SEAN BOSTON
Hutch Post
Following approval at the USD 309 board of education meeting on Tuesday, Parker Bruce has been named the next head coach of the Nickerson High School football team.
Bruce currently serves as the head boys basketball coach for the Panthers.
The 25-year old graduated from Andale High School in 2018 and then played football at Butler Community College and then at Kansas State.
Bruce takes over for Taylor Bauman, who resigned following the season. The Panthers went 1-8 during the 2024 season with its lone win coming against Lyons.
Bauman led the Panthers for three seasons, going 3-24, each season finishing with a 1-8 record.
The last time Nickerson has won more than one game came in the 2019 season, a 4-5 mark. The last Panthers team with a winning record came in 2017, when NHS finished 7-3 under current Hutch High head coach, Mike Vernon.