Arvada names Luke Orvis new football coach

Arvada has hired Luke Orvis as the school’s new football coach.

The school announced the the hire on Twitter on Tuesday morning. Orvis comes to Arvada from Oklahoma, where he was an assistant coach overseeing the defensive line for Edmond Memorial.

Edmond plays in Oklahoma’s highest division (6A-I), and went 4-7 last season. Orvis has been coaching there since 2005.

At Arvada, Orvis will take over for Richard Bortner, who was 1-9 in his lone season in 2015. He will be the program’s third coach in four seasons after Matt Cisneros led the team in 2013 and 2014.

Orvis is charged with turning the program around. The Bulldogs are 2-28 since 2013, and have gone .500 just once since 2004, when they finished 5-5 in 2012.

Arvada returns a deep team with a lot of experience in 2016. The school has been playing in Class 3A, but will play down to 2A in the next two-year cycle.

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