Lou Vircillo

It'll be a new looking team this year in Lacey Township with only 3 returning starters on offense and 5 on defense, meaning the torch has been passed and the time is now to see what these young Lions can do on the football field.

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Lacey is the Jersey Mike's Football Team of the Week for Week 2 after delivering head coach Lou Vircillo his 300th career victory.

The 2021 version of the Lacey Lions are in a fortunate position to have 9 returning players on offense, 6 on defense after 2 straight seasons of developing younger players that did really well.

The Lacey Lions were better than many thought they could be in 2019 and a lot of the players who developed quickly are back for another run in 2020.

Lacey Township High School football coach Lou Vircillo has become one of the most successful head football coaches in the history of the Shore Conference.

The key for the Lacey Lions to shine on the field this season will be from a collective mix of seniors and younger players who need to develop quickly for the team to battle a tough schedule.

In order to get to the playoffs this season, the Lions will need to fill the void of eight players on the offense who graduated last season.

Lacey head coach Lou Vircillo was honored by the NJFCA with the Ray McCrann Lifetime Achievement Award during the 40th Phil Simms North-South Football Classic.

Last year it was about adjusting to the weekly competition inside the Class B Bouth they were joining following years in the tough Class A South, but now it's about improving on that 6-4 mark and moving past Point Pleasant Borough and Lakewood Township who finished first and second respectively.

The quest for another run at the postseason is in the hearts and minds of players and coaches across the Shore Conference, and perhaps a change of division is what Lacey Township High School needs to end their drought.

*2015 Shore Conference Football Preview Homepage* At this point last season Lacey was already down several starters for the season before it even began. Injuries decimated the Lions’ starting lineup, and the result was a rare losing season at 3-7...