Years as Head Coach
1st Season

Previous Experience
14 years Head Coach Gooding
3 years Head Coach Hansen
3 years Assistant Murtaugh

Assistant Coaches
Mike Peck, Calvin Pruett, Brett Matasci, Jed Thomas, Laif Morrison, Adam Hope, Brayden Baccarini, Jeff Ludlow, Wyatt Helm, Stephen Meyers, Kelly Bowen, Zack Jensen

Record Last Year
3-6

State Titles
None

Returning Players
Ramsey Trevino, RB, SR
Caleb Loveland, QB, SR
Jacob Williams, WR/DB, SR
Preston Story, OL/LB, SR
Kaden Palmer, WR/DB, SR
Khalil Schroeder, WR/DB, SR
Noah Strunk, LB/RB, SR
Ryan Jensen, RB/WR/DB, SR
Nick Fowler, LB, SR
Colin Roberts, LB, SR
Jesus Herrera, WR/LB, SR

Key Players lost from last year
Treven Fenstermaker, DE/TE

Incoming impact players
Stockton Sheets, WR, SR
Braxtyn Bowen, S/WR, JR
Andre Herrera, OL/LB, JR
Eli Withers, OL/DL, JR
Korbin Story, OL/DL, JR
Parker Hanks, OL/DL, JR
Parker Wilson, DL, JR
Brock Scheffer, DL, SR
Link Mahoney, DL, SR
Bronson Brookings, DB, SR
Caleb Harris, DB, SR

Written by: Brandon Baney

There’s no denying it: there is a buzz around the Burley High football program. It started as a series of gasps and whispers this past spring, when Cameron Andersen was hired as the Bobcats’ new head coach. Andersen had just finished his 14th season at Gooding with a semifinal appearance, and the move was unexpected to many.

Since then, those whispers have slowly crescendoed into a buzz as the team has undergone summer workouts and camp appearances. A new team logo has even been introduced, which makes the message clear: These aren’t the same old Burley Bobcats that have been stuck towards the bottom of the Great Basin Conference standings for the last several years.

There were glimpses of the team’s potential during a 3-6 campaign in 2021. Burley fans are hoping that Andersen is the coach that can turn that potential into on-field results.

He has a nice nucleus to work with, including senior running back Ramsey Trevino, a three-year starter in the Bobcats’ backfield. He’ll be flanked by senior quarterback Caleb Loveland, who shared signal-calling duties a year ago.

“I love our team speed,” Andersen said. “We will need to rely on this speed to stretch the field in all directions to balance the numbers for Ramsey Trevino to run the ball between the tackles. We will play fast, our tempo will be fast, and we will look to balance the action on the field to whatever the defense is giving us.”

A quartet of seniors (Jacob Williams, Kaden Palmer, Ryan Jensen and Stockton Sheets) will be leaned upon at wide receiver, while the offensive line will be bolstered by senior Preston Story and juniors Eli Withers, Korbin Story, Parker Hanks and Andrew Herrera.

That team speed that Andersen mentioned on offense will also be the cornerstone of the Burley defense. “We have the ability to cover a lot of ground with our team speed,” he said. “I love the aggressive identity on defense. We will attack from multiple looks.”

Burley’s linebackers are led by seniors Noah Strunk, Nick Fowler and Colin Roberts, while the secondary shows promise as well, with Williams, Palmer, Jensen and senior Khalil Schroeder all expected to contribute.

While the potential is there, Andersen noted that his team will need to improve on its fundamentals and discipline. “Watching the film (from last year), we have to be WAY more fundamentally sound at every position,” Andersen said. “From tackling, to alignment, to assignment, to ready keys and having confidence to react to what those keys tell you…we will need to emphasize these elements going forward.”

There’s no denying that excitement at Burley is at an all-time high, but Andersen understands that the Bobcats face an uphill climb. “We play against so many great schools,” he said. “Minico is so well-coached and has so many talented players, and they are the barometer for our conference.”

“Twin Falls, Jerome, and the rest (of the Great Basin teams) are in similar boats (to Minico),” he added. “They are all proud schools that are extremely well-coached. We need to make up a lot of ground fundamentally to allow ourselves to compete with such class programs.”