New Head Football Coach Named

Gainesville native and Northwestern University football standout Randy “Lee” Coleman has been named head football coach effective February 1.
     The announcement was made Friday by John Simpson, head of school, following the resignation of head football coach Lee Shaw earlier this month.
     “We are extremely pleased that Lee Coleman has accepted this position because we know he will be good for Lakeview’s football program as well as its players and families,” said Simpson.  “Lee’s football experience, as both a player and a coach, will be hugely beneficial to Lakeview.”
     In addition to his coaching responsibilities, Coleman will teach high school physical education.
     Coleman, a graduate of East Hall and Northwestern University, was most recently head football coach at Georgia Military College Preparatory School, which won the 7A region championship in 2021. Coleman’s team had three consecutive playoff appearances, and in 2021 averaged 35 points per game.
     Coleman was a scholarship wide receiver and letterman at Northwestern, which he attended from 2006-2011.  He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in education and social policy and later completed a Master of Arts in teaching (physical education) from Georgia College and State University.
      “The fact that Coleman successfully combined his football and academic careers at Northwestern is meaningful to Lakeview because our student athletes work as hard in the classroom as they do on the field,” said Simpson.  “He understands the importance of classroom accountability.”
     Coleman’s career includes an earlier five-year stint as wide receiver coach at Georgia Military, which produced Division 1 signees to Purdue and Middle Tennessee State.  At the University of Arizona, he was an offensive graduate assistant working directly with wide receivers.
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