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2025 Football Coach

Columbia Head Football Coach 2006-2023. Jason led the Raiders football program as the varsity head coach for 18 years.  During that time, the Raiders regular season record was 127-51, with an overall record of 135-62.  The 135 wins are the most wins by a Raiders football coach.  During Jason's coaching tenure, the Raiders won eight conference championships and qualified for the State playoffs 12 times.  Jason was named Conference Coach of the Year and Lorain County Coach of the year nine times, Northeast Lakes District Coach of the Year four times, and Ohio Division VI Coach of the year in 2022.  He was also selected to coach in the Ohio North/South All Star game twice.  Under Jason's tutelage, many Raider football players earned high accomplishments including, 25 Conference MVP's, 17 Lorain County MVP's, and 7 District Players of the Year.  Two players won the prestigious Lorain County Golden helmet Award.  Many of his student-athletes were named All Ohioans--13 were selected 1st team, 18 2nd team, 23 3rd team, 16 honorable mention.  Two players were selected as the All Ohio State Player of the Year. 

Jason started his career after graduation from Ohio Universtiy in 1996 with a degree in Sports Industry.   He taught English for 20 years and obtained his Masters in Administration degree from Ashland University.  He is currently the Assistant Principal and Athletic Director at Columbia High School. Jason is married to Lisa, has two daughters, Marisa and Lydia, and resides in Grafton