The Turnaround 2014 by Jason Strunk

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 2015 Blogs

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 15, 2014 – Day 10

August 14, 2014 – Day 9

August 13, 2014 – Day 8

August 12, 2014 – Day 7

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 6, 2014 – Day 3

August 5, 2014 – Day 2

August 4, 2014 – Day 1

August 3, 2014 – The Blog is Back for 2014