Sweetwater Hires Head Coach
February 28, 2009
Craig Slaughter has been was named the Head Coach and Athletic Director at Sweetwater. Slaughter was the head coach at Clyde last year which had a 11-2 record. Those two losses were to Sweetwater and the eventual 2A Champion Muleshoe.
Slaughter was a Head Coach at Hearne four years before going to Clyde for the last three years. Before that he was an assistant at Ballinger, Menard and Eastland. He has an overall record of 47-31.
Slaughter took on rebuilding jobs at Hearne and Clyde . Hearne was 24-85 in the previous 11 years before Slaughter took aver and they had back to back winning seasons and a 24-19 record during his time there. At Clyde, they were 27-63 in the previous 9 years before he became the Head Coach and they went 23-12 in his 3 years there.
Over 100 candidates applied for the position to fill the spot vacated by previous Mustang Head Coach, Kent Jackson. Jackson was 78-26 over the last 8 years with 8 playoff appearances. He led the Mustangs to a 10-3 record last year. Coach Jackson will be taking over the Head Coach and Athletic Director position at the new Frisco Heritage High School.
Slaughter comes in with plans to pass the ball more than they are accustomed to at Sweetwater. The Mustangs have run the Wishbone and rarely throw the ball. At Clyde, Coach Slaughters 2008 team averaged 180 rushing and 130 passing per game.
By: Michael Wright
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Westlake Lures Odessa Permian Coach To Austin
February 26, 2009
Austin Westlake was able to hire a big time coach when Darren Allman from Odessa Permian accepted the position. Allman has been head football coach and athletic director at Odessa Permian High School since 2005, posting a 38-11 record in four years. His teams won the district title in 2007 and 2008 and went on to the regional finals with identical 12-1 records each year.
The 2007 and 2008 seasons were the first back to back 10-win seasons at the school in 20 years. In 2008, Allman was named District Coach of the Year and was selected to coach the North Team in the Texas High School Coaches Association All-Star Game. He also was the All-West Texas Coach of the Year in both 2006 and 2007.
Allman’s previous experience included one season as the defensive coordinator at Highland Park High School (2004) and two years as the defensive coordinator at Temple High School. Before that, he spent eight years on the staff at Brownwood High School.
By: Michael Wright
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Commerce Hires Scott Wells
February 26, 2009
Commerce ISD has hired Scott Wells as the new athletic director and head football coach. Wells was an assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at Springtown last season where he helped the Porcupines make the playoffs with a 6-4 record.
The Commerce Tigers finished a disappointing 1-9 last season under head coach Bryan Price. The 9 losses tied a school record.
Wells began his career at Winnsboro High School in 1992 as assistant head football coach and defensive coordinator. From Winnsboro, he became an assistant coach at Little Cypress-Mauriceville in Orange. After two years, he moved to Orangefield High School as assistant head football coach.
In 2001, he became assistant head football coach and defensive coordinator at Sulphur Springs High School for three years. From there he moved to Abilene, where he was defensive coordinator at Cooper High School for two years.
Commerce chose Wells out of the 104 applications that were submitted. Wells hopes to bring Commerce back to the days when current Euless Trinity Head Coach Steve Lineweaver was there from 1993-1999. During that stretch, the Tigers were 83-14-2 and went 1-2 vs. Sealy in Class 3A Championship games. Sealy beat Commerce in 1995 and 1997 and Commerce won the state title in 1999.
By: Michael Wright
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Corpus Christi King’s Coach Resigns
February 23, 2009
Jim Elam has resigned from his position as athletic coordinator and head coach at Corpus Christi King. He has spent the last 19 years with the Corpus Christi Independent School District as either an assistant or head coach.
Elam was the defensive coordinator in charge of the secondary when he started in 1990. Four years later he was hired as Moody’s athletic coordinator and head coach. He left the Trojans after compiling a 32-31-1 record in six seasons at the school, including three playoff appearances. He took over the program at King in 2000 and was the 10th coach in King history.
Jim started a disappointing 0-10 in his first season with the Mustangs but built his team to 10-3 in 2003. That 2003 team won the district championship and reached the Region IV-5A Division II semifinals.
Elam leaves King with a 37-57 overall record.
2000: 0-10
2001: 5-5
2002: 8-5
2003: 10-3
2004: 2-8
2005: 3-7
2006: 3-6
2007: 3-6
2008: 3-7
Terrell Choses Chris Gilbert As New Head Coach
February 20, 2009
Terrell High School has chosen Chris Gilbert as their new Head Coach out of the 131 applicants that applied. Gilbert was Head Coach at his alma mater (South Oak Cliff) for the past 3 years and has also coached at A. Maceo Smith, Dallas Carter, Bryan and Greenville.
Gilberts first head coaching job was at South Oak Cliff in 2006 and has a record of 20-15 in 3 seasons and has led the Golden Bears to 3 straight playoff appearances. Last year, South Oak Cliff made it to the 3rd round of the playoffs for the first time since 1970.
Pete Gee resigned from the Terrell position after being the head coach from 2006-2008. After going 3-7 last season, his 3-year record was 5-25 with no playoff appearances. Previous to Gee’s arrival, Terrell made the playoffs 11 consecutive years rom 1995-2005.
Lionel Crawford Takes Over At Houston Aldine
February 20, 2009
Lionel Crawford has been named to replace Bob Jones as the Head Coach at Aldine. Crawford was the head coach last season at North Forest (a first-year program merged from Smiley and Forest Brook) and was the Head Coach at Smiley two years before that. He was also an Aldine assistant from 2000-2005.
North Forest finished the season at 6-4 last season with a first-round Class 4A playoff loss to Beaumont Central. They played in 19-4A with the original coaching staff being divided with six coaches from Smiley and six from Forest Brook.
Jones will be taking the head coaching job at 3A Shepherd.
Georgetown Hires New Head Coach
February 20, 2009
Jason Dean has been selected as the new head football coach at Georgetown. Dean will replace Phil Blue, who remains at the school as athletic director.
Dean was Georgetown’s offensive coordinator last year and offensive line coach before that. The McMurry University grad from Santa Anna also coached seven years at Abilene.
Georgetown finished 7-4 last season and finished third in District 16-5A. With Dean coaching the offense, the Eagles failed to score 20 points just once all season and scored 30 or more four times.
A very impressive list of candidates applied for the job. Dean was chosen over Cypress Falls coach David Raffield, Midland Lee coach Randy Quisenberry, Kerrville Tivy coach Mark Smith. Wichita Falls Rider coach Scott Ponder and Kilgore coach Mike Vallery.
Baird Accepts Bloomington Head Coaching Position
February 19, 2009
Bloomington’s new Head Coach, Paul Baird hopes to stop the Bobcats losing ways. Baird became Bloomington’s sixth head coach in seven years last Monday night. He was chosen from 71 applicants to take over the head coaching position.
Baird has been the offensive coordinator at Saginaw High School for the past four seasons and was previously the offensive coordinator at Granbury for three seasons. He also coached at Junction and Grape Creek. The Grape Creek position was his first coaching job where current Industrial coach Doug Kuhlmann was the head coach.
The Bobcats were 1-8 last year and 0-5 in 30-2A. They have lost 32 consecutive district games and have not had winning season since 1998 or made the playoff since 1999.
Hall of Famer Noble Doss Passes Away
February 19, 2009
Texas High School Football Hall of Famer Noble Doss died last Sunday at the age of 88. Doss was a key player during Temples glory years. He also played at the University of Texas and later played in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Doss, nicknamed the “Flying Dutchman,” was a great player on the powerful Wildcat teams of the mid-30’s. In 1937, during his Senior year, the Wildcat team was called the Temple Typhoon. Doss had one of his greatest games against Hillsboro when he scored on runs of 45, 40 and 67 yards and returned an interception back 30 yards for another touchdown.
He was hampered by an ankle injury in the annual regular-season finale before 12,000 people at Woodson Field in a 7-0 loss to Waco. The loss forced a three-way tie for the district title. A district committee debated for five hours before determining that Temple would advance to the postseason. The Wildcats defeated San Antonio Jefferson before falling to Longview in the quarterfinals.
After completing college, he was in the Navy during World War II. After that Doss played a couple of seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles and was on the Eagles’ 1948 NFL championship team.
