Bentonville’s Lunney steps down

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by Jeff Fisher

After four state championships at Bentonville, Barry Lunney has retired as the head coach of the Tigers.  Lunney led Bentonville to a 97-27 record with state titles in 2008, 2010, 2013 and 2014.

“Coach Lunney’s leadership established the Bentonville Tiger Football Program as one of the elite programs in Arkansas, and garnered attention as one of the premier high school programs in the country,” Bentonville athletic director Scott Passmore said in a press release. “Coach Lunney is recognized as one of the most successful high school football coaches in Arkansas. He is a man of great character, high standards, compassion, and dedication to preparing the young men on his teams not only for success on Friday nights, but also for success in life. Coach Lunney’s retirement is a loss for Bentonville Public School District, his coaches and players, but a well-deserved win for him as he closes out an outstanding career.”

Overall Lunney won eight Arkansas state football titles with a 248-90-1 during a 28 year career.  Lunney led Southside to state titles in 1991, 1992, 1997 and 2002.

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Jeff Fisher
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.