![]() ![]() The longtime coach and former Missouri Southern State offensive lineman takes over a SaberCats squad coming off a 9-3 season that included the program's first-ever 5A playoff win. The Eagles were 1-19 in two seasons before he took over, and they made the playoffs last year for just the second time since 2005. ![]() ![]() Tedford's time at Class 4A Thompson Valley was more impressive than his 17-30 record might suggest at first glance. The Oklahoma native already lives in Fort Collins despite coaching in Loveland - close enough to Fossil Ridge that he "could bike to work and my kids will go to school there." The place has been near and dear to my heart." "I got a taste of it there, and we had a good run. "I’m coming home, in a way," Tedford said. It's a homecoming of sorts for Tedford, who was Fossil's offensive coordinator and offensive line assistant in 2014-16, even briefly serving as interim head coach in spring 2016. Fossil Ridge High School didn't have to look too far to find its new head football coach.Īthletic director David Walck confirmed this week that Chris Tedford, who spent the past five seasons at Thompson Valley in Loveland, has been hired as the seventh head coach in SaberCats program history. ![]()
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