As the 2025 school year begins, Lenoir City High School gains a new football Head coach, Billy Coleman. In addition, we also got a new assistant coach, Asst. Coach Bourm. Coleman graduated from Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, in 2003. Coleman also lived in Sweden, playing American football at a club level for two years.
“My time in Sweden was a blessing. I got to experience a new culture and be immersed in it for well over two years, make some lifelong friends that I played football with that I still communicate with and see today,” Coleman said.
Coach Coleman came from Stewarts Creek High School and was their defensive coordinator. During his time there, he led them to the most successful season in history there in the 2024-25 season. With over 25 years of coaching experience and named TnFCA 6A Assistant Coach of the Year for the 2024 season, he has the experience this team needs. Coleman has already coached two games this season, going on three, and there have been wins and losses.
“…We’re constantly making adjustments as the game is going, but big adjustments come at halftime if we’re seeing the alignments getting correct or maybe we’re getting outflanked and we need to move someone,” Coleman said.
With football and all sports, you will always have that one player who doesn’t give it all or have the passion. But Coleman doesn’t tolerate not having great pride in football. Instead of turning them away, he hopes to inspire them in this chapter of their life.
“…We coach from Monday through Thursday. We hope when we play that, that passion would bleed over into them. Because Friday is ultimately about the players. Monday through Thursday, we’re trying to prepare them. But by Friday, we’re hoping that they’re prepared so that they have confidence,” Coleman said.
When we win, we celebrate the joy of getting something accomplished and the fact that you completed a mission or your objective. A famous football coach once said, ‘It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.’ Vince Lombardi. As we lose, we get down, broken, believe that we were the problem, but Coleman has the way to get his team’s spirits back and fast.
“Our success is going to be determined on how we carry ourselves and understanding that if we’ve given our best and we do lose on the scoreboard, are we winning in life? Are we avoiding personal fouls? Are we being great teammates and lifting each other up instead of saying negative things? Words have power, so we want to speak life into each other,” Coleman said.
Coach Coleman is ready for this football season to start, so we can all see his full potential as a Lenoir City Panther.
“Football is like life – it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority” Vince Lombardi.
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