Wild Name Lolar Head Coach
Published on June 28, 2011 under Indoor Football League (IFL)
Wichita Wild News Release
On Tuesday afternoon the Wichita Wild removed the interim tag from Morris Lolar's title and named the Wichita native to the full-time head coaching position of the Wichita Wild. Lolar led the team to a 6-3 record over the final nine games of the season after taking over after the Wild started the 2011 season 0-5. Lolar will also continue serving on the coaching staff at Friends University.
Lolar had been a defensive assistant for the Wild since 2009 and is the fourth head coach in Wild history. Lolar was a two-time first team All-American defensive back for Friends University and All-City player at Wichita South. He was the final cut of the Kansas City Chiefs in training camp prior to the 1993 NFL season. Lolar went on to play professionally for six years in the Canadian Football League. His first four years in Canada he played for the Edmonton Eskimos (1993-96), who captured the Grey Cup in 1993 and were runners-up in 1996. Lolar is the only native Wichitan to be a part of a Grey Cup Championship team. Lolar finished his playing career with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1997 and 1998.
After his playing career, Lolar coached at Wichita East, Wichita North and Wichita Northwest High Schools. He also served as defensive backs coach at Texas A&M University-Commerce. Lolar was elected to the Wichita Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.
Wild General Manager John Blazek says "After evaluating Coach Lolar during his 9-week job interview we feel he is capable of taking the Wild back to the playoffs in 2012".
Lolar will start his full-time duties with the Wild on July 18. IFL teams will be able to start signing players for the 2012 season in the late summer.
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