(Panora, IA) — Panorama will have a new face on the sidelines running the Panthers — Buena Vista Hall of Famer Jim Demers (Da Mars) has taken his first ever football head coaching position. Demers has coached other sports at Alta Aurelia and Storm Lake St. Mary’s but takes over a Panorama team that has only won one game each of the past two seasons. He says step one is make the kids believe they can win
Demers says they have 27 players for their 11 man team. They will be led by three seniors — OL Cole Carstens, QB Cruz Crandall and WR Reed Draper but are not very deep up front
Demers says Devin Bell will start at tailback and he wants Crandall to run the ball more often but Panorama will be pass first at least to begin with. Demers believes this team is on the upswing
Panorama will open their season in Week Zero, Friday August 21 against Southwest Valley.
Complete Interview with Head Coach Jim Demers
