ROANOKE, Va. – Lord Botetourt has found its next head football coach in Nick Leftwich. The hire was approved by the Botetourt County School Board Thursday night.
Leftwich has built a proven track record of success as a head coach. His most recent stint was at William Fleming. He led the Colonels for the past three seasons notching a 27 wins that included back-to-back Region 5C Championship appearances and a Region 5C Semfinals appearance in 2025.
Prior to that, Leftwich spent two seasons at Cave Spring in his first role as a head coach. He turned the Knights program around going from 3-7 to 6-5 in his first season including a playoff appearance in 2022.
“This is an opportunity to, again, try to take a program to, you know, that next level,” Leftwich said. “And we’re going to do our best to do that, and it takes a lot of work and a lot of, you know, there’s going to be some adversity faced, but we got to be able to learn from it and move forward and, you know, it’s, again, it’s not a change in philosophy. It’s, it takes what it takes.”
The former Salem High School quarterback who went on to play at UVA-Wise has earned the attention, respect and now another opportunity to carry on his coaching prowess to the Cavaliers program.
“Nick knows the expectations,” said Lord Botetourt athletic director Tim Fulton. “You know, when, if you heard his talk, he spoke my language about what football is and what it, it carries young men to or players to, and we’re just thrilled to have him in here as part of our program.”
Leftwich takes over after Jamie Harless left to take the head coaching job at Union High School.