Lusk football coach Matt VandeBossche has stepped down as the Tigers’ coach.
VandeBossche confirmed his resignation in an email to wyoming-football.com on Wednesday.
As Lusk’s coach for the past 10 years, VandeBossche has posted a record of 74-23, including just six losses in the past five years combined. His Lusk teams finished as Class 1A 11-man state runners-up in 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014. VandeBossche’s teams reached the playoffs in nine of his 10 years and reached at least the semifinal round in seven of those seasons.
VandeBossche will retain his teaching position and his position as athletic director at Lusk. He said the search for a new coach will begin as soon as possible.
His resignation was first reported by the Casper Star-Tribune.
VandeBossche is the second coach in the state to resign a coaching position this offseason, joining Worland’s Thor Ware.
Update: 2:29 p.m. March 25: Ryan Nelson, a longtime assistant at Lusk under VandeBossche, was named as Lusk’s new head coach shortly after VandeBossche resigned, the Casper Star-Tribune reported.
–patrick