Esko High, the school that produced Koi Perich (3) now of the Gophers — shown playing in the 2021 state football tournament at U.S. Bank Stadium — has a new football coach. (Anthony Soufflé, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Esko’s football program, which produced current Gophers safety Koi Perich, will have a new head coach this fall.

The school located near Duluth recently promoted assistant coach Jeremy Zywicki to the head coaching position, making him the fifth head coach in program history.

Zywicki completed his third year as a varsity assistant at Esko this past season. He replaces Scott Arntson, who stepped down after nine years as the head coach.

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