The Chapman Fighting Irish officially announced Jason Grider as their next head football coach in the following release, issued to the school website on Monday...
Chapman High School is pleased to announce the hiring of Head Coach, Jason Grider. Coach Grider will lead the Irish Football program and teach High School Strength and Conditioning classes, as well as run the entire summer program for 7-12 athletes.
Coach Grider spent the last two seasons as the Associate Head Coach at Bethel College. Prior to his stop at Bethel, he was the head coach at Halstead High School. Grider spent eight seasons leading the program for the Dragons. He brings 23 years of high school coaching experience with him, 21 of those years coming as a head coach.
During his time in Halstead, Grider led the Dragons to two district wins over the Irish in 2018 and 2019. He took two teams to the 3A sub-state finals, won two league titles, six district titles in a row and made seven straight KSHSAA playoff appearances.
While at Halstead, Grider coached Powerlifting and Track in addition to his football coaching duties. He led the Dragons to a 2021 3A State Championship in Men’s Powerlifting, a State Runner-up in 3A Men’s Powerlifting in 2019 and State Runner-ups in 3A Women’s Powerlifting in 2016 and 2017.
Grider graduated from MidAmerica Nazarene in 1999 where he played defensive end. He also made stops at Basehor-Linwood (ass’t), Leoti-Wichita County (HC), and Royal Valley (HC). He is married to his wife, Tonya, and they have three adult children."