Post by The Admin on May 8, 2020 12:50:01 GMT -6
'We’ve got a chance to do something special': Jason Sexton found right opportunity to lead Shawnee football program
oklahoman.com/article/5661865/weve-got-a-chance-to-do-something-special-jason-sexton-found-right-opportunity-to-lead-shawnee-football-program
oklahoman.com/article/5661865/weve-got-a-chance-to-do-something-special-jason-sexton-found-right-opportunity-to-lead-shawnee-football-program
SHAWNEE — Jason Sexton is moving closer to home.
Sexton’s name is well known across the Oklahoma high school football coaching community. He’s an excellent defensive coordinator who has made opposing teams and players scratch their heads for nearly two decades while coaching at Midwest City and Muskogee. He has also helped push hundreds of high school athletes to earn college scholarships to play football at the next level.
Now Sexton gets to add another title to his resume: head coach.
Shawnee announced Sexton as the Wolves’ next head coach on April 21. After 17 seasons as an assistant — 14 at Midwest City and the past three at Muskogee — Sexton has his own team to lead.
“I was really happy at Muskogee,” Sexton said. “Really good staff, really good administration, really good kids. But as time came to pass, I thought Shawnee was a gold mine. It’s closer to my family, great administration. It was something I wanted to look into, so I did and it worked out well.”
Sexton graduated from Carl Albert, playing for legendary coach Gary Rose, and received a scholarship to play football at Oklahoma State. He eventually transferred to Southern Nazarene, where he was a two-time team captain and began his coaching career after his playing career was concluded.
Then he went to Midwest City, where he was a part of dominant Bomber defenses that features stars like Will Sunderland Jr., Jalen Redmond and Evan Fields. In the past three years at Muskogee, the talent pool continued, with current junior Ty Williams and others continuing his line of helping develop high schoolers into Power-5 prospects.
Sexton is also passionate about powerlifting and strength and conditioning. At Muskogee, he helped begin the Roughers’ powerlifting team, which had one individual champion and placed third at the state meet last year.
“My kids work hard for me, and I work hard for them,” Sexton said.
Last season, Sexton’s defense at Muskogee held opponents to 19 points and only 263 yards per game. The Roughers went 8-3, finishing second in District 6A-II-2 behind eventual state champion Bixby.
Now he’s tasked with taking over a Shawnee program that is coming off consecutive 2-8 seasons in Class 6A-II. But the Wolves return to Class 5A in 2020 and have a young core with multiple key pieces returning on both sides of the ball.
“We’ve got a chance to do something special,” Sexton said. “I’m just ready to get to work with the guys.”
Sexton’s name is well known across the Oklahoma high school football coaching community. He’s an excellent defensive coordinator who has made opposing teams and players scratch their heads for nearly two decades while coaching at Midwest City and Muskogee. He has also helped push hundreds of high school athletes to earn college scholarships to play football at the next level.
Now Sexton gets to add another title to his resume: head coach.
Shawnee announced Sexton as the Wolves’ next head coach on April 21. After 17 seasons as an assistant — 14 at Midwest City and the past three at Muskogee — Sexton has his own team to lead.
“I was really happy at Muskogee,” Sexton said. “Really good staff, really good administration, really good kids. But as time came to pass, I thought Shawnee was a gold mine. It’s closer to my family, great administration. It was something I wanted to look into, so I did and it worked out well.”
Sexton graduated from Carl Albert, playing for legendary coach Gary Rose, and received a scholarship to play football at Oklahoma State. He eventually transferred to Southern Nazarene, where he was a two-time team captain and began his coaching career after his playing career was concluded.
Then he went to Midwest City, where he was a part of dominant Bomber defenses that features stars like Will Sunderland Jr., Jalen Redmond and Evan Fields. In the past three years at Muskogee, the talent pool continued, with current junior Ty Williams and others continuing his line of helping develop high schoolers into Power-5 prospects.
Sexton is also passionate about powerlifting and strength and conditioning. At Muskogee, he helped begin the Roughers’ powerlifting team, which had one individual champion and placed third at the state meet last year.
“My kids work hard for me, and I work hard for them,” Sexton said.
Last season, Sexton’s defense at Muskogee held opponents to 19 points and only 263 yards per game. The Roughers went 8-3, finishing second in District 6A-II-2 behind eventual state champion Bixby.
Now he’s tasked with taking over a Shawnee program that is coming off consecutive 2-8 seasons in Class 6A-II. But the Wolves return to Class 5A in 2020 and have a young core with multiple key pieces returning on both sides of the ball.
“We’ve got a chance to do something special,” Sexton said. “I’m just ready to get to work with the guys.”
