By TexasFootball.com staff
It never takes long for the annual coaching circles to starting turning once the high school football season ends. Check here throughout the offseason for the latest on who is headed where.
| 2012-2013 5A Changes | |||
| School | Old coach | New coach | Notes |
| Austin Anderson | Bill Ramzinsky | Darin Shaw | Interim Ramzinsky is out; five-year DC Shaw is promoted |
| Austin High | L.D. Williams | Mike Rosenthal | Williams resigns; Rosenthal promoted from OL coach |
| Beaumont West Brook | Craig Stump | N/A | Stump leaves for Humble Atascocita |
| Brownsville Hanna | Tom Campos | Rene Medrano | Campos reassigned; Medrano reassigned to Hanna from Pace |
| Brownsville Pace | Rene Medrano | N/A | Medrano requests to be reassigned to ISD rival Hanna |
| Bryan | Bob Bellard | Ross Rogers | Bellard resigns; 200-game winner Rogers comes out of retirement |
| Converse Judson | Jim Rackley | Mark Smith | Rackley retiring after long San Antonio-area career; Smith in from Kerrville Tivy |
| DeSoto | Claude Mathis | N/A | Mathis leaves for RB coach job at UH |
| Dickinson | Warren Trahan | John Snelson | 200-game winner retires in December; former Pas. Memorial coach Snelson takes over |
| FB Willowridge | J.C. McDonald | Shaun McDowell | McDonald leaves after just two seasons; FBISD-product McDowell takes over |
| Flower Mound | Cody Vanderford | Dane Johnson | Johnson comes from HC job at Boerne |
| Harlingen South | Gilbert Leal | N/A | Leal removed after being place on leave in October |
| Humble Atascocita | Dean Colbert | Craig Stump | Colbert resigns after six seasons; Stump in from West Brook |
| Irving | Jim Bennett | Aaron De La Torre | De La Torre was an assistant at Denton Ryan |
| Katy Seven Lakes | Kevin O'Keefe | Lydell Wilson | O'Keefe retiring after 33-year career; Wilson won title in 2007 |
| La Joya | Ray Trdla | George Espinoza | Trdla out after two seasons; Espinoza was a DC at Mission |
| Laredo Cigarroa | Frank De Hoyos | N/A | De Hoyos retires after 31 years with Laredo ISD |
| Laredo United South | Jose Briones | N/A | Briones out after four seasons |
| Lewisville | Dick Olin | Gregg Miller | Olin reassigned after three seasons; Miller was DC at Katy |
| Lufkin | John Outlaw | N/A | Outlaw, a legend, unexpectedly passes away in late December |
| Mission Sharyland | Fred Sanchez | N/A | Sanchez retires from coaching |
| PSJA | Mel Rios | Rich Lucero | Rios moves to assistant AD; Lucero was OC in Houston area |
| Richland | Gene Weir | Ged Kates | Kansas HS legend steps down after nine seasons; Kates in from Arlington Heights |
| Tyler Lee | Randy Huffstickler | N/A | Interim Huffstickler is a candidate for HC job |
| 2012-2013 4A Changes | |||
| School | Old coach | New coach | Notes |
| Austin LBJ | Demo Odems | N/A | Odems takes RB coach job at Montana State |
| Austin Reagan | Paul Darby | Keith Carey | Darby retires after the season; Carey was DC at McCallum |
| Bay City | Robert Blackmon | Dan Burk | Former NFL'er steps down after four seasons; Burk was an assistant at East Texas Baptist |
| CC Moody | Charlie McMath | N/A | McMath resigns, moves to CCISD athletic department |
| Cleburne | Phil Young | N/A | Young's contract not renewed after six seasons |
| Crosby | Kevin Flanigan | Jeff Riordan | Flanigan gone after eight seasons; Riordan was OC at Sulphur Springs |
| Denton | Randy Patzkowski | N/A | Patzkowski resigns after seven tough seasons |
| EP Jefferson | Pete Euzarraga | N/A | Euzarraga dismissed after 13 year tenure |
| Friendswood | Stan Van Meter | N/A | 20-year man steps down from his alma mater |
| FW Arlington Heights | Ged Kates | N/A | Kates leaves after short stay for 5A Richland |
| Greenville | Chawn Cooper | N/A | Cooper asks to be reassigned after two winless seasons |
| Hidalgo | Robin Kirk | Scott Ford | Kirk resigns; Ford comes in from Nacogdoches |
| Houston King | Lydell Wilson | N/A | Wilson leaves for 5A Katy Seven Lakes |
| Kerrville Tivy | Mark Smith | N/A | Highly successful Smith leaves for 5A Converse Judson |
| Kyle Lehman | Steve Davis | N/A | Davis is asked to step down after season |
| La Joya Juarez-Lincoln | Aaron Garcia | Tommy Garcia | The school's first coach is reassigned; Garcia promoted from DC |
| Marble Falls | Cord Woerner | Todd Dodge | Woerner done after eight years; former Southlake Carroll coach Dodge takes over |
| Nacogdoches | Scott Ford | N/A | Ford leaves to take job at Hidalgo |
| Terrell | Darrell Jordan | N/A | Jordan placed on administrative leave after one year |
| Texas City | Tim Finn | N/A | Finn resigns after 2011 season |
| Uvalde | John Livas | Gary Mac Griffin | Livas resigns before season's end; interim Mac Griffin hired |
| Victoria East | Mickey Finley | Roland Gonzalez | Finley retiring after almost 40 years of coaching; Gonzalez in from Cy Springs |
| Waller | Jason Morley | N/A | Morley done after four seasons |
| 2012-2013 3A Changes | |||
| School | Old coach | New coach | Notes |
| Anna | Curren McMahon | N/A | McMahon steps down in November |
| Aransas Pass | Russell Lee | Gary Davenport | Davenport returns from retirement |
| Boerne | Dane Johnson | N/A | Johnson leaves for 5A Flower Mound |
| Burnet | Doyle Walker | Kurt Jones | Walker retires; longtime DC Jones promoted |
| Columbus | Brent Mascheck | David Sine | Mascheck out after seven seasons; Sine in from 2A Sonora |
| Farmersville | Ross Dodson | N/A | Dodson retires at the end of the month |
| Goliad | Mark Cunningham | N/A | Cunningham resigns after two seasons (4-16) |
| Lamesa | Kent Torbert | N/A | Torbert moves to adminstration |
| Lucas Lovejoy | Jim Bob Puckett | N/A | Puckett stays on as athletic director |
| Mexia | Paul Weaver | N/A | Weaver done after two seasons |
| 2012-2013 2A Changes | |||
| School | Old coach | New coach | Notes |
| Anson | Cameron Cox | Keith Woolf | Woolf was an assistant at Frisco Heritage |
| Boyd | J.G. Cartwright | N/A | Cartwright retires from Boyd after 35 seasons |
| Clyde | David Ritchey | Rocky Smart | Smart in from Seymour |
| Comanche | Jeryl Brixey | N/A | Brixey resigns after five seasons |
| Hardin | Larry Haynes | N/A | Haynes leaves for other opportunities |
| Hebbronville | Robert Gomez | Don Davis | Davis was last a head coach at Laredo Martin in 2010 |
| Marlin | Keith Willis | N/A | Willis resigns after three seasons |
| Natalia | Jeff Neely | N/A | Neely out after two seasons |
| Slaton | Grady Benton | Chad Terry | Benton resigns; Terry was OC at Lubbock Coronado |
| Sonora | David Sine | N/A | Successful Sine takes 3A Columbus job |
| Trinity | Chuck Langston | N/A | Langston done after three seasons |
| 2012-2013 1A Changes | |||
| School | Old coach | New coach | Notes |
| Holland | Ronny Allen | N/A | Allen done after five seasons |
| La Villa | Gene Garza | Danny Perez | Garza resigns; Perez promoted from DC spot |
| Overton | Bo Talkington | N/A | Talkington resigns after second season; Barton was assistant at New Caney |
| Timpson | Kenny Washington | James Conway | Conway takes over in early February |
| Woodsboro | Brad Vickers | N/A | Vickers resigns after five seasons for sales job in the energy industry |
| 2012-2013 Private School Changes | |||
| School | Old coach | New coach | Notes |
| Houston Christian | Mike Johnston | N/A | Longtime Katy coach retires from the business |
| Shiner St. Paul | Paul Johnston | N/A | Johnston out after one season |
| 2012-2013 New Schools | |||
| School | Old coach | New coach | Notes |
| College Station High | N/A | Steve Huff | Huff is a former A&M Consolidated assistant |
| Edinburg Vela | N/A | Michael Salinas | Edinburg grad is first-ever coach at Vela |
| Mansfield Lake Ridge | N/A | Kirk Thor | Thor comes from Mansfield ISD administration |
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