Monday, December 16, 2013

Now there are three

Now there are three head football coaches in the Northwest Conference who have been assistant coaches of the sport at Linfield.

On 12/16/2014 Jay Locey was announced by Lewis & Clark as the Pioneers new head football coach.
In the NWC, Locey joins Linfielders (grads, former Linfield football players, former Linfield assistant football coaches) Joe Smith and Chris Casey, head football coaches respectively of Linfield (Wildcats) and George Fox (Bruins).

Locey’s resume includes being head football coach at Linfield – Smith succeeded Locey -- and leading the Wildcats to their NCAAD3 football championship. He left Linfield to join Oregon State football and left Oregon State for  L&C.

Postscript: In the NAIA Frontier Conference, SOU football head coach is Craig Howard,  Linfield grad, who played Wildcat football.