 Prior to Therwhanger's tenure, the Lions made the playoffs once in their history, 1979.During his tenure (from 2003–2015), they lions made the playoffs 10 times (2005–07;09–15), having 2 regional championships (2006,2015) and 2 undefeated regular seasons (2009,2015) after leaving in 2016, Mike Lowery became the head coach, making the playoffs in both 2016–18, making him the 2nd head coach in school history to have multiple playoff berths under his belt.Hall of famer Don Tullos coached at lovelady for many years.