SDPB's coverage of the South Dakota High School Football Championships

The state of South Dakota lost a good one last month with the passing of Denis ‘Deny’ Lather. Not only was he quick-witted, funny, and extremely sociable, but his knowledge of sports in the state and his passion for coaching – it’s obvious there can only ever be one Deny Lather.

South Dakota’s own Dallas Goedert is returning to the Super Bowl for the second time in seven seasons this Sunday as his Philadelphia Eagles will face the Kansas City Chiefs for the Lombardi Trophy.

SDPB’s Jackson Dircks sat down with SDPB Sports and Rec reporter Nate Wek and had a conversation about the changes happening in Brookings including the hiring of head coach Dan Jackson.

Following Bob Nielson's retirement announcement, the University of South Dakota held a press conference on Friday to officially name Travis Johansen as the next Coyotes head football coach.

South Dakota State University is naming Dan Jackson as the football team’s new head coach.

He was once the all-time winningest boy's basketball coach in South Dakota. He spent 34 years coaching at Parker High School. Gayle Hoover joins Craig Mattick on this edition of In Play.