Head Boys Basketball Coach: Brett Sampley
2021-22 NORTH WEST ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT COACH OF THE YEAR BRETT SAMPLEY
2006 Northwest Arkansas All Start Game Head Coach
8 Time Conference Coach of the Year.
CAREER RECORD 442 WINS 220 Losses
2006-10 Deer High School
2010-Present Lamar High School
SCHOOL Lamar
NOTABLE Led the Warriors to the Final Four in Class 3A before falling to Mayflower 61-48 in the semifinals. … Team was 23-8 and placed third in the 3A-1 Regional tournament. … Downed Glen Rose in the first round of the state tournament. … Has been at Lamar for 13 years, but most of those were as the junior girls' coach. Took over the senior boys program three years ago. … Lamar won 20-plus games in the past two seasons.
QUOTABLE “We had a great season. It didn’t end the way wanted it to, but I was just super proud of our kids this year. They worked really hard. We started this three years ago with this group of seniors when they were 10th graders. They won 20 games the last two seasons and we made a run to the final four this season, so just super proud of what we have been able to accomplish.”
Head Jr. Boys Coach: Nick Fisher