16 February 2024
TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Trojan football program is under new leadership ahead of the 2024 season.
On Friday, Topeka High announced the hiring of Jason Filbeck as its next head varsity football coach.
Filbeck takes over at T-High after ten seasons coaching Augusta High School. He was approved by the TPS school board on Thursday and met with some members of the team on Friday.
Filbeck replaces Carlos Kelly, who coached the Trojans for four seasons from 2020-2023. T-High had a 6-27 record in its four years under Kelly’s leadership.
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The new THS head coach said on X, formerly Twitter, that he is, “Looking for interested assistant coaches.”
Augusta was 45-51 in the program’s ten seasons under Filbeck.