When Denver South athletic director Adam Kelsey announced to the school's football players who their next coach would be, the reaction couldn't have been any better.
Northfield High School opened in 2015. The Nighthawks are in the process of starting a new varsity football program, which will help set the culture and identity of the school.
Nearing the end of his 35-year career, Jim Trahern has his hands in numerous aspects of the Kit Carson community: he is the athletic director, the football and basketball coach, the principal and a teacher at the high school and has created a culture at the school built on respect.