LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A coaching change mid-season has transformed Mater Academy East's football program, propelling the team into the 4A Southern playoffs while multiple players earn Division I college offers.

The Lions made the coaching switch in Week 4 of the season, bringing in Tim Hough, a former UNLV and Desert Pines football player who had been teaching at the school. The change has proven to be a game-changer for the program.

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"Confidence. I feel like that's what they really play with now that's like something that we didn't have," Hough said. "We give them the green light when they're on the field because we coach them up during the week and I feel like they play faster

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