Coach: JARED BESHORE

OFFENSE

When you talk about Lamar Football, the first thing that comes to mind is commitment to excellence and the players desire to carry on that tradition. This season is no different for coach Jared Beshore and the Tigers.

“Our expectation for each team has not changed from year-to-year. We want everyone involved in our football program to put in the time and effort necessary to earn the right to be called a champion,” Beshore said. “This season will provide opportunities for playing time for younger players and upperclassmen that have waited for their turn. It is important that everyone understands there will be a learning curve for those less experienced players as they grow into their new roles as varsity level players and learn our system/schemes.”

With good experience returning to the offensive side of the ball, Lamar is poised for another solid season of putting points on the board. Coach Beshore said the offense has talent that gained a lot of experience last season and will step into bigger roles on the team this season.

“On offense, we have experienced players returning in the backfield and on the offensive line. We don’t return a lot of full-time starters, but we do return kids that played high quality snaps and/or started in multiple games. We return two varsity experienced players in the backfield, and two players up front that started every game for us. The O-line has and always will be the determinant of success in our program. Those returning starters will be counted on to provide positive influence and our 25 returning lettermen will be counted on to fill the open starting positions, and more importantly to build depth for our program,” said coach Beshore.

DEFENSE

The term “brotherhood” is used to describe this football team, and the defense will lean on that philosophy to help solidify this unit as a formidable group to score on this year.

“On defense, we return experienced players at each level of the defense. However, we have open spots to fill at each level as well, especially at the DL and in the secondary. We return one fulltime starter on the D-Line, two varsity starters in our LB group, and two varsity experienced players in the secondary,” said Beshore.

Special teams appear intact with the starting punter, place kicker and PAT kicker all returning to the lineup.

“Our expectation for our team is very high in trying to live up to that word academically, athletically, socially and spiritually, and to do it every day in every way,” said Beshore.