Lexington-Former Adams Central star Tyler Slechta has been hired as the new head boys basketball coach at Lexington high school. Slechta will be one of the youngest coaches in the state as he just graduated from Adams Central high school in 2021. He was a multi-sport athlete, having a successful high school career in football, basketball and track where he helped lead both the Patriot football and basketball teams to Class C1 runner up finishes as a team captain. Slechta is pursuing an Education Degree from the University of Nebraska Kearney. His coaching experience has been with the Central Nebraska Hoops AAU program in Kearney. Slechta’s father Tom has been a long time coach in the Adams Central school system. Slechta spoke on Wednesday with KRVN’s Jayson Jorgensen about this big opportunity to start his career at such a young age.
He replaces Lexington native Zach Jones who resigned from his position as coach and teacher from the Lexington school system. Jones coached the Minutemen for six years leading them to two winning seasons and two district finals during the 2018-19 & 2019-2020 campaigns. His overall record as head coach of the Minutemen was 54-90. Before taking over the Lexington program, Jones was an assistant for both the boys and girls programs at Lexington.
