(Lance Wendt/LanceWendt.com)
Denver North has hired Mike Marquez as its football coach, the school announced Friday.
Marquez takes the job to coach the Vikings after spending the past seven seasons as the head football coach at Thornton High School. He also spent time as the head coach at Northglenn and as an assistant coach at Fairview.
“I am honored to be named the Head Coach of the Denver North Vikings,” Marquez said in a release. “I’m excited to once again work with North’s student athletes, helping to develop them into dedicated young people of character. I have extremely high expectations of my players, both on the field and in the classroom and I have no doubt these young men will rise to the challenge.
“My commitment to my players reaching high academic goals and preparing them for higher education will be pursued as passionately as our quest for a conference title.”
Marquez is currently employed at Metro State University in the Student Academic Access Center. He completed his undergraduate studies at Metro before getting his Masters in Education from Regis.
“Coach Marquez has the right combination of experience, leadership, vision and commitment to excellence to take on the unique opportunity of the position at Denver North High School,” Denver North assistant principal and athletic director Kevin Bendjy said in the release. “He has a proven track record of success with his student athletes and dedication to their development both as athletes and scholars and we welcome him to Denver North.”
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