Andy Litten hired as next Mountain View football coach

Feb. 27—Andy Litten, who led the Horizon High School football program to the 5A state title in 2021, has been hired as the next head football coach at Mountain View High School, pending Mesa Public Schools Governing Board approval.

The hire was confirmed Tuesday morning by Mountain View Athletic Director Joe Goodman. Litten informed the players at Horizon of his departure shortly before 8 a.m. Tuesday.

“Andy Litten is the guy for two reasons,” Goodman said. “Number one, he’s a proven winner on the field. But he’s also the kind of guy that can excite the community and rally the entire school behind him. He just checks so many boxes of what you’re looking for in a head coach.”

Litten shared the same level of excitement as Goodman.

“I’m just really honored I have the chance to take over a great program in the East Valley that has a legacy,” Litten said. “I would like to be a part of that great legacy by helping it win its next state championship.”

Litten spent the last three seasons as the head football coach at Horizon High School in Scottsdale. In his first season, he led the Huskies to the 5A state title.

Horizon was a playoff team every year under Litten and last season made a run to the 5A semifinals before losing in a defensive battle to Desert Edge.

Litten oversaw the development of one of the best offensive lines in the state last season, led by tackles Carter Lavrusky, a Kansas signee, and Dylan NolanCook. An offensive minded coach, he led a potent attack both through the air and on the ground.

The Huskies average over 40 points per game last season. They scored over 50 points four times and over 70 once. Now he hopes to replicate that success with a Mountain View team that returns several key players from last year’s team, including one of the top linebackers in the state in Beckham Barney and a talented group of…

Source link : https://sports.yahoo.com/andy-litten-hired-next-mountain-045900213.html

Author : East Valley Tribune (Mesa, Ariz.)

Publish date : 2024-02-28 04:59:00

Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.