Coach Rodney Heath starts his 7th season as Head Coach for the Lakota East Boys & Girls Track & Field team. Coach Heath has over twenty (20) years of track and field experience and has produced several athletes who have become individual GMC, District, Regional and State champions. During his career, he has coached multiple athletes who have gone on to compete as student-athletes in college. During his six years with Lakota East, Coach Heath earned the GMC Coach of the Year award twice. He has won one (1) OATCCC girls indoor state championship (2019), four (4) girls team district championships (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021), one (1) girls team regional championship (2019), and one (1) girls team state championship (2019). During the 2019 outdoor season, Coach Heath assembled a girls 4x100m relay team of Dawn Hilton, Kaylyn Heath, Azariyah Bryant, and Serena Clark who went on to break the OHSAA State record across all divisions and are the current state record holders in this relay (45.82).  

 Coach Heath is married to Kimberly. They have three children: Autumn (Purdue University alum), Kaylyn (University of Kentucky) and Rodney Jr. (University of Kentucky). All three of their children graduated from Lakota East and have won individual state champion titles. Autumn is a member of Purdue's current school record-holding women's 4x100m relay team. Kaylyn and Rodney Jr. are currently student-athletes in college. 

Coach Burkhardt is starting his 4th year as the Boys Lacrosse Head Coach for Lakota East High School and his 15th overall as a lacrosse coach. During his three years at Lakota East, Coach Burkhardt has guided the program to a 17-19 record, with the 2020 season canceled due to Covid.  Coach Burkhardt is a graduate Fairfield High School and Miami University. He is married to Kimberly Burkhardt and has three children, Tristian, Keira, and Emeline.

Coach Jock Roeder started coaching at East after the 2023 season.  Prior to that he served as the offensive coordinator, goalkeeping, and draw control coach for the girls’ program at Milford High School.  He has been providing individual and group instruction on all parts of the game for the since 2016, and holds a USA Lacrosse Platinum/Level 3 certification in the women’s game. 

Coach Haiber enters his 1st year as the Lakota East head coach after winning a conference championship with Miami university last season. This will be his 22nd season coaching Fastpitch softball. In 2020 his Diamond Elite travel team won a National. Kelley is married to Sharon Haiber and they have 3 daughters,  Madisen, Kalayna and Kaitlyn. 

Coach Burchfield is entering his 5th season as the Varsity Boys Tennis Coach for Lakota East High School and his 35th overall, starting his career as an Assistant Coach at Yale Univ. He played college tennis at UCONN and upon graduation continued playing tennis in tournaments around the country. Coach Burchfield's teams at East have finished 3rd in the GMC every year under his tutelage and have had one state and several district qualifiers. 

Lauren is an accomplished volleyball coach with a robust background rooted in Lakota East High School. Having played volleyball for over 10 years and as an alumni of Lakota East’s volleyball team, Lauren brings a wealth of experience to the court. This marks Lauren’s second year in the boys' program. In addition to coaching at the high school, she has spent three years shaping talent in club volleyball. Lauren is excited for the 2024 season, anticipating a time filled with dedication, growth, and shared victories.

Coach Kuhlman is starting his 5th year as the Boys' Volleyball Head Coach at Lakota East High School and his 7th overall as a coach in the program. Kuhlman has also served as the girls’ varsity volleyball assistant coach at Milford High School for 4 years and coached club volleyball at Ohio Premier for 4 years as well. He is a graduate of Lakota East High School and was a 4-year varsity setter for the boys' volleyball program from 2011-2015. Kuhlman played collegiate club volleyball at Bowling Green State University where he graduated and earned his bachelors in math education. Kuhlman is currently a math teacher at Lakota East School and pursuing his master’s in educational administration at Xavier University.

Darcy Marsh is in her second-year coaching for the Lakota East Boy’s Volleyball program.  Her first year she was the JV head coach and this year she is the head coach for the inaugural appearance of the JV-B team.  Coach Marsh is also currently the head coach for the Girl’s JV Volleyball team at Wyoming High School.  She also spent two years as an assistant coach for the Mason Girls Volleyball program and three years as the Lakota West Freshman Girl’s coach and seven years as the eighth-grade coach at Lakota’s Hopewell Jr. School.   In addition to coaching in Southwest Ohio, Coach Marsh spent 10 years as a volleyball skills trainer for a youth sports program in California, played a setter and defense specialist throughout high school and collegiate club volleyball.  Coach Marsh currently teaches Health and Physical Education at Norwood High School and recently completed a Master of Education degree in Coaching Education and Athlete Development from Xavier University.