The Kansas City Chiefs have announced that the Kansas High School Coach of the Year Award has been renamed in memory of Eric Driskell, the reigning award recipient and former head coach at Blue Valley High School.
Driskell passed away from a sudden ruptured brain aneurysm in mid-February at the age of 43. The former Blue Valley High School coach was a three-time winner of the award (2011, 2014, 2016), tied with Olathe South’s Gene Weir (2000-02) and Driskell’s former mentor and Blue Valley coach Steve Rampy (1998, 2003, 2006).
“Earlier this year, the Kansas City community lost an outstanding football coach and a great man,” Chiefs Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt said.