When we finally did (win state), I can remember thinking back at the players that I had that deserved it also but weren’t able to get it. “I look back on those players that I had it’s hard because they worked so hard that they deserved to win a state championship. I lost in the semi-finals so many times, that, you know, those are the years, unfortunately, that stick in your head,” he said.

“What really sticks with you are the ones you lost.

He savors the wins and the championship, but he harbors the losses, too. Reminiscing on his career, Dreitz was candid about what he reflects on. In 1997, Dreitz served as the head wrestling coach and led the team to a runner-up finish at the state tournament. The Beetdigger football program won 128 games with Dreitz at the helm, advancing to the final four nine times. From 2000-2014, Dreitz was the head coach for the team, winning the state title in his final season. He served as an assistant coach on Mills’ staff until 1999 when he became head coach following Mills’ retirement. He got the job, moved to Brush and it became home. After his contract was up, he was planning on moving back to Denver until a savory offer was made from another Hall of Fame coach.ĭreitz returned to Denver after applying for the position, but it was only for a week.

He added he knows other coaches in the hall of fame, saying he’s humbled that he’ll be amongst them next spring.ĭreitz, a 1981 graduate from Northglenn High School, arrived in Morgan County in 1987 when he took a one-year contract to be a football coach at Fort Morgan High School. “I was pretty surprised actually,” Dreitz said of the honor. Dreitz was the head coach from 2000-2014 and won the state championship in his final year.Īpril 15, 2024, down in Lone Tree will be a great day for the former Brush High School head football coach and his family as he will be a part of the 60th Colorado High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame class. (Photo provided by Connie Dreitz/Special to the Times)Randy Dreitz, former Brush High School football coach, will be entering the Colorado High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame in April. “It’s like I told my players every day at practice, it’s a great day to be a Beetdigger,” Dreitz said. Even though Randy Dreitz has been retired for a few years as a coach and teacher, he still knows how to rally the Beetdigger faithful.

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