A large pile of resumes was whittled down by SVHS Activities Director and the hiring committee to determine Star Valley’s next head football coach.

Added urgency comes in the wake of the vacancy of the head basketball job as well, a fact well understood by Holyoak. That being said, the committee worked through nearly 60 applicants into eight interviews and they believe they’ve found their man.

That man’s name is Chris Howell and he has served as the defensive coordinator at Sky View High School for the past several years. He was approved by the school board of L.C.S.D. No. 2 Wednesday evening in their meeting.

Howell has also served in the same capacity at Logan High School from 1992-1997.

At Sky View, he has been involved in football, basketball and baseball where he was the head coach on the diamond. He comes to Star Valley with a master’s degree in physical education with an emphasis on strength and conditioning. Howell has developed a regimen for strength training at both Logan and Sky View High Schools and has performed on the summer football staffs of BYU, the University of Washington and Boise State University.

For Howell, he will be exchanging one SVHS for another, this time in Crimson and Gold.
According to Holyoak, it’s Howell’s experience, his vigor, his enthusiasm and his organization that impressed the interview committee.

“The committee feels that within the pool of applicants that we’ve found who they wanted,” stated Holyoak. “This is a young applicant compared to some of the others that we saw, but the guy that we’re going with is young, enthusiastic and he wants this job. He wants to be in Star Valley and we could tell. He has done an exceptional job with his organization and we’re excited to have him.”

The Bobcats have gone an impressive 21-4 over the last two seasons, averaging over 33 points per game in that span.