Jeff Fruster is stepping down as the head coach of D.W. Daniel High School, ending a career that saw him win three state championships as a coach and two as a player. The 2021 Carolina Panthers High School Coach of the Year has been the program’s head coach over the last nine years. His record during that time was 92-20.
In addition to the three state championships in 2020, 2021 and 2023, Fruster led the Lions to six regional championships. He won state championships in ’95 and ’98 as a player at the school.
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.
