Jensen to be introduced as new OBU football coach

MOORE ? Chris Jensen must be used to building football programs. Four years after becoming the first head coach for Southmoore High School, he is leaving to take the same position with Oklahoma Baptist University, according to several of his former players.

?It was a big shock when I heard about it,? junior Tre Edwards said. ?I was in baseball and I kind of stopped practicing the whole time. I didn?t believe it. I thought someone was just playing with me.?

OBU has scheduled a press conference for 10 a.m. today to introduce its first head football coach since 1940. Jensen will not talk publicly about his new position until the press conference, but he told his players that he was leaving during a meeting Tuesday.

?We went to our locker room to get ready to work out in the gym,? junior Jackson Stallings said. ?The coaches told us to stay. He walked in and said this was one of the hardest decisions of his life and the opportunity he was presented was what was best for his family, and he was going to be the head coach at OBU. And he was going to be named that tomorrow.?

Before becoming the head coach at Southmoore, Jensen was the defensive coordinator at Westmoore.

In his first season with the SaberCats, he led the team to a 2-8 record in 2008. The Cats bounced back the next year to go 11-1 before losing to Jenks in the state semifinal round.

In Jensen?s final season at SHS the team went 5-6 and lost to Tulsa Union in the first round of the postseason. Overall, he amassed a 24-20 record in his four years.

Jensen?s replacement has not been named yet. But the players would like someone in their former coach?s mold.

?I hope it doesn?t change,? Edwards said. ?I hope we still have the faith and pride going on through Southmoore. He has left a pretty good legacy here the last four years. Hopefully, we just keep it and take off like we were trying to do this year. I hope we get a coach just like him.?

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