A common theme for hiring a new coach, whether at the professional, college, or high school level, is that the program needs a new start.

Sometimes however, maintaining the status quo is what is desired. For the Pleasantville football program, after an 8-2 season with a talented incoming senior class, hiring a new coach to keep up the tradition that outgoing coach Gabe Bakker reignited was a tough job for Pleasantville Athletic Director Jeff Cook. He told KNIA/KRLS Sports that the hiring of incoming coach Graig Eichenberger was exactly what they were looking for. The Trojans football season will get started on Friday, August 25th hosting Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont.