Tim Budge

Bio

Coach Budge begins his second year as Head Coach and has been coaching football at LHS since 2000. He has been the Varsity Defensive Coordinator from 2012-2024 and has coached on the Varsity level as the Inside Linebackers Coach since 2009. In addition, he was the Head Sophomore coach from 2009 – 2011.

From 2000 – 2008, Tim coached football at the freshman level. Tim went to Grayslake High School and graduated in 1992. On the gridiron, Tim was a man of many positions (Linebacker, Running Back and Defensive Lineman). He played football all four years and became senior year captain. He also played basketball for three years. After high school, Tim went on to Illinois State University and graduated in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and finished his Master's degree in Educational Leadership from Northeastern Illinois University in 2004. From 1997-2000, he taught math and coached freshman football at Antioch High School. Tim has been teaching math at LHS since 2000 and became Math Department Chair in 2022. He coached boys basketball at LHS from 2001 – 2009. Tim is married to Judy and has three children, Michael (born Jan 2004), Nicholas (born May 2005) and Maggie (born Jan 2015).