Saratoga hires Willford to head coach position

Saratoga has named Kegan Willford as its new football coach, the Saratoga Sun reported.

Willford replaces Scott Bokelman, who was the Panthers’ head coach for six seasons.

Willford teaches social studies in Encampment and coaches the Encampment high school track and junior high girls basketball teams; Encampment and Saratoga have long had a football co-op agreement. He is a Saratoga native who was an all-state and Shrine Bowl selection as a high school football plaer; he graduated from SHS in 2003.

Willford is the son of former Saratoga coach Burt Willford, who was the Panthers’ head coach from 1992-2002.

Bokelman went 16-33 in six seasons as head coach and took the Panthers to the playoffs in 2011.

–patrick