Jake Bruner

Jake Bruner enters his 19th year in public school education where he has had roles as a High School Principal, Athletic Director, Social Studies Educator, Head High School Football Coach, Weight Room Coordinator, High School and Middle School Assistant Track Coach, Head Junior Varsity basketball coach, and Student Council Advisor. Coaching High school football for 18 of the past 19 years, seven years were as a head football coach at Bucyrus City Schools with a record of 42 wins and 28 losses. During his tenure he had the first nine win season in sixteen years and the most wins in any three, four, five, or six win time period since the beginnings in 1896. Coach Bruner spent four year as an educator and assistant football coach at Shelby High School before coming to Bucyrus in 2004 as the defensive coordinator. Coach Bruner is a 1997 graduate of Colonel Crawford High School where he was a four year letter winner in football and two-time captain of the team, as well as three year letter winner in track and field. Coach Bruner attended Otterbein University where he received is undergraduate degree in secondary education, while lettering at inside linebacker on the football team all four seasons and was chosen captain of the 2000 team. The team he played on at Otterbein was the first to win seven games or more in the Ohio Athletic Conference in more than twenty years. Coach Bruner was also the recipient of the Harry S. Ewing Award for athletic, academic, and community services for his dedication for all four years at Otterbein University. Coach Bruner earned his graduate degree in educational administration in 2004 from Ashland University. Coach Bruner currently in the high school principal at Colonel Crawford High School, his alma mater where he is an assistant varsity football and track and field coach. Coach Bruner and his wife, Dr. Sarah Nigh-Bruner, reside in Bucyrus with their son Kaden and daughter Brynn, and son Trey.