DENISON, Texas (KXII) - He needs no introduction to the Yellow Jacket faithful.

Brian Lilly is back, but this time, he's the one calling the plays."It's a dream come true," Denison Head Coach Brian Lilly said.

And for a man who's held the ax before, it's a homecoming long in the making."I started off as a ball boy in 7th grade. We won the Battle of the Ax, and my uncle handed me the axe in the middle of the field. I don't think I understood the magnitude of it at the time," Lilly said.