Keep it Moving
Football’s new head coach, Jermel Jones, has big goals for his team
Home. That’s how Jermel Jones describes Orlando. After coaching high school in Tennessee, Jones was excited to find out Lyman was looking for a new head coach back in the area he loves.
“Knowing that I was going to be home again,” Jones said. “It was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up.”
Learning that Lyman had not had a winning season since the 2009-2010 school year, Jones knew that he wanted to put together a coaching staff that would win games and a team that his hometown could celebrate.
“I thought that we were going to have a good opportunity to turn this program around,” Jones said. “And it’s not just the program, but also this community as well.”
This season so far, Jones is really proud of his athletes. They have lived up to his expectations of behaving on and off the field. He only has one goal left for the team, win games. Jones believes that once we win one game, then we are going to win one more, and it will keep going.
“We are just looking for that one and then after we get that one, we are going to get that two and continue to move,” Jones said.
One thing that has surprisingly not affected this season is COVID-19. The football team has not had many quarantines or illnesses. Jones is hoping that the rest of the season will stay on track with no interruptions.
“We’re knocking on wood that we can continue to have the success that we’ve had, with not having any guys be sick, and to not have many guys be quarantined with issues with Covid.”
Lyman won big during their preseason game, but hasn’t been able to get a win during the regular season — yet. Jones still believes that he and his staff can turn this program around. He says that it will take some time, and his athletes will have to be patient, but Jones truly thinks that we are going to be a household name.
“It’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon,” Jones said.
cover photo by Jordyn Dearth
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Catherine Kong | Oct 20, 2021 at 8:19 am
I really like Coach Jones’ passion towards helping the football team improve and be the best they can be.
Isabel Barina | Oct 19, 2021 at 10:54 am
Coach Jones’ dedication to his teams success is truly inspiring. I’m also very happy to hear that Covid-19 didn’t have a detrimental impact on the team. I already see progress in the group.
Grace Ortiz | Oct 19, 2021 at 8:15 am
This article is really good, giving background information on the coach and why he became a coach and how he feels about coaching students
Warner Ducheine | Oct 19, 2021 at 8:06 am
So inspiring, like the coach said “It’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon,”
Morgan Crider | Oct 19, 2021 at 7:51 am
This is a well written story and follows the LQTQ format very well. I like how Coach Jones said “It’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon.”
Angela Menguito | Oct 19, 2021 at 7:48 am
Coach Jones had insightful thoughts on this football season. The way this story was wrote built on it well.
Makhia Reynolds | Oct 19, 2021 at 7:32 am
I honestly love that the guys have not had any problems with Covid-19 or that non of them have been getting sick, Honestly have seen a big difference in the team.
Diamond Edwards | Oct 18, 2021 at 11:30 am
Glad to hear that Covid haven’t really affect the players. Let see if we can win more then two games.
Lovie | Oct 18, 2021 at 11:30 am
I think the writing made the story very captivating and told us everything we needed to know about why Jones became a football coach. The only thing is that his full name wasn’t mentioned in the text and the paragraphs weren’t indented. Great structure.
Katelyn Hernandez | Oct 18, 2021 at 11:26 am
We already got that one win, next game we will see if we can get those two and keep going.
Teagan Williams | Oct 18, 2021 at 11:26 am
Coach Jones is right that changing the program is not going to happen over night. It will be a process and that they players are going to have to buy into his program and what they teach to these kids. The article was great.
Roshan Ramnarine | Oct 18, 2021 at 7:58 am
Let’s see if the coach is right; seeing they just won against Winter Springs this week, let’s see if they can continue the winning streak!
Maksym Kotliarov | Oct 18, 2021 at 7:43 am
Great job! Follows the LQTQ format very well.