High schools: Lodi AD Duenas takes football reins
Apr. 23—George Duenas has been focused on throwing the rock, but soon he will turn his attention to running the rock. Duenas, the athletic director at Lodi High, has retaken the reins for the school's football program after he stepped down three years ago to concentrate on being the AD and a father.
Focus has been important for Duenas. "I was the AD my one year toward the end (of my coaching ...
Apr. 23—George Duenas has been focused on throwing the rock, but soon he will turn his attention to running the rock. Duenas, the athletic director at Lodi High, has retaken the reins for the school's football program after he stepped down three years ago to concentrate on being the AD and a father.
Focus has been important for Duenas. "I was the AD my one year toward the end (of my coaching tenure), so we have already established that we will add another person," Duenas said. "What I don't want is any sports feeling less attention, so we set it up to where I'm going to have some help.
We're going to set that up to help, especially the nights with football where I can focus on the game and my guy can focus on the game-day stuff. " Duenas, a 2006 Lodi High graduate, came home in 2018 from North Dakota, where he was AD and football coach for Center-Stanton High, to take over the football program. Over the next five seasons, Duenas compiled a 27-21 record, which included two straight playoff appearances.