{"id":139033,"date":"2021-01-11T22:45:18","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T03:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=139033"},"modified":"2021-01-11T22:45:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T03:45:58","slug":"lautzenheiser-ready-to-lead-crestview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/01\/11\/lautzenheiser-ready-to-lead-crestview\/","title":{"rendered":"Lautzenheiser ready to lead Crestview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONVOY — After 10 years as an assistant under former coach Jared Owens, James Lautzenheiser is stepping into the role of head football coach at Crestview High School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lautzenheiser, a 2000 Crestview High School graduate, was officially named head coach during Monday night\u2019s school board meeting. He\u2019s the fifth head coach since the program was restarted in 1996 and he\u2019s replacing Owens, who resigned after the 2020 season. In 10 seasons at the helm, Owens compiled a record of 72 wins, 39 losses, two Northwest Conference co-championships and seven playoff appearances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After 10 seasons as an assistant, James Lautzenheiser has been named head varsity football coach at Crestview High School. Bob Barnes\/file photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFollowing in the footsteps of coach Owens is a tremendous honor and privilege, but it is also a significant challenge and opportunity,\u201d Lautzenheiser said. \u201cIt’s one thing to work to be invested in a teaching or coaching position at a high school, but that level of emotional connectivity and passion to continue to improve is much more tangible when you call that district your home, and that place helped develop and mold you along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI’ve had the opportunity to be a part of the Crestview football family as a player and coach, and have witnessed the development of the culture from “reboot” to consistent playoff runs and conference contender,\u201d Lautzenheiser added. \u201cI’m definitely excited to work to continue that journey with our student-athletes, coaches, and our community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While serving as an assistant coach, Lautzenheiser primarily served as offensive and defensive line coach and also served as offensive and offensive coordinator for the junior varsity program during two different stints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are excited about the hiring of James Lautzenheiser as our football coach, Crestview Athletic Administrator Matt Perkins said. \u201cWe are looking forward to seeing the vision that coach Lautzenheiser presented in his interviews and how he plans to take the football program to the next level. Coach Lautzenheiser is invested in our community, our student-athletes, and in our football program, we are very blessed to have him as our next head coach.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With an eye on the offseason and the 2021 season, Lautzenheiser indicated the vast majority of Crestview football elements will remain in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have grown accustomed to hanging our hat on a commitment to playing physical, disciplined football at Crestview over the past decade and that must continue in 2021 and beyond,\u201d the new coach explained. \u201cI would expect our offensive and defensive schemes to adjust to our roster’s strengths from year-to-year, but there are some elements of our football identity that will remain true to form as we transition this offseason.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe expectation for our coaches and players is to be in a position to set goals and then work to attain them on a consistent basis,\u201d he added. \u201cHopefully, we can get back to a sense of \u2018normal\u2019 as much as possible as we continue to tackle COVID-19 challenges during offseason and in-season operations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the usual slate of non-conference games (pre-COVID) of Parkway, Hicksville and Wayne Trace, Lautzenheiser noted that teams in the NWC present a unique set of challenges, from the ground-pounding attack of Spencerville to a wide-open approach used by Allen East. In addition, traditional power Leipsic will join the conference in time for the 2021 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am looking forward to sitting down with our athletic director to preview the expected conference schedule alignment with the addition of Leipsic,\u201d Lautzenheiser said. \u201cI think you can once again expect the conference to serve as a proving ground for merit in the OHSAA playoffs, and I would not be surprised to see multiple teams position themselves for a shot at the conference title and playoff run. Part of my job is to make sure that those same types of expectations in our community are fulfilled as best as possible in 2021 and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This won\u2019t be Lautzenheiser\u2019s first head coaching gig. He served as head track and field coach at Crestview from 2011-2019. Lautzenheiser teaches social studies at Crestview Middle School, and he and his wife Meghan live in Convoy with their children, Harper and Lincoln.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor CONVOY — After 10 years as an assistant under former coach Jared Owens, James Lautzenheiser is stepping into the role of head football coach at Crestview High School. Lautzenheiser, a 2000 Crestview High School graduate, was officially named head coach during Monday night\u2019s school board meeting. He\u2019s the fifth head coach […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-06 01:13:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}