Norby named head football coach at NPHS

Jake Norby has been named the new Head Football Coach at New Prague High School, pending school board approval. 
Norby is a native of White Bear Lake, where he graduated from White Bear Lake Area High School in 1999. At White Bear Lake, Norby played football and ran Track & Field for the Bears on conference, section, and state tournament teams; he was a captain for both the football and track teams. 
After graduating from White Bear Lake, Norby went on to study Physical Education & Health Education at the University of Wisconsin - River Falls where he also played defensive back on the football team for the Falcons.  After graduating from UW-RF, Norby took his first teaching/coaching position at Cary High school in Cary, NC, where he was a physical education teacher and defensive coordinator for two seasons.  After two years, Norby returned home to teach and coach at his alma mater where he coached linebackers and defensive backs along with being a co-special teams coordinator.  While at White Bear Lake, Norby decided to pursue a masters in Special Education and accepted a position at New Prague High School as a Special Education teacher and an Assistant Football Coach.  
Norby has been a varsity football assistant for the past seven seasons and has been the offensive coordinator for the past four seasons at New Prague High School.  During Norby’s tenure as an assistant coach at New Prague High School, he has worked with and coached the offensive line, the quarterbacks, the defensive line, the defensive backs, and has overseen various special teams units . He is in his seventh year as a Special Education Teacher at New Prague High School.
In addition to teaching Special Education and coaching football, Norby is also an assistant Track & Field coach where he specifically works with the boys and girls pole vaulters and sprinters.   Coach Norby resides in New Prague with his wife Melissa and their three children - Payton (7), Colton (6), and Teagan (3).  

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