The Turnaround is an inside look at Lubbock High School in western Texas football by head coach Jason Strunk, who has coached high school football in Florida, Pennsylvania and Texas. Strunky, as he’s better known to most, has also been an assistant coach at the collegiate level at Purdue and Muhlenberg College. Coach Strunk will be entering his fourth season as the head coach of the Lubbock Westerners and since 2012, he’s been writing this blog for High School Football America.
Starting with his first head coaching job at Plant City in Florida, Coach Strunky has made a habit out of fixing high school programs that struggled prior to his arrival.
In Lubbock, the once proud Westerner program was on hard times before Strunky arrived. Entering the 2012 season, LHS hadn’t made the postseason since the mid-70’s. That streak was snapped when the Westerners made it to the Texas Class 4A playoffs.
In May 2014, Strunk was honored with the Semper Fi Coach Award from the U.S. Marine Corps and Glazier Football Camps.
Coach Strunky’s blog gives readers an inside look at his program, plus tips and techniques that other coaches around America enjoy reading about.
Follow Coach Strunk on Twitter @WestTXCoach.
2014 Lubbock Westerner Football
8/29 at Sweetwater L 66-35
9/6 vs. Andrews L 60-8
9/12 at Dumas L 36-32
9/19 vs. Monterey L 54-17
9/26 Estacado L 48-18
10/3 at Borger W 26-23
10/10 at Abilene Cooper L 24-6
10/16 Lubbock Cooper L 34-14
10/24 Lake View L 30-25
11/7 Plainview L 49-17
Read all past and present blogs by Coach Strunk by clicking on the links below.
December 10, 2015 – Time to put 2014 in the rearview mirror
December 4, 2015 – Off-Season 2014-15
November 19, 2014 – What Could Have Been
October 24, 2014 – Do or Die
October 23, 2014 – A New Week
October 16, 2014 – Cooper beats Lubbock 34-14
October 15, 2014 – A Dream Comes True
October 14, 2014 – Lubbock-Cooper, Tuesday
October 13, 2014 – Lubbock-Cooper, Monday
October 12, 2014 – One Cooper down, another Cooper to go
October 12, 2014 – Guest blogger – Lubbock-Cooper’s Max Kattwinkel
October 8, 2014 – District Play Begins
October 5, 2014 – A win at Borger
October 4, 2104 – Game Day Borger
October 3, 2014 – Thursday was bright, hope Friday is too
October 1, 2014 – Never give in, Never give up
September 30, 2014 – Midway Point
September 25, 2014 – Estacado, Wednesday
September 23, 2014 – Estacado, Week 5
September 22, 2014 – Monterey Wrap and Overcoming Adversity
September 18, 2014 – Monterey, Thursday
September 16, 2014 – Week 4, Monterey
September 15, 2014 – Dumas wrap
September 11, 2014 – Dumas, Thursday
September 9, 2014 – Dumas, Wednesday
September 7, 2014 – Andrews wrap
September 6, 2014 – Game Day vs. Andrews
September 5, 2014 – Week 2, Thursday & Friday
September 4, 2014 – Week 2, Wednesday
September 3, 2014 – Week 2, Monday
September 1, 2014 – Sweetwater Game Wrap
August 29, 2014 – Game Day
August 28, 2014 – Week 1, Thursday
August 27, 2014 – Week 1, Wednesday
August 26, 2014 – Week 1, Tuesday
August 25, 2014 – Week 1, Monday
August 25, 2014 – Technology & Twitter
August 23, 2014 – Shallowater scrimmage
August 22, 2014 – Final Week of Camp, Thursday
August 21, 2014 – Final Week of Camp, Wednesday
August 20, 2014 – Final Week of Camp, Tuesday
August 19, 2014 – Final Week of Camp
August 18, 2014 – Sunday was a little bit of everything
August 17, 2014 – A Change for the Better
August 16, 2014 – Coronado scrimmage
August 11, 2014 – Inside The Turnaround by Neal Tull
August 11, 2014 – Sunday is Fun Day
August 10, 2014 – Week 1 Review
August 9, 2014 – Inside Perspective by Special Teams Coach Brandt Martin
August 8, 2014 – Day 5, Why I blog?
August 7, 2014 – Day 4, Media Day
August 3, 2014 – The Blog is Back for 2014