Familiar face will be on sideline for Adams City

School taps Deauguro to lead football team

BY JOHN RENFROW JRENFROW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

An extremely familiar face — one that has already achieved signi cant coaching success — is taking over another program at Adams City High School.

Jared Deaguero, a two-time wrestling coach of the year, is part of a family tradition. He was a wrestler at Adams City in Commerce City under his father, Tom, the former head coach from 1995 to 2016. Tom was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2020.

Jared Deaguero said he knew he’d get the wrestling keys eventually. He won two state championships for Adams City during his wrestling career and knew he always wanted to branch into coaching when he could. But now, he’s been hired to lead the football program as well. ough he’s excited about the new challenge, it will feel familiar to him because he played both sports as a student-athlete until 2001.

“Football is a big part of my life,” Deaguero said. “I started playing when I was seven years old. When I went o to college to wrestle, I just didn’t really have time to do two sports. I always knew I would be the coach of Adams City for wrestling. I always kind of knew that was in my destiny, future, whatever. But foot- ball, no, it was never in the plan.” Deaguero has two daughters, ages 11 and 9, who have needed his attention over the years, but the school has been trying to get Deaguero into the football program for a long time. Now that his girls are older, he feels he can nally give it a real shot.

Adams City Athletic Director

Andrew LaCrue is thrilled to bring Deaguero to the gridiron and said his focus on the community and all the athletics at the school set him apart from other prospects.

“Of course, we touched on football stu , but one of the things Jared highlighted was the overall (performance) of all the programs, and how we can work together to improve participation across the board,” LaCrue said. “I think Jared’s vision really matched my vision of how we want to rebuild our culture here at ACHS. He’s here probably about 50 weeks out of the year. He’s committed to this community and these kids wholeheartedly.”

Deaguero calls the new challenge invigorating. He carries a lot of school pride. He rst became an assistant coach for the wrestling team in 2011 before taking over as head coach in 2017. He joined as a football assistant coach in 2022.

“It’s tremendous pride, and tremendous gratitude and respect. I bleed green and orange. I bleed Eagles. It’s ingrained in my family,” he said. “I’m just humbled.”

Five things to know about Deaguero

He’s the reigning back-to-back Colorado High School Coach of the Year in 5A wrestling

Deaguero carries immense pride in the wrestling department at Adams City. As a former high school and college wrestler, he understands the discipline and toughness it takes to win at the top levels. He’s hoping that toughness transitions to the football eld this season after the Eagles went 3-7 in 2022, according to MaxPreps.

“ ere needs to be a culture reset on the football team,” he said. “ ey