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Katie Kordel LovejoySuperintendentIndependent School District
Lovejoy Community,
It’s game night! Tonight, is a celebration of the grit, passion, and commitment of our football team, band, colorguard, Majestics, and cheerleaders. Our students have worked count less hours to give our community a phenomenal Friday night lights experience.
Lovejoy ISD takes great pride in having exemplary academic and award-winning extracurricular programs while maintaining a small-town feel. The “Lovejoy Experience” is discernibly different and uniquely special. As we fill Leopard Stadium, there is no doubt that we will all feel an unparalleled sense of community and connection centered on student opportunity.
Their relentless dedication exemplifies what it is to be a Lovejoy Leopard.
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The experiences that our students have in football, band, colorguard, Majestics, and cheerleading do not happen without the support and dedication of coaches and directors. Please join me this season in making a specific effort to express our deep gratitude for these amazing educators. We would also like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to our parents for the personal investment they make in the success of Lovejoy ISD and these special programs. This precious part nership is part of why we are One Heart One Lovejoy. There is only ONE LOVEJOY and we are ALL LEOPARDS!
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Dr. Travis Zambiasi Principal, Lovejoy High School Lovejoy Independent School District
Welcome to Lovejoy High School and the 2022 Foot ball season, We are extremely excited to watch our Lovejoy Leopards compete this year. Our LHS coaching staff, student athletes, band, colorguard, Majestics, cheerleaders, directors, athletic trainers, journalism team and yearbook students have set the tone for an amazing season. We could not be more proud of our student programs and the work they have put in to ensure they capitalize on each opportunity that presents itself this year. We are excited about the future victories on the football field, but equally impressed with the charac ter that our coaches and football team exemplify whether they are on the football field or not. Our football program’s culture revolves around “W.A.R” and it stands for: Winning the Moment, Attacking the Challenge, and Raising the Standard. I have already observed our football team demonstrating W.A.R. on the field of competition, but I have also seen this in the classrooms, hall ways, and community. I cannot wait to watch all of the hard work and dedication turn into “wins” on both Friday nights and in each of our player’s futures. On behalf of the staff at Lovejoy HS, we wish you the best of luck this year, and can’t wait to see your success.
Roll Pards!
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I am looking forward to a great season. Let’s go Leopards!
The Gridiron Board has some new faces this year and has been working hard to gear up for the 2022-2023 season, learning a lot along the way. Our coaching staff, lead by Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Chris Ross, is second to none and we are excit ed to be able to support them. Their enthusiasm and passion do not go unnoticed, and their hard work and dedication has made the Leopard program top notch.
JohnROLLPARD!!Dunaway President, Lovejoy Gridiron Club
It is football time in Texas and there is nothing better than Leopard Football!
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We appreciate all of those that support the Gridiron Club. Local businesses, individuals and families contribute their time and money to make it possible for the us to support our football program, both middle school and high school. We help provide meals and equipment to over 300 athletes every week. We coordinate concessions, pre-game/in-game operations, and fundraising to provide support to our coaches and players as needed. Every single dollar that we raise via the Gridiron Club goes toward supporting football at all grade levels. None of this could be done without the support of so Andmany.a big thank you to the Gridiron Board for their countless hours of hard work.
Leopard fans - get loud for Friday Night Lights! The players, band, color guard, Majestics, cheerleaders, student athletic trainers, and student managers all put countless hours into practicing, working, training to make this night special so let’s make sure they all hear us loud and proud in the stands cheering them on and celebrating their success. Come out and sup port our 7th, 8th, Freshman and JV teams on Tues days and Thursdays as well. It is fun to watch these athletes compete and do what they love to do.
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Barrett Owens Board President, Lovejoy ISD Board of Trustees
incredibly proud of the numerous Lovejoy ISD groups represented by hundreds of students dedicated to making each game spirited, competitive and memorable. We invite you to join us in cheering for our Leopard football team, band, colorguard, Majestics, cheerleaders, coaches, directors, athletic trainers, journalism, yearbook, donors and volunteers. The sights and sounds of Leopard football games come to life under our Friday night lights due to the hard work, dedication, passion, talent, and determination of the entire Lovejoy Leopard team.
We are #LovejoyProud of the excellence demonstrated by our students and staff. We wish them the very best for an outstanding season this school year.
There is nothing quite like football season in the State of Texas, and we couldn’t be more excited for game day! This is a great opportunity for our community to come together and join in celebrating our talented students. We cannot wait to witness the successes of our students both on and off the Wefield.are
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Chris Ross
Ross is a 24–year veteran in the coaching ranks, serving as both an athletic director and football coach at various schools. He joined the staff at Boise State from Prosper High School, where he served as both athletic director and head foot
ball coach in 2015–16. During his time at Boise State, the team earned two Mountain West Conference Championships, and were the 2017 Las Vegas Bowl Champions. Ross spent seven years as the head football coach at Cedar Park High School from 2005–12 and four as the head coach at Wichita Falls High School from 2001–05. In all, Ross has helped lead his teams to 13 play off appearances, 7 district titles, and claimed 10 conference/region coach of the year honors.
Coach Chris Ross is entering his second season at Lovejoy, following a 10–0 regular season and district 7–5A championship in 2020. The 2020 Leopard’s season ended at 13–1 in the regional championship, earning Ross the honors of District 7–5A Coach of the Year and Harris Poll 5A Coach of the Year. Before coming to Lovejoy, Ross spent his previous two seasons as the head coach at Red Oak High School, where he accumu lated a 20–4 record and competed for multiple district championships. Coach Ross joined Red Oak in the spring of 2018 after serving as the director of program development at Boise State University in 2016 and 2017.
Ross also served as athletic director for the Leander Independent School District from 2012–15, which encompassed five high schools and eight middle schools and included roughly 250 coaches. His schools claimed the 5A Lone Star Cup Championship in two of his three years as athletic director, an award that recognizes the most outstanding extracurricular program in the
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Before coaching, he played defensive line at Bay lor, where he earned All-Big 12 academic honors and was on the dean’s list multiple semesters.
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Coach Lavender got his first job at Carrollton Creekview coaching receivers. After three years at Creekview, he received his first opportunity to become an offensive coordinator at Marble Falls High School. Coach Lavender was there for one year before Garland High School called and wanted his service, where he served as the wide receiver coach for one year before becoming coOC. As co-OC Garland went 22-4 over three years, earning him the opportunity to become the OC at Mesquite High School. After one year at
Kevin is married to his beautiful wife Ciera.
Kevin Park is entering his third year at Lovejoy High School. Prior to Lovejoy, he spent two seasons at Red Oak High School in the same role. At Red Oak, Coach Park helped produce one of the top offenses in the state, averaging 53.3 points per game and 253.7 rushing yards per game. Before his time at Red Oak, he spent two seasons at Murray State University, where he was the defensive line coach. Coach Park started his coaching career as a defensive graduate as
Coach Lavender will begin his twenty-third year of coaching and his third year at Lovejoy High School. Coach Lavender has an extensive background in athletics. He attended the Uni versity of Kansas where he was a member of the Track & Field team. After two years at Kansas, he decided to transfer to Texas Tech University and play football. There he was a walk on wide receiver and earned a scholarship while also being a member of the track team. While at Tech he played in two bowl games; the Cotton Bowl and the Sun Bowl.
Coach Lavender and his wife Shellie have been married for twenty-one years, and are com munity members of Lucas, TX. They have three kids that attend Lovejoy ISD: Jaxson (Sr) Kenzie (8th), Lexie (7th). They are extremely excited and humbled to be a part of this school district and community. Coach Lavender stated that, “We’ve admired this district for a long time, and it’s been our goal to get our kids in Lovejoy ISD.” Coach Lavender’s passion is teaching kids and developing meaningful relationships in order to help them attain their goals.
sistant at Baylor. As the defensive tackles coach at Baylor, he coached multiple first-team All-Big 12 players as well as the Big 12 defensive player of the year.
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Mesquite, Wichita Falls High School offered him the Head Coaching and Athletic Coordinator title. After four years at WFHS, he spent one year at Decatur High School as OC before he was asked to help open Frisco Independence High School. Coach Lavender was at Frisco Independence for six years, where his offenses ranked in the top 5 in the metroplex four out of the six years.
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Jason Johns is in his fourth year at Lovejoy High School. This will be his 25th year of coaching. A native of Odessa TX, Coach Johns graduated from Odessa High School, where he lettered in football and baseball. He then attended Angelo State University, where he earned both his Bachelors as well as Masters Degrees. Coach Johns was a four year letterman at Angelo State, earning LSC Honorable Mention All Conference, LSC Academic All Conference, and Academic All Region.
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Coach Johns has 15 years of coaching experience at the high school level including stops at Olney, Wichita Falls, Midlothian, Prosper, and Lovejoy. He has been a part of 6 Dist. Championship Teams and 14 playoff appearances. At Wichita Falls High School, he was the Head Boys Track-Field Coach as well as the Head Football Coach in 2005.
Coach Johns has two daughters in Lovejoy ISD, Morgan (18) and Kennedy (14).
He also spent six seasons at Abilene Christian University as the defensive coordinator from 2006 to 2011. While at ACU, he was a part of two LSC Conference Championship Teams, appeared in the NCAA playoffs for six consecutive seasons, and was one of only four teams in the nation to win a NCAA playoff game for four consecutive seasons. While at ACU, he coached 36 All Conference Selections, 4 Conference Player of the Year Selections, and 4 All Americans.
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Vince has been married to his wife, DeAnna, also an Oklahoma graduate, for five years.
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Vince Williams is in his second year at Lovejoy High School. He is entering into his tenth year of coaching and eleventh year of teaching. Previously, he spent his last eight seasons at Lancaster where he was the defensive backs coach, pass game coordinator and the Boys Soccer head coach. Coach Williams helped Lancaster’s football team to six playoff runs including three state quarterfinal appearances and two district championships. He also helped improve the defense to an area top 10 defense for multiple years. Coach
Assistant at Angelo State University as the defensive line coach. Both seasons, the Rams won the LSC South Division Championship. While at ASU, he coached two All Americans and the LSC Lineman of the year.
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Williams graduated from The Colony High School where he lettered in football and powerlifting. He attended the University of Oklahoma where he obtained his degree in mathematics and later received his master’s degree in curriculum and instruction with a STEM and math focus from the University of North Texas at Dallas.
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master’s degree from Lamar University. Coach Ledford is married to Lindsay who is also a coach and girls coordinator in a neighboring district. Lindsay and Ryan have been married six years and have a 2-year-old daughter, Reagan, who loves Leopard Football.
Brandon Jackson coaches the receivers, and this will be his third year at Lovejoy. He started his teaching and coaching career opening Frisco Lone Star and spent 10 years there. Brandon is a graduate of the University of North Texas and received a Bachelor of Science in Recreation and Leisure Studies with a minor in Sports Management. While
there, he played football for the Mean Green from 2004-2008. Brandon was an undrafted free agent for the San Diego Chargers in 2008, and also spent time playing arena football with the Corpus Christi Sharks. Brandon loves coaching football and spending time with his beautiful wife Maria and his two boy’s Phoenix and Major Jackson.
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Coach Ledford is in his third year at Lovejoy High School. This will be his eighth-year coaching overall, with stops including McKinney where he coached RB’s and TE’s and The Colony where he coached offensive line. Coach Ledford graduated from Texas A&M University and received his
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Leadership from LeTourneau University. Coach Lewis was an assistant coach on Duncanville’s football state championship team in 1998.
Coach Fee is in his 4th year at Lovejoy High School. He graduated from Austin College in Sherman, Texas in 2019. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree majoring in History and minoring in Education.
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Shawn has been married to Jennifer Lewis for twenty years, and they have two children Brandon (21) and Kaitlyn (20).
with his grandparents. He moved around until he found his home in Saginaw, TX playing for the Rough Riders. John and his wife Summer have been together for 11 years and live with their son John Wayne and three dogs in Princeton.
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Shawn Lewis is in his third year at Lovejoy High School. He is entering his 28th year of coaching. His coaching stops include Duncanville (8), Garland (9), Wichita Falls (2), West Mesquite (2), and San Antonio East Central (4). Shawn graduated from Tarleton State University in 1994. He has a Master’s degree in Business Administration in Education
John started off his life in Bowie, TX living
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Brooke have been married for five years with Brooke also working in education. Brooke joined Lovejoy this year as the Head Girls Golf coach, after teaching/ coaching in Frisco ISD for 8 years.
Matt is delighted to be married to his wife Brooke.
This will be Matt’s 2nd year in Lovejoy ISD entering his 8th year in teaching/coaching. Matt is coming to Lovejoy from Richardson Berkner where he served as the Linebackers Coach, Special Teams Coordinator and Head Softball Coach. Coach
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Cannon attended Oklahoma State University where he obtained a degree in Secondary Education and a minor in Physics.
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Coach Donovan is in his third year at Lovejoy High School. He has seven years of coaching experience with stops including Porter High School and Richardson High School. Coach Donovan graduated from the University of North Texas where he competed on the Track & Field team as a thrower. After graduating from North Texas with a BS in Kinesiology, he began his career in the Houston area
graduating from Lovejoy High School, he earned his bachelor’s degree in Management from Texas Tech. Jake and his wife Jensyn got married in February of 2021. They have been together since they met at Lovejoy High School in 2014.
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pass game coordinator and coached the jumpers in track. Coach Collins is a graduate of Mexia High School. He graduated from UT Tyler where he obtained his degree in health and kinesiology.
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Coach Jake Mayfield is in his third year at Lovejoy High School. This will be his 3rd year of coaching and teaching experience. Coach Mayfield has lived in the district since 2010 and he played football for Lovejoy High School from 2013-2016. After
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Coach Collins is in his first year at Lovejoy High School. He is entering into his 13th year of coaching and teaching. Previously, he spent his last two seasons at West Mesquite where he was the defensive backs coach,
Coach Reynolds is entering his sixth year in coaching and first year at Lovejoy High School. He’s coming from Dripping Springs High School where he coached both Outside Linebackers and Corners at the Varsity level during his 4 year tenure. Coach Reynolds also coached baseball at Dripping Springs, serving as the Freshman Coach and most recently the 1st Varsity Assistant. He spent his first year in education as a teacher and coach at Chapa Middle School in Hay CISD.
Coach Reynolds is originally from West Monroe, LA where he lettered 2 years in both football and
Coach Francis played football and graduated from Mesquite High School. He then became a member of the Midwestern State
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Coach Kevin Francis is excited to be joining the Lovejoy coaching staff as he begins his 10th year of teaching and coaching. Coach Francis will be the varsity defensive line coach and will also coach basketball.
University football team and graduated from MSU with a Bachelor of Science in BeforeKinesiology.joining the staff at Lovejoy, Coach Francis coached at Denton High School and Wichita Falls Rider. Coach Francis and his fiancé, Brittany, have two children Kayson (9) and Brooklynn (4).
has been married to his beautiful wife Katelyn for 5 years, and they have a 2-yearold son named Anders.
baseball at West Monroe High School. In baseball, he was a two-time All-District Selection and a 1st Team All Northeast Louisiana selection as a junior. After graduating from West Monroe, Caleb went to Hill College on a baseball scholarship where he spent a year before finishing his Secondary Education degree at the University of Louisiana at CoachMonroe.Reynolds
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Coach Ross is entering his second year at Lovejoy High School after graduating from Boise State University in 2021, where he studied History and Business. While at Boise State, Zach worked in the recruiting department for the Boise State football team. Zach attended Cedar Park High
School in the Austin area, where he played for a state championship in 2014, before moving to Prosper High School where he played his senior season and graduated in 2016. Coach Ross will be coaching WR’s on the Varsity and Freshman team as well as Freshman Basketball.
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