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The Lehnhoff Legacy Story of a Football Family By Kari Bridges
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or many people, especially military families or people who have recently moved into the Schertz Cibolo area, the Lehnhoff name is best recognized today by the Robert and Glenda Lehnhoff Stadium located at Clemens High School. The name change from Clemens Stadium to the Robert and Glenda Lehnhoff stadium was proposed, voted on and passed by the 2009 Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District (SCUCISD) Board
of Directors in honor of the district athletic director and his wife for their many years of hard work and dedication to high school athletics. Having the stadium named in their honor is not where the Lehnhoff story of being a “football family” began or where it will end. The Lehnhoff family began the Texas chapter of their family story prior to 1913 as German immigrants who came to South Texas in search of a new beginning for themselves and their future generations.
In the late 1940s, Fritz Lehnhoff, the patriarch of the family, had a remarkable 20-plus year career coaching football starting at Mission High School and coached Tom Landry, future Dallas Cowboys Head Coach, as his assistant. He also coached at Texas Lutheran College (University) and both Marble Falls and Poth High Schools. Fritz’s son, Robert, played football at Texas Lutheran College before graduating in 1974 with a Liberal Arts Degree in Physical Education and a minor in History. He did his student teaching and coached football at Matador