Tim Aylward compiled a 204-113 record over 31 years as head coach of the Thunderbolt football program, earning four state championships and some of the most prestigious awards given to high school coaches in Nebraska.
Aylward was named the Lincoln Journal Star Coach of the year in 1995-96 and the Omaha World Herald Coach of the year in 1998-99. He earned the Nebraska Coaches Association Skip Palarang Football Coaches Award in 2015.
Coach Aylward retired as football coach following the 2015 season and serves full time in his capacity as athletic director for all Pius X programs.
