Madison Athletic Director Doug Rickert announced in a news release that Brent Besancon is the six-member search committee’s choice to be the Rams’ new football coach.
Besancon, a Smithville graduate, has been submitted for board approval to take over the football program and the matter will be voted upon Wednesday.
Besancon is a veteran coach with 10 years of experience as a head coach and more than 20 years total including years spent as an assistant. He started his coaching career at his alma mater, where he was an assistant for 15 years under longtime Smithville coach Keith Schrock.
Besancon is 49-53 in 10 seasons as a head coach at stops at New London, Rittman and Smithville. He will be Madison’s third head coach in three years.