Eric Kjar was introduced as the new head football coach at Weber State on December 16, 2025.
Kjar is the 13th head coach in Weber State’s Division I history and arrives in Ogden after unprecedented success as a Utah high school coach.
Kjar (pronounced “Care”) posted a 112-10 record with six state championships over the last nine seasons as the head coach at Corner Canyon High School in Draper, Utah.
He guided the Chargers to three consecutive state titles in 2018, 2019, and 2020, followed by three more championships in 2023, 2024, and 2025, along with two state runner-up finishes. His teams were nationally ranked multiple times, including as high as No. 8 in the nation. Corner Canyon also set a Utah state record with 48 consecutive wins from 2018 to 2021 and advanced to the national championship game in 2025.
Kjar coached multiple state MVPs and All-Americans, along with numerous Division I college players and NFL Draft picks, including quarterbacks Jaxson Dart and Zach Wilson, and offensive lineman Jackson Powers Johnson.
Before Corner Canyon, Kjar spent eight seasons as the head coach at Jordan High School, where he posted a 69-29 record that included a state championship in 2012. He also served as an assistant coach for five years at Jordan before becoming head coach.
In 17 years as a high school head coach, Kjar compiled a career record of 181-39.
Kjar, 46, is a native of Kemmerer, Wyoming, and played college football as a quarterback and wide receiver at Wayne State College in Nebraska. He graduated from Wayne State in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in education.
He and his wife Andrea are the parents of four children. Their son, Noah, is a wide receiver and kick returner at Weber State.
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Eric Kjar was introduced as the new head football coach at Weber State on December 16, 2025.
Kjar is the 13th head coach in Weber State’s Division I history and arrives in Ogden after unprecedented success as a Utah high school coach.
Kjar (pronounced “Care”) posted a 112-10 record with six state championships over the last nine seasons as the head coach at Corner Canyon High School in Draper, Utah.
He guided the Chargers to three consecutive state titles in 2018, 2019, and 2020, followed by three more championships in 2023, 2024, and 2025, along with two state runner-up finishes. His teams were nationally ranked multiple times, including as high as No. 8 in the nation. Corner Canyon also set a Utah state record with 48 consecutive wins from 2018 to 2021 and advanced to the national championship game in 2025.
Kjar coached multiple state MVPs and All-Americans, along with numerous Division I college players and NFL Draft picks, including quarterbacks Jaxson Dart and Zach Wilson, and offensive lineman Jackson Powers Johnson.
Before Corner Canyon, Kjar spent eight seasons as the head coach at Jordan High School, where he posted a 69-29 record that included a state championship in 2012. He also served as an assistant coach for five years at Jordan before becoming head coach.
In 17 years as a high school head coach, Kjar compiled a career record of 181-39.
Kjar, 46, is a native of Kemmerer, Wyoming, and played college football as a quarterback and wide receiver at Wayne State College in Nebraska. He graduated from Wayne State in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in education.
He and his wife Andrea are the parents of four children. Their son, Noah, is a wide receiver and kick returner at Weber State.
Summer Willis has brought the Weber State Spirit Squad unprecedented national success and recognition, and coached the Wildcat cheer and dance teams to multiple national championships.
In this Wildcat All In Interview, Summer talks about her 26 years working at Weber State and how she turned Weber State into a powerhouse with multiple championships. She talks about the pressure to improve and perform each year, recruiting athletes from all over the world to join Weber State, the people associated with the program, memories during her time at Weber State and much more.
Plus, learn about her unique family connection to Weber State’s nickname, the Wildcats.
Willis began her career at Weber State in 1998 as the Spirit Squad Director and also worked in Marketing and Promotions for Wildcat Athletics. She has also served as the head coach of the Utah Jazz stunt team for nine years.
She has led the Weber State cheer team to a combined 14 national championships, the dance team to eight national titles, and the Waldo mascot to three national championships.
The Weber State cheer team has reached unrivaled success in recent years. The Wildcat Large Coed team has won eight straight national championships (2017-25) and nine overall championships. Weber State has also won four of the last five Grand National Championships, winning in 2021, 2022, 2024, and 2025.
The small coed team has won three national championships and won the grand national title twice in 2024 and 2025.
A native of North Ogden, Utah, Willis was a cheerleader at Utah State and graduated in 1998.
'Cat Tales - Weber State Athletics
Eric Kjar was introduced as the new head football coach at Weber State on December 16, 2025.
Kjar is the 13th head coach in Weber State’s Division I history and arrives in Ogden after unprecedented success as a Utah high school coach.
Kjar (pronounced “Care”) posted a 112-10 record with six state championships over the last nine seasons as the head coach at Corner Canyon High School in Draper, Utah.
He guided the Chargers to three consecutive state titles in 2018, 2019, and 2020, followed by three more championships in 2023, 2024, and 2025, along with two state runner-up finishes. His teams were nationally ranked multiple times, including as high as No. 8 in the nation. Corner Canyon also set a Utah state record with 48 consecutive wins from 2018 to 2021 and advanced to the national championship game in 2025.
Kjar coached multiple state MVPs and All-Americans, along with numerous Division I college players and NFL Draft picks, including quarterbacks Jaxson Dart and Zach Wilson, and offensive lineman Jackson Powers Johnson.
Before Corner Canyon, Kjar spent eight seasons as the head coach at Jordan High School, where he posted a 69-29 record that included a state championship in 2012. He also served as an assistant coach for five years at Jordan before becoming head coach.
In 17 years as a high school head coach, Kjar compiled a career record of 181-39.
Kjar, 46, is a native of Kemmerer, Wyoming, and played college football as a quarterback and wide receiver at Wayne State College in Nebraska. He graduated from Wayne State in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in education.
He and his wife Andrea are the parents of four children. Their son, Noah, is a wide receiver and kick returner at Weber State.
