock, where he had 4 undefeated season. Rainey took over as the head coach of the Spartans in 2021, where he and his staff took a team that won three games in three years to qualifying for the District IV playoffs in three of his five seasons.
Joining Botts' South Coach Staff is:
Anthony Threet (Mifflinburg)
Seth Hicks (Mifflinburg)
Jeff Wagner (Mifflinburg)
Tom Parfitt (Mifflinburg)
Jake Barrett (Milton)
Isaiah Hicks (Milton)
Rainey's North Coaching Staff will include:
Henry Rainey (schools)
Boyd Hartman
Brandon Kinney
Steve Shrawder (Hughesville)
Ken Tallman
Ben Kranz (Hughesville)
Luke Kaiser (Hughesville)
Matt Connors (Hughesville)
Tickets can be purchased on the day of the game for $10.
Ed Weaver is the founder and owner of Circle W Sports, a Pennsylvania-based digital media and technology company specializing in athletic website development.
