The Lawrence High football field is pictured, Friday, Feb. 5, 2016.

The daughter of legendary Lawrence High School coach Bill Freeman is hoping his name can become a permanent part of the football field at the school.

Jennifer Freeman Nauertc will make a short presentation to the Lawrence school board at its meeting Monday to ask that either the stadium or the field be named after her late father.

Freeman, who died in December, led the Lions to five state football championships and two state track crowns during his 16-year tenure as head coach of both teams.

Freeman Nauertc, of LeRoy, said she has letters from former players, coaches and friends, and that many will also attend the meeting to show support for the idea. She said naming the field or stadium for her father would pay tribute to the impact he made to athletics at the school, especially the football program.

“Dad walked into a program that really needed some help,” Freeman Nauertc said. “They didn’t have a great winning tradition, and, with his assistants, he helped turn the program around.”

Some of Freeman’s honors include his induction into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2014, as well as being named the recipient of the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame’s Pride of Kansas Award in 2012.

Freeman Nauertc recognized the team has had other great coaches, but that incorporating his name in some way is an honor he deserves.

“My dad was the most humble guy; he didn’t like the limelight,” she said. “And he probably wouldn’t want this, but I feel like he deserves it. He made a name for himself, he made a name for Lawrence High football and track.”

The naming effort isn’t the only one Freeman Nauertc is making to commemorate her father. Freeman suffered from Alzheimer’s in the years before his death, and last week Freeman Nauertc made a presentation to the Kansas Legislature’s transportation committee in favor of a bill that would allow Kansans to purchase Alzheimer’s license plates. Freeman Nauertc said the disease took a toll on her father’s final years.

“He missed out on my kids’ graduations, he missed out on sporting events, he missed out on everyday life,” Freeman Nauertc said, explaining the license plates would help spread awareness of the disease.

Freeman Nauertc said the bill will be considered by the Kansas House in a few weeks.

The Lawrence school board meets at 7 p.m. Monday, and Freeman Nauertc said she has been allotted three minutes to present her idea and will also provide board members with the letters of support she has collected.

In other business, the board will:

• Review a report on changes in the district’s professional learning approach. The district has adopted a new model that is more personalized and is intended to mirror a “blended learning” classroom. The district has about 250 such classrooms, which combine traditional instructions, personalized lessons and small group work.

• Review a report on capital outlay budget and project planning. A status report of next school year’s Capital Outlay Fund will be presented, as well as a summary of the capital outlay fund’s priority projects for the spring and summer. In addition, a summary of projects planned over the next three years will be reviewed.

The school board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the district offices, 110 McDonald Drive.