Roles change on WCHS staff: Lytle to be team’s new offensive coordinator
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This year looks to be no different, as the staff itself has undergone some changes just days before the 2003 season is to begin.
Assistant coach Mike Lytle took over as offensive coordinator this week. A former Pioneer who spent the last four seasons as an assistant at Smith County, Lytle replaces Chris Madewell, who will serve as the head coach of the Pioneer freshman team.
Madewell will also be working with the varsity staff, along with defensive coordinator John Dryden and assistant coach Matt Turner. Three new faces are also with the Pioneer staff this season, as assistant WCHS principal Jeff Martin and former Pioneers Brent Jacobs and Derek Elrod are busy putting the team through its paces.
After an 0-10 season last year, which ran the WCHS winless streak to 19 straight games, head coach Gerald Tidwell said he and his staff are looking forward to putting the past behind them.
“Last year was a year none of us want to even think about repeating,” Tidwell said in an interview this week. “It’s behind us.
“This is a brand new start for us, and we have a lot of things we want to get accomplished. I think we’re going to be well-prepared as a staff, and we’re going to be ready come Aug. 22 for our season opener.”
The Pioneers are slated to scrimmage Rhea County Friday, with time and site of the scrimmage yet to be announced. The regular season begins Aug. 22, with a home matchup against Livingston Academy.