Chase Longwell resigns as Marysville football coach 2 days after school announces hiring

Posted by author January 30, 2025 Football

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Two days after being named the new football coach at Marysville, pending school board approval, Chase Longwell resigned from the position, athletic director Joey Day announced in a release Thursday.

Longwell told The Dispatch that he made the decision based on the uncertainty of landing a teaching job in the school district by the beginning of the 2025-26 school year. He also cited two failed levies, which led to the school board voting last year to raise athletic participation fees.

Longwell is an eighth-grade science teacher at Heritage Middle School in Hilliard. This would have been his first head-coaching job.

“It was a tough decision,” Longwell said. “I’m very disappointed. I believe truly to be an effective coach, you have to immerse yourself in the school and community. That was my goal all along, to be available for the kids, the players, the coaches, the community, and with unforeseen events, I wasn’t able to do this, and it wasn’t going to be a possibility for me.

“With the levy and teaching situation, it was going to be a situation where I wasn’t in the building. To be there for my kids every single day is something that would be extremely beneficial in the coaching career.”

Longwell had been scheduled to meet players and parents Thursday night at the school.

“The Marysville Athletic Department is saddened to announce that due to unforeseen circumstances, coach Longwell has made the difficult decision to resign as the new football coach for Marysville High School,” Day said in the statement. “We wish coach Longwell the best in his future endeavors.”

Longwell, 30, had been on the coaching staff at his alma mater, Hilliard Darby, since 2017. He served as running game coordinator, quarterbacks coach and junior varsity coach before becoming co-offensive coordinator in 2020.

At Marysville, he would have succeeded Brent Johnson, who stepped down in December after eight seasons.

Longwell played football and baseball at Darby, graduating in 2013. He went on to play football at Capital, where two left ACL injuries shortened his collegiate career.

He also was an assistant baseball coach at Darby from 2016-21.

Longwell said he is unsure of his coaching future.

“Everything happened really fast,” he said. “We’ll see what the future holds, but as of right now, I haven’t really given it too much thought.”