The 1988 Dallas Carter high team, then coached by Freddie James, winning the state title. Furthermore, she maintained a .406 batting average, with 43 RBIs and 10 home runs. In 2020 Nick Ward was an assistant football coach helping the Cedar Hill Longhorns reach a state final. First Black Head Football Coach at Cedar Hill High Woods is a Hall of Fame High School Football Coach, but his accomplishments are significant for several reasons. He earned Class 5A coach of the year honors in 2013 by the TSWA, Dave Campbell's Texas Football, NFF Dallas Club and the Padilla Poll, and he repeated in the 2014 Padilla Poll. Greg Tepper and Matt Stepp recap the Texas high school football coaching carousel so far, take a way-too-early look ahead to 2023, and more. Former state champion, Cedar Hill coach Carlos Lynn named next head coach at Crowley By Brian Gosset January 27, 2023 12:43 PM Carlos Lynn is the new head football coach at Crowley. Prior to Cedar Park, he coached at Round Rock Stony Point High School (2004-2005) and La Porte High School (2001, 2003). (CEDAR HILL, TEXAS) Its a quiet morning in Whitney, Texas a community so small that the entire population could fit into Longhorn Stadium. Community Connector School Program presented by Optimum, Mr. Texas Football Player of the Year Award, North Texas Dance Team Spotlight presented by Children's Health, San Antonio Inspirational Coach of the Week, San Antonio Student Trainer Program Spotlight, Texas Children's Training Staff Superstars Award, become a Dave Campbells Texas Football Insider. It was during Woods time as head coach that the current Longhorn Stadium was built. Between 2003 and 2016 McGuire, now the head coach at Texas Tech University, led Cedar Hill to state championships in 2006, 2013 and 2014 with a runner-up finish in 2012. The content is not created or voted on by any corporate sponsor or marketing partner. Become a DCTF Subscriber Today! Melony Alvarez was named the 2022-2023 Homecoming Queen! DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Have we seen this movie before? Lynn, who served as an assistant coach. Voting closes Friday, March 10th at 11:59 p.m. CST. Im really excited for this team, said Munford. He also made his first hole-in-one in June of 2020. Cedar Hill has its new head coach and its a familar face. In history and with everything going on in our world, it would be huge, Lynn said. 2021 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. In his first season at Cleburne, the Yellow Jackets reached the playoffs for the first time in four years. Gorman finished with 507 yards in total offense and 25 first downs to 250 yards and eight first downs for Cedar Hill thanks to a Gorman defense anchored by Ohio State commit defensive lineman. He looks to push the Knights to vie for district supremacy against rival Clear Creek and beyond. It is 9-22 since. The South Houston area is loaded with talented athletes who give it their all in their respective fields of play. He's right. Last year, Scott served as the defensive coordinator for a team that went 7-3, competedin District 25-6A and reached the Class 6A playoffs for the second consecutive season. He was the leader on our team in 1990, which had 30 seniors. The two-time District 22-5A MVP was invaluable for Santa Fe in 2022, throwing for a ridiculous 0.80 ERA with a 23-5 record that featured 290 strikeouts. Hes a great mentor and friend., Woods could take credit for coaching Lynn from 1988-1990 and hiring him in 1998, but he emphasizes that Lynn has been an outstanding leader for Cedar Hill, I cant take any credit for anything hes done, Woods said. ", For those who came before him and those who will come after him, Lynn is coaching for something much bigger than himself. McGuire, whos now the associate head coach at Baylor University. She earned four appearances at the National Tournament in her time spent there. We have a really strong midfield bench who are all extremely talented, Munford said. A San Antonio native who played under legendary football coach D.W. Rutledge at Converse Judson, Scott played linebacker at Sam Houston State. In 1997, he became the first Black head football coach at Cedar Hill High School. Lake Highlands and Byron Nelson advance to play in the 6A Region 1 District Finals, Texas state girls basketball championships: Roundup of the UIL semifinals, How Arlington Martin played a playoff game with only five varsity players, State girls basketball championship schedule, Summit rolls past Timberview for a third time in a Mansfield cross-town showdown, North Crowley boys beat Keller in overtime in Class 6A Region 1 quarterfinals. The Longhorns went 2-8 this season and missed the playoffs for the first time since Lynns first season in 2017. Get up to date news from all over the country! It makes a difference with the learning that takes place, Ward said. We were taught professionalism, wear a suit and tie, show up five minutes early.. He was willing to put in the time. Cedar Hill coach Carlos Lynn has resigned from his position after six seasons at the helm, the school district confirmed to The Dallas Morning News. He arrived at Vista Ridge in 2009 as part of former coach Rodney Vincents original staff. After immediate success coaching in the Atlanta area, he knew the Lone Star State was the quintessential place for the sport, so he returned to the Metroplex. Be sure to vote for your favorite athlete out of the ones listed below! Its really a dream come true to coach girls that are passionate and care deeply about the sport. Give it a try, you can unsubscribe anytime. TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - The Chapel Hill Bulldogs' magical run through the UIL 4A DI playoffs came to an end in Frisco Saturday afternoon when they lost 38-35 to No.1 Austin LBJ. It was the Panthers best season in nearly four decades. Get the week's most popular posts straight to your email inbox. We really bonded, and it set us up going into that 1990 season.. They have five children and three granddaughters, Cedar Hills New Football Coach Plans To Be Involved In Community. Kaidon was a senior and the star. Kaidon and Kylan Salter are brothers and former teammates on the Cedar Hill football team. Ward is just the third Cedar Hill head football coach in the past 20 years, following two former Dave Campbells Texas Football Coaches of the Year. McGuire was offered an assistant position on Charlie Strong's . He made himself available to the community.. Rodney Webb Athletic Director. Ward, 46, was hired earlier this week as the programs newest head coach. County, cities revenue shows increase from last year, Smithville businesses, citizens honored at Chamber banquet. Is Dallas becoming unaffordable due to rising housing costs, inflation and stagnating pay? Former offensive coordinator Joey Saxe takes over the District 26-6A program that has yet to garner a winning record since the programs inception in 2002. Book your stay at Holmsley Caravan Park and Campsite through Camping In The Forest.Phone: (352) 666-0904. Ross built a formidable staff that at one point included Quintero, current Rouse head coach Josh Mann and current Glenn head coach Rob Schoenfeld as well as Carl Abseck, Cedar Parks former head coach who recently left to become the head coach and athletic director at Barbers Hill. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Head Coaching Duties for Men's and Women's Cross Country Recruits and maintains a full roster of distance runners for both the men's and women's cross-country teams Recruits and coaches all distance runners for Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Develops and implements ef This job listing is no longer active. In 1990, he coached Wilmer-Hutchins High School to the Class 4A State Championship, and current Cedar Hill head football coach Carlos Lynn was an offensive/defensive lineman on that team. Woods is a Hall of Fame High School Football Coach, but his accomplishments are significant for several reasons. To be uttered in the same breath as Coach Woods would be a great accomplishment.. We know that hell build a strong culture and make Longhorns everywhere proud of our success.. Ward was the cornerbacks coach in his previous gig in Cedar Hill when the Longhorns advanced to the Class 6A Division II state title game. CSR Broadcast Schedule. He went on to coach in the fast-paced AFL for six seasons, including three as a defensive coordinator. After 20 years as an assistant, he became a head coach for the first time last season when he took the reins from Ross and guided Red Oak to a 9-3 record and its deepest playoff run in school history. One of the strengths of coach Vincent was he was able to build a community and make Cedar Park, or at least our area, kind of Ranger Nation, Scott told the Hill Country News. Woods arrived at W-H from Plano High School where he was an assistant coach for three state championship teams and one state runner-up squad between 1974-1987. Hes covered high school sports yes, pretty much every high school sport for the Star-Telegram ever since. Telephone: 01425 674502 E-mail: [email protected]. Elgin Courier In his words, "It's more than a Cedar Hill thing. Its his first time to be at the helm of a program, but he has a history of success as an assistant. Indians softball is fueled by the arm of senior RHP Sidne Peters. The school received a letter from TAPPS last Friday, notifying TC-Cedar Hill that it had been handed several punishments most notably an immediate exit from the association as well as a five-game suspension for head football coach Andre' Hart. I believe I need to be visible and available for a community that has had a coach like Joey McGuire who made the blueprint. According to the UIL never has a Black head coach officially led a DFW school to the state title on the highest level of Texas football. Cedar Hill competed in a 5A District (largest classification in Texas, at the time) and was significantly smaller than many of its opponents from Arlington ISD, putting the Longhorns at a competitive disadvantage. After falling to UIL 5A State Champ Lake Creek in the 22 Regional Finals, the University of Washington-signee will aim to change the narrative in her swan-song season at Santa Fe. All athlete polls and their content are only associated and created by VYPE Media and its staff. He is expected to begin his new role on March 9. Athletic Department. Heis now at Westwood; former defensive coordinator Roderick Thompson has been named the interim head coach. Posted: Sep 30, 2022 / 11:16 PM CDT. At Cedar Hill, McGuire took on a program that had not recorded a winning season in years and had never won a playoff game. Click here to see which games you can enjoy this week on Champion Sports Radio! Learn how your comment data is processed. With the hiring of Michael Quintero at Cedar Park and the promotion of Chad Scott at Vista Ridge, there are no longer any open head football coaching jobs in the Austin area as fall camps approach next month. Under his watch, the Cougars went to the postseason four times and won a playoff game in 2016. Elgin, TX 78621 *Record tiebreakers are determined by each district through District Executive Committees. Clear Falls 35, Pearland Dawson 14. While there may be new head football coaches this season for the football programs at Cedar Park and Vista Ridge, dont expect much to change for the two Leander school district programs. He said hes counting on their senior leadership to help get the program turned back around. Both were also on the 2021 squad that finished 8-5 and reached the third round of the playoffs. After reaching the Regional Semifinals for the first time in sixteen years, Friendswood softball shows no signs of slowing down. He's worked in print, broadcast and online media. And were real happy for them and proud of their accomplishments but wed like to replace one of them with Cedar Hill, or add our name to that list.. Ward made his high school coaching debut in 2012 at North Gwinnett High School in the Atlanta suburb of Suwanee, Georgia. 105 N. Main St. This is one of those weeks where it crossed his mind. After 10 years, Humberto Garza stepped down and now works as an assistant in the Marble Falls football program. Lynn, who was promoted to defensive coordinator and was on the 2006 State Championship Staff, said there is no doubt that Woods laid the foundation for the Longhorns tradition of success. Cedar Hill got it done with a supreme defensive effort last week taking down Denton Guyer, 27-17, and avenging a heartbreaking playoff loss to the Wildcats a year ago. Copyright © 2012 - var currentTime = new Date();var year = currentTime.getFullYear();document.write(year); Schoolwires, Inc. / All rights reserved. With coach McGuire, there was a reason those stands were packed. LIBERTY HILL, Texas (KXAN) Liberty Hill High School varsity football coach Jeff Walker died on Monday, according to the school district. Lynn, who served as an assistant coach at Cedar Hill from 1999-2007, took over as Cedar Hills head coach in 2017 after now Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire left for Baylor. He's an avid believer. Email Michele Hinojosa (214) 780-3032. In the grand scheme of things, it would be pretty special. P.O. Bryan Hill departs the District 13-5A DII school after one season and a 2-7 record. I got the best of both worlds at Miami. Give it a try, you can unsubscribe anytime. Find more high school sports coverage from The Dallas Morning News here. Ward will have some of the players who were under him before playing for him again this season, such as seniors-to-be Trysten Lester and Dante Wesley. The Leander school board has approved Michael Quintero as the new Cedar Park coach and campus athletic coordinator while Chad Scott was hired for the same positions at Vista Ridge. ARLINGTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Katy High School won its ninth title in school history Saturday afternoon in the UIL 6A Division II championship game against Cedar Hill. Our scholar-athletes, fans and district staff will always have a great appreciation and fond memories of how Coach Lynn served our football program, Cedar Hill athletic director Melanie Benjamin said in a statement Monday. Not yet a subscriber? 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When Woods accepted the Cedar Hill head coaching position in 1997, he hired McGuire to coach the Longhorns secondary. McGuire became the head coach of the Cedar Hill football team in 2002 and has guided the Longhorns to back-to-back state titles. I dont know if I could be more excited, Quintero told the Hill Country News. He won a state title as the defensive coordinator at Cedar Hill in 2006 on a team coached by Joey McGuire. Owner: Cedar Hill ISD County: Dallas Capacity: 8159 Stadium Type: High School Year Opened: 1998 Resource: Track: Yes Soccer: Yes Video Scoreboard: Yes Press Box Elevator: Yes Wheelchair Access: Fair Playing Surface: Artificial Home Teams: Cedar Hill Longhorns Comments: East of Hwy. A Class of 2000 Graduate of Miami, Ward will ensure that his players are College, Career, and Military Ready. At Miami, Ward followed in the footsteps of several legendary defensive backs. January 14, 2021 / 12:25 PM With the history, tradition and pride of our Longhorn athletic family, we are confident that well have a long list of qualified applicants interested in the position of leading Longhorn Football, Benjamins statement said. | Cedar Hill, TX 75104 1 Longhorn Blvd. Former @CHLonghorns assistant coach Calvin Ruzicka is now the head coach @ETBU_Football ; his son, Mason, @Cedar_Hill_HS Graduate, is on the ETBU Football Staff. The 2023 Texas State 7-on-7 Tournament will return to College Station this summer. Box 631 He replaces JJ Resendez, who was reassigned in November. Cedar Hill Football Coach Carlos Lynn Knows More Than A State Championship Is At Stake This Weekend January 14, 2021 / 12:25 PM / CBS Texas DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Have we seen this movie before?. In fact, Ward referenced Aledo when speaking of communities. Lets take a look at all the coaching changes in the Austin areathis offseason. And those are the ethics he works hard to instill in the high school students he coaches, who are preparing for the next level of life, be it in sports or otherwise. The Eagles were 22-15 in district play under Resendez. Hill has eight years of coaching experience, most recently at Smithson Valley High School in Comal ISD under the leadership of father and Athletic Director/Head Coach Larry Hill, and alongside brother Glenn. And hes hoping they can be a part of a new group, DeSoto, South Oak Cliff and Duncanville all of which won state championships this past December. He was the glue that held that team together. In all, the programs in which he has coached have a record of 87-53 in his time with them, including 16-7 in the playoffs. Catching up with the former coach on Zoom, he told CBS 11 Sports, "I want to be remembered as I did the best I could do to get the number of kids I sent to college and the number of kids I sent to pro football.". Theres a reason coach Tim Buchanan and Aledo have won all those state championships, he said. Has participated in Cross Country, Basketball, and Track and, this year, was selected to be the school mascot. Lynn resigned at Cedar Hill in November after a 2-8 season. My goal is not to come in here and change things, my goal is to keep everything consistent, and, hopefully, make it a little bit better.. That came two years. According to a Dallas Morning News article, there were approximately 50 Black head football coaches in Texas in the early 2000s, and that number has tripled. The players and coaches can expect to see a change, Ward said. Rodney Vincent leaves for Shallowater after 12 years and a 68-64 record at the District 25-6A school. The Mustangs roster is loaded from top to bottom, including a trusty bullpen that is led by the first-team, all-district selection Janelle Wilson. After four seasons and a 12-26 record, Elgin moves on from Jens Anderson. Quintero is a former Cedar Park assistant who spent last season as the head coach in Red Oak, a Class 5A school outside of Dallas. advanced to the 2020-21 6A Div. A controversial high-density housing development proposed in Cedar Hill, which has been strongly opposed by many members of the community, remains open after being brought before the Robertson County Planning and Zoning board during their November meeting.The project, submitted by Riley Bros. Land LLC, was originally brought before the planning and zoning board in June. Mustangs girls lacrosse is in good hands, considering Munford has set the precedent of greatness in the program. Coach Richards served Cameron ISD for 4 years as Football Coach and Head . We have a team identity that we live by, and we play knowing that its not just about the sport, but its about honoring God and knowing that they are truly loved on and off the field.. Veteran coach Bobby Acosta arrives from IMG Academy in Florida to take over the District 26-6A school. We need to raise our expectations and set a higher standard the everyone involved. Following the death of his brother, Jeff Walker, during last seasons run to the Class 5A DII semifinals, former defensive coordinator Kent Walker became interim head coach of the District 14-5A DII school. Cedar Hill owes a lot to Coach Woods. For Lynn, who is a Dallas native, he makes his third stop as a head coach. Scott has spent 12 years as a defensive assistant at Vista Ridge . Amos Davidson leaves for an assistant position at Collinsville in North Texas after three seasons, including a 1-9 campaign in District 9-4A DII last season. He created a culture of excellence with specific expectations. Quinteros coaching background is primarily on the defensive side of the ball, where he served as coordinator for Ross at Cedar Park, Colleyville Heritage and Red Oak.