Luella
High School
Football Coaches Bios
Luella Lions Football Staff
2023 Edition
Head Coach Craig Coleman
Coach Coleman brings a wealth of knowledge from many years of coaching football to The Den. In his career, he has coached at the high school level and every level of college level. This is Coach Coleman's 33rd year of coaching.
He enters his 5th year as Head Coach.
Coach Jeff Lake DL, Asst Head Coach
Coach Jeff Lake was born in Glassboro, New Jersey, where he played youth and High School Football the majority of his life. Coach Lake was a Blue Chip All-American during his high school career, playing offense and defense. He was ranked in the Top 10 for the State of New Jersey as a lineman and the Top 20 as a linebacker. He received a Full Athletic Scholarship for football to play at (HBCU) Delaware State University, a Division 1 Football Program. Coach Lake has been coaching football for many years. He has been a youth Coach for six years and a high school Coach for ten years.
Coach Jeff Lake coordinated the “Gary Brackett Football Camp” which was sponsored by Gary Brackett, Former NFL Line Backer and Co-Defensive Captain for the “Super Bowl Champions-Indianapolis Colts”. I coordinated and supervised the camp for ten years, which was a community football Camp for the Tri-State area (Philadelphia, Delaware, and New Jersey) athletes ages 8-18. The camp was free and it serviced over 5,000 young men. Some of the success stories who attended the camp were Philadelphia Eagles Running Back Cory Clement, 2020 New Orleans Saints Wide Receiver Prospect Juwan Johnson, and former New Orleans Saints Defensive End George Johnson. Coach Lake was inducted into the Glassboro High School Hall of Fame for football in 2006. He was also given a Community Service Award from the Glassboro Youth Football Program in January 2018 for his commitment to his community.
Coach Lake has coached the following positions: Linebackers, Running Backs, Offensive Line, and Defensive Line. This season, he is the Defensive Coordinator. This is Coach Lakes' 5th year at Luella High School as a Social Studies Teacher. Coach has three daughters (Ambrial, Quiera, Charli) and one son (Aaron).
Something about Coach Lake: He wants to inspire his athletes to be great on and off the field. He hopes he will be able to motivate his players to reach their highest potential as a student-athlete.
Coach James Roberts, Special Teams Coordinator
Coach Roberts enters his 15th season as a football coach at Luella High School. Coach Roberts has been at Luella since 2008 and has coached Defensive Line, Running Backs, Wide Receivers, and Special Teams during his tenure. This season he will be the Special Teams Coordinator.
Coach Roberts is a graduate of Georgia Southern University with degrees in Specialist in Education (2019), a Masters in Education (2013) and he earned a Bachelors Degree in History from Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA, 2001). Coach Roberts is also a Veteran of the US Navy where he served for 14 years as a Hospital Corpsman.
Coach Roberts is married to Luella's Head Volleyball Coach Karie Jarrett-Roberts. They have one son, Andrew, who graduated from Luella and Georgia Southern University. He currently works for Austin FC of Major League Soccer.
Something about Coach Roberts: He is originally from Boston, MA.
Coach Chris Ward, OC
Before being a student of the game, be an exceptional classroom student." As a former graduate with honors of Henry County (Dutchtown 2009), giving back to this area means everything. Instilling the importance of the classroom with over 4 years of experience coaching and personal development of players, Coach Ward brings his own collegiate playing experience (Southern University, HBCU) as well as his helping hands to the players in any way. Ultimately, it's Coach Ward's desire to see players receive diplomas and then degrees. Something about Coach Ward : Coach Ward believes if you are a student athlete, then you know the classroom ALWAYS COMES FIRST.
Coach Nathaniel Ashmon, Jr, DL
4TH year at Luella High School (Geometry Teacher)
2nd year coaching Defensive Line
Father of 3 and two currently attends Luella High 11th(Nathaniel Ashmon III)and 12th(Zariyah Ashmon) grade. One will be a 2023 graduate of Luella High School; Noah Ashmon will be attending Luella Middle School as a 6th grader. Husband of 21 years to Zelda Ashmon
Previous Teaching and Coaching destinations:
· Macon County High School from 1996-2002
Secondary defensive line(Math and Social Studies teacher)
· Houston County-Perry High School from 2002-2003:
Coached the defensive line , girls' basketball, and boys' track (Math teacher)
· Twiggs County High School, 2004-2009: (PEC Teacher Math and Social Studies),
Assistant Athletic Director, Defensive Line, Boys’ Track,
Head Coach-Baseball and Girls’ Basketball.
· Howard High School-Bibb County 2009-2011; Coached football
Basketball and Boy's Track: PEC Math Teacher.
· Baldwin County High School 2012-2014; Coach Football
Assistant Head Baseball Coach and also a PEC teacher.
Fact About Coach Ashmon--He is an avid Pittsburgh Steelers fan.
Email: Nathaniel.Ashmon@henry.k12.ga.us
Coach Henry Aaron, Jr, WR
Coach Taurean Ferguson, DB
Coach Anthony Malone, RB
Coach Terry Herrod
Coach Jay Fordham,DL