Rock Springs’ Mark Lenhardt and Thunder Basin’s Trent Pikula will be the head coaches for the 2022 Wyoming Shrine Bowl.
Frank Selby, Wyoming Shrine Bowl executive director, made the announcement of the head coaches on Monday.
Lenhardt, who led the Tigers to a Class 4A runner-up finish, will lead the South team during the annual all-star football game. Pikula, whose ‘Bolts reached the 4A quarterfinals, will be the head coach for the North.
Lenhardt was previously the South head coach for the 2016 Shrine Bowl while he was the head coach at Torrington. Pikula will be a Shrine Bowl head coach for the first time.
Assistant coaches will be selected from each classification in the coming weeks, with player selections to follow.
The game will be June 11, 2022, in Casper. Money raised at the game goes to the Shriners Hospital for Children in Salt Lake City.
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