Sara Burgess is Leading Example Football Team

Sara Burgess is Leading Example Football Coach

Posted on 08/26/2022

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - First year head coach Russell Norton said in three to five years he’ll be asking Wide receivers coach Sara Burgess for a job.

“She knows how to communicate with everybody on every level and I’m telling you, it’s going to take her places. I’ve told her since day one, she can be a Rockstar in this business.”

Burgess is currently a Special Ed teacher at Topeka High School and she was a coach for their football program last year.

“I think when we break the game down, women have a place here in football and we do it well,” Burgess said.

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