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Troxel resigns after 22 years

Lake City High School head football coach Van Troxel is retiring after 22 years as the only football coach the Timberwolves have known. (Kathy Plonka)
Lake City High School head football coach Van Troxel is retiring after 22 years as the only football coach the Timberwolves have known. (Kathy Plonka)

Lake City football coach Van Troxel, the architect of one of the top programs in Idaho, resigned Thursday. Troxel, who turns 62 in March, said it’s time to be a full-time grandpa. “I thought it was time to make a change halfway through the season,” Troxel said. Troxel built Lake City from the ground up, leaving a similar job at Hellgate High in Missoula when the Coeur d’Alene school opened in 1994. In 22 seasons, the Timberwolves were 142-85-1, winning state championships in 2002 and 2006 and finishing runner-up twice/Greg Lee, SR. More here.

Question: Anyone out there play for Troxel?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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