Witten’s squad was led over the season by quarterback Cole Welliver, running back Chase Garnett, receiver Brady Janusek, and his sons CJ Witten, a junior, and Cooper Witten, a freshman, who were among the team’s top tacklers.
Liberty Christian is a kindergarten-through-12th-grade private Christian school with an enrollment of just fewer than 1,300 students.
The 41-year-old Witten, who played 17 NFL seasons, took over the school’s football program in 2021 and has gone 26-10 in three seasons. Witten’s squad was 2-8 in his first year, the Warriors’ third consecutive losing season, before turning it into a small school power that won it’s first state crown in 16 years on Friday night.