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| | | Gilligan was some sort of little superstar quarterback for the Coyotes, part of a highly decorated HS career. |
| | | Coach Branstad has served as an Axtell High assistant the past four years. |
| | | Another former football star (now school principal) takes the reigns from his hall of fame HS coach. |
| | | Former Schuyler coach takes over program looking to turn things around. |
| | | Coach Pavlik leaves after one season to take the HC job at Omaha Burke. |
| | | Former Spencer-Naper star takes over his old program (in hybrid form, but still). Coach Hoffman was also a member of the Huskers football program back in the 1990s. |
| | | Coach Bartos comes from Giltner and was a great HS receiver at Verdigre, where he learned his ball skills by catching Kolaches. At least that's what I heard. |
| | | For is a former assistant who will have only one all-stater returning, as opposed to five on last year's state title team. |
| | | Former Fairbury High product comes straight from Chadron State, while Coach Barry is the new AD at Chadron. |
| | | Coach Kupper breathed life into the Creek Valley program, now takes his skills to Garden County where he will be an assistant. |
| | | Wetzler was an outstanding player for the Bulldogs, now he takes over a state championship program that will be on its third head coach in three years. |
| | | Carroll was Delano's offensive coordinator for these three straight state semifinals, including last year's Class D-1 final. Coach Delano left to take the HC job at C-1 Wayne. |
| | | McDonald also serves as the school superintendent, Coach Nash will concentrate on his boys basketball duties. |
| | | Coach Biltoft led the Tigers to a state title but Coach Gauthier will working to help the program end a 15-game losing streak. |
| | | Ol' Dean would just as soon you not make a fuss, but he's leaving after those three state finals and two state titles. Coach Kalhandt was a super state running back for Pius X back in the early 2000s and had served as Ol' Dean's assistant. Friend's Jim Pfeiffer will remain co-head coach. |
| | | Coach Bangert coached 12 years at Omaha South before coming to Falls City, where he is also a school administrator. |
| | | Coach Campana is a former assistant, Coach Elley has taken a job at Silver Lake Schools. |
| | | Coach McConnell gets his first crack at head coaching, fresh from the campus of Chadron State College. |
| | | Coach Owens has been an assistant at Harvard, now ascends to the top job. Coach Trimble has accepted an administrative position at Medicine Valley. |
| | | Not exactly a fresh start for Coach Lowther, who took over at midseason in 2021, but the former Kearney Catholic star will now have a full off-season to prepare his squad. Coach Welch previously won a Class B state title at Seward. |
| | | Coach Howitt is a former Kimball High star, taking over his high school alma mater's program. |
| | | Coach Boyd is a former assistant to Coach Martin, who is leaving to accept a teaching/ coaching position in Colorado. |
| | | Coach Thompson was an assistant to Coach Kobza, who moves to become the AD at Raymond Central. |
| | | First-year head coach at a first-year program, Coach Lauck is a product of that always successful Pierce High football program. |
| | | Coach Shelsta is familiar with his surroundings, having previously coached at Elmwood-Murdock before moving to Norfolk, which is where he is leaving for this job. Coach Rasby has accepted a position at dear old Norris High. |
| | | After a four-year co-op with Bancroft-Rosalie the Cougars are back on their own. Coach Alitz was co-head coach for BRLD last season. |
| | | Coach Voelker is replacing a giant, having served as Coach Hingst's assistant, and previously as co-head coach at Dorchester. |
| | | Coach Wisdom was a former assistant at Millard South, and back in the day some sort of superstar at Lexington High, with his most recent stop being as HC at Phoenix (yep, that Phoenix) Desert Vista. Don't be shocked to see Coach Means pop up somewhere as an assistant. Just sayin'... |
| | | Coach Burrell is a former Creighton Prep assistant as was an all-conference player at UNK back in the day. |
| | | Coach Altig has been a defensive assistant at NPHS the past two seasons and prior to that coached at Broken Bow. Coach Rice had two successful stints at North Platte, but took a teaching/ coaching gig in Kansas to be closer to family. |
| | | Another new program, with Coach Grant a former Northwestern University player. |
| | | Prior to his one-year stop at Neumann, Coach Pavlik was a respected assistant on the Bellevue West staff. |
| | | A former assistant, Coach Cruz tries to get the Concordia program headed in the right direction. |
| | | As big a news item as we had in the offseason. Coach LImongi won a state title at Burke and got his team into another final, while Coach Froendt steps aside after three state finals and a state title to lead that powerhouse Westside golf team of his. |
| | | Coach Ryan is the former defensive coordinator at Omaha Burke and gets his shot at building a brand new program. |
| | | Coach Larsen is a former assistant to Coach Dzuris, who coached at Fort Calhoun and Plattsmouth, for sure, and might have coached The Great Gatsby on that first team of his... |
| | | Coach Pelan, a Huskerland guy from Aquinas, back in the day, comes to Pleasanton after serving as an assistant at Hartington Cedar Catholic. Coach Westland, who led Pleasanton to a state final in 2020, remains as the school's high school principal. |
| | | Did we mention Coach Kobza is the Coach, too? (And assistant principal, but who's counting.) Coach Houchin steps aside to focus on his business interest. |
| | | Coach Kuta is a Sandy Creek alum, and he besides football he can also teach the kids how to throw a cut fastball, given his successful baseball career at Hastings College. Coach Shadley accepted a position in the Pierce school systsem. |
| | | Coach Schluter had a real successful run at West Point-Beemer and was an SHS assistant last season. Coach Hansen led Stanton to the Class C-2 state final back in 2004. |
| | Hmm. Turns out it was Ryan Province. | Coach Province was, indeed, the previous Shelton head coach before the program merged with Wood River the past two seasons, when he served as an assistant. (As the great Austin Powers once said, "Allow myself to introduce myself..." |
| | | Coach Smith, who is a legend in Sandhills High School sports, was previously the head coach at Hershey before serving as an assistant at SHS the past couple of seasons. |
| | | Coach Dickerson served as an assistant to Coach Stein, who has accepted the Alliance High principal position. |
| | | Coach Purdum was an assistant to Coach Nordhues, who won 108 games in his Syracuse High coaching tenure. |
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| | | Coach Koch has been a football assistant and head wrestling coach at the school, and he's rebuilt his staff to include his father, Mark (former HC at Winside, Pope John) and former N/V head coach Matthew Quick. |
| | | Coach Plager had a successful run as head coach, now concentrates on his duties as high school principal. |
| | | Coach Ellis was an assistant on the Cadets staff last season. Coach Kliment led Creighton to the 2018 Class D-1 state title. |
| | | Coach Iverson has accepted a position at Southern High School, and will coach track. |
| | | Coach Quick has accepted an assistant's position at Twin River. |
| | | Coach Jones has had a successful run at Thayer Central, now heads back to Six-Man. |
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| | Grant Lewandowski, former co-HC. | Coach Hrasky joins the SEM staff, with Coach Line returning as co-head coach. |
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