The Nevada R-5 School District has announced that Erik Yoakam has been hired as the next head football coach at Nevada High School. Coach Yoakam will be heading to Nevada from Ft. Scott, KS High School where he served as an assistant coach. Prior to Ft. Scott he was a defensive coordinator at Leavenworth, KS High School and an assistant coach at St. Mary's Colgan in Pittsburg, KS. Is a 2006 graduate of Pittsburg State University and played four years of football for the Gorillas.
