by Jeff Fisher For the first time in five years, the numbers of student-athletes playing high school football rose. According to the National Federation of High School Associations (NFHS), there were 6,607 more boys playing during the 2013-14 school years…
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Football Coach Follow @WestTXCoach For the first time ever, yes ever, I decided to cut our final Wednesday practice of Summer camp down to an hour. This wasn’t some decision I just drummed…
by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Football Coach Follow @WestTXCoach It has come fast and it has gone by just as fast. The final week of camp is upon us! Time to get crazy! The message to the team…
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 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 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…