{"id":28901,"date":"2023-01-13T16:40:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T21:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=28901"},"modified":"2023-01-13T16:40:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T21:40:59","slug":"lakeland-hs-names-marvin-frazier-as-head-football-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/01\/13\/lakeland-hs-names-marvin-frazier-as-head-football-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeland HS names Marvin Frazier as Head Football Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marvin Frazier came to Lakeland in 2019 because he wanted to learn under Bill Castle. Now he will replace Castle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"777\" height=\"437\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FmWlu1qXoAAYG_p-777x437-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FmWlu1qXoAAYG_p-777x437-1.jpg 777w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FmWlu1qXoAAYG_p-777x437-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FmWlu1qXoAAYG_p-777x437-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lakeland stayed in-house by naming Frazier, 36, as head football coach. The announcement was made Friday morning by Lakeland Principal Art Martinez and Athletic Director Deron Collins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Exuberance is how Frazier described his reaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s an exciting feeling of course, but it&#8217;s not a moment to celebrate because if you&#8217;re not successful in December, then you didn&#8217;t do anything, you didn&#8217;t handle your business the right way,&#8221; Frazier said. &#8220;So I&#8217;m more so just ready. I think that is the best word to describe it, just ready to work. I understand it&#8217;s not a celebratory moment until December comes around and you did what you&#8217;re supposed to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision to select Frazier was made Thursday after interviews.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2021-marvin-frazier.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28904\" width=\"199\" height=\"288\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The biggest thing that we like is he was on campus,&#8221; Martinez said. &#8220;He&#8217;s one of our current coaches. We felt very strongly about keeping it in-house. We think that it&#8217;ll be seamless going forward with Marvin. He&#8217;s had some previous coaching experience at other schools, which is an added bonus. You know sometimes when you&#8217;ve been at other places and you see how other people do it, you just kind of pick and choose some things that work extremely well and things that maybe didn&#8217;t and what you wouldn&#8217;t use when you become a head coach.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frazier&#8217;s ability to relate to the players was also a strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;One thing for me personally that I&#8217;ve observed over the past four years is his relationship with the students and how the guys responded to him,&#8221; Collins said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marvin Frazier came to Lakeland in 2019 because he wanted to learn under Bill Castle. Now he will replace Castle. 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