Brian Weinrich will not return as Highlands’ head coach

FORT THOMAS, Ky. (FOX19) - Brian Weinrich will not return as the head football coach at Highlands High School, a source told FOX19 NOW.

BREAKING: Brian Weinrich will not return as the head coach at Highlands High School. He informed the team today.

Weinrich has been with the program as an assistant coach and head coach for more than 20 years.
— Joe Danneman (@FOX19Joe) December 1, 2020

Weinrich had spent the last seven seasons as Highlands’ head coach after 19 years as an assistant coach in Fort Thomas.

He amassed a 51-36 record in his seven season as the Bluebirds’ head coach and won the 2014 KHSAA Class 4A state championship in his first season as the head coach.

Weinrich, a Highlands alumnus, first joined the Highlands football program as a coach in 1995 when he was hired as an assistant coach. In 2002 he became the team’s defensive coordinator.

The Bluebirds’ season ended with a district championship loss against rival Covington Catholic.

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