Faith Lutheran has promoted Jay Staggs to replace the retired Mike Sanford as football coach, the school announced.
Staggs served as associate head coach and defensive coordinator for the Crusaders, who went 11-1 this season and lost in the Class 5A Division II state championship game for the second straight year.
Staggs was a defensive back at UNLV from 2003-06, partly during Sanford’s tenure as the Rebels’ coach. Staggs spent a training camp with the NFL’s Chicago Bears and played for Montreal in the Canadian Football League.
The Goleta, California, native later served as a graduate assistant for the Rebels and also coached at Adams State and Idaho State.
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