High School
Sweetwater Head Coach Russell Lucas Announces Retirement
After a 35-year coaching career Russell Lucas, who led Hamlin to a state title game appearance in 2019 has announced his retirement
Sweetwater athletic director/head football coach Russell Lucas announced his retirement on Wednesday afternoon, he was a fixture in the Big Country as a head coach in the area for 21 seasons with stops at Rotan, Hamlin and Sweetwater posting a 161-85 overall record.
Coach Lucas began his coaching career in Rotan in 2004 where he served as the Yellowhammers head coach for four seasons posting a 21-19 record. From there, Lucas moved on to Hamlin where he started in 2008 leading the Pied Pipers. Lucas had an impressive run from 2008-2010 at Hamlin leading HHS to six seasons of ten plus wins, including five straight years of double digit wins from 2016-2020. In 2019, Lucas led Hamlin to the 2A-Division II state championship game where Hamlin fell in a close game to Mart.
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