Lohaffer has been making impacts in Metro football for more than 40 years and is in his fifth decade as an assistant football coach. Originally from Avoca, Iowa, he graduated from Northwest Missouri State University in 1975.
His coaching career began in 1976 at Maryville where he would serve as an assistant coach and defensive coordinator until 2008. During Lohaffer's time with the Spoofhounds, he helped the team to numerous conference and district titles, three state title game appearances and the 1982 Missouri Class 2 State title.
After retiring on the Missouri side he didn't stop coaching and moved to Basehor-Linwood in 2009. Lohaffer has led the Bobcats defense during one of the most successful eras of Basehor-Linwood football. During the 2013 season he suffered an ankle injury and coached the entire 2014 season on a broken ankle thinking it was just a sprain. After four different surgeries, he coached the next five seasons unable to walk confined to a golf cart or knee scooter. One year he had a fanny pack with an IV to fight off infection in his ankle. Despite this challenge he has not missed a team function or camp during this time.
In 2017 he was chosen to be the Kansas Defensive Coordinator for the BeYOUnion.com Kansas vs. Missouri All-Star Game and was named the Bassore Man of the year.
