Matthew Cornelius will be the head football coach at Lingle this fall.
His job will be to replace the coach with more victories than any other in program history.
Cornelius will replace Kevin Derby, who resigned after nine seasons as head coach, Derby said via email to wyoming-football.com Wednesday.
Cornelius is also Lingle’s girls basketball coach, leading the team to a state title in 2014, and teaches science at the school.
Derby went 50-37 in his nine seasons as coach and leaves with more victories than any other coach in program history. He led Lingle to eight consecutive playoff appearances and a state runner-up finish in 2009.
Derby said he took a different job in the district and will stay in the area. He also said having three small children and that he “just needed some time to be a dad without all of the stresses of coaching.”
“I’m sure that I will miss it when fall rolls around,” he wrote.
Lingle finished 7-3 and reached the Class 1A 11-man semifinals last year. The Doggers will join Class 1A six-man this fall.
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