Pana High School has a new football coach. According to a letter sent out by the district, Pana officially hired Mark Ramsey as their new head football coach on January 27th at their school board meeting. Ramsey began his coaching career at Moweaqua before consolidating with Assumption to become Central A&M. Coach Ramsey has had a very successful time there going 239-93. In 30 years with Moweaqua/Central A&M, Coach Ramsey went to 24 playoffs, five state championships, and one victory in 1997. The field is named after him.
Coach Ramsey spent time at Shelbyville High School from 2013-2015 and his teams were 17-12 during his time there. Coach Ramsey last coached Saint Teresa from 2016-2022 going 76-8 and making it to the quarterfinals every year playing in two state championships, and winning the state championship in 2022.
Coach Ramsey is 5th in IHSA history with 332 career head coaching victories and comes to Pana to also teach PE classes for part of the day at Pana High School.
The Pana football team will make their debut on August 22nd against Central A&M. Pana will play their first regular season conference game on August 29th at Hillsboro.
