Wamego has found it’s new football coach. Lee Weber will take over for the departed Dale Burkholder, pending board approval next week.
Weber comes from Council Grove where went 6-3 each of the last two seasons with the Braves. He took over a program that had only won six games in the two previous seasons combined.
Before that, Weber won 38 games in 7 seasons at Mission Valley, including multiple playoff appearances and a league title.
Burkholder won back-to-back NCKL titles in his final two years at Wamego and took the Red Raiders to the playoffs for the first time since 2007 last year. He announced his decision to step down in January.
The board of education will potenially finalize the decision for Lee Weber to take over at Wamego next Monday night.
