Editor’s Note: This story was originally posted August 29, 2012. Two years later, Strunky has become a pop-in type of guy in our lives. If you’re not a Seinfeld fan, you may not understand pop-in, but that’s what Strunky and…
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Football Coach Follow @WestTXCoach Alright, here is the deal. When I move to a new state, I gain 25 pounds. The only time it didn’t happen is when I went to Purdue. Other…
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Football Coach Follow @WestTXCoach Last year at this time we were driving back from Big Spring. The ride was miserable. We were wondering what went wrong in our first scrimmage of 2013. Tonight?…
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Coach Follow @WestTXCoach For many years I sat back and observed a bunch of head coaches. I also observed lots of coordinators in my time as a coach. You do a lot of…
Over the last three years, through The Turnaround, you’ve been able to follow along as Jason Strunk, head coach of the Lubbock Westerners football program, works on turning around the west Texas program that has only been to the state…
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Football Coach Follow @WestTXCoach It’s the day before the first scrimmage. It is amazing how quick the season jumps on you. It seems like yesterday we were just packing up the gear from…
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Football Coach Follow @WestTXCoach Back to work for the teachers/coaches/administrators in LISD. Yes, we have been working, but Wednesday was the official start up day for everyone in the district. The day was…
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Football Head Coach Follow @WestTXCoach Mental and physical toughness. The Westerners continue to hit upon these two major concepts. Every day, some how, some way, we make it happen. Day eight was about as…
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Football Coach Follow @WestTXCoach What a day for the Westerners! Full contact, physical toughness and mental toughness all rolled into one. The day off on Sunday seemed to recharge the batteries for the…
by Jeff Fisher As you can see by the story above, it was a hot one in the Austin area as Texas teams that held spring practices were able to open the season on Monday. The Dallas Morning News does…