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. These changes have taken place after the 2012 regular season.
| 2013-2014 5A Changes | |||
| School | Old coach | New coach | Notes |
| Alief Hastings | Greg Alexander | David Martel | Alexander done after seven seasons; Martel in from Hardin-Jefferson |
| Arlington Bowie | Kenny Perry | N/A | Perry takes HS liaison job at TCU |
| Austin Del Valle | Courtney Wash | Charles Burton | Wash stay in district as co-AD; Burton was an assistant at FB Dulles |
| Brownsville Lopez | Mike Ramirez | Jason Starkey | Ramirez resigns to take HC job at Carrollton Turner; Starkey promoted from OC |
| Brownsville Porter | Hector Garcia | Tom Campos | Garcia resigns after four years; Campos takes over through lawsuit |
| Carrollton Turner | Tyrone Larkins | Mike Ramirez | Larkins' tenure as coach ends with move to administration; Ramirez in from Brownsville Lopez |
| Cibolo Steele | Mike Jinks | Scott Lehnhoff | Jinks leaves to become RB coach at Texas Tech; Lehnhoff promoted from OC |
| Clear Springs | Clint Hartman | Frank Maldonado | Hartman leaves for SA East Central, his alma mater; Maldonado promoted from DC |
| Conroe | Roger Holtkamp | Robert Walker | Holtkamp steps down; Walker in from 5A SA East Central |
| Del Rio | Steve Hoffman | N/A | Hoffman leaves for historically potent Corsicana (4A) |
| Donna | Manny Moreno | Ramiro Leal | Moreno resigns to become Donna ISD AD; Leal promoted from OC |
| Eagle Pass Winn | George Ruiz | Eric Villasenor | Ruiz reassigned after four seasons; Villasenor was OC at Eagle Pass |
| EP Bel Air | Phil Lopez | Tony Cervantes | Lopez done after six seasons at Bel Air; Cervantes, a Bel Air grad, was the DC at Clint Horizon |
| Irving Nimitz | Stephen Hohenberger | N/A | Hohenberger leaves for 3A Paris |
| Killeen Ellison | Buddy McBryde | Trent Gregory | McBryde resigns after five years; Gregory was an assistant at Vandegrift |
| McAllen | Tony Harris | Kevin Brewer | Harris reassigned after 17 years on the job; Brewer was OC at Rowlett |
| Mesquite Horn | Rodney Webb | Mike Overton | Webb leaves for Rockwall job; Overton moves within ISD from West Mesquite |
| North Crowley | Keeath Magee | Eugene Rogers | Magee steps down after three years; former staffer Rogers returns as HC |
| Odessa Permian | Gary Gaines | Blake Feldt | Veteran coach Gaines, 63, steps down; Feldt in from Buda Hays |
| Plano East | Johnny Ringo | N/A | Ringo announces resignation in late April |
| PSJA | Rich Lucero | Steve Marroquin | Lucero steps down after one year (1-9); Marroquin was OC at PSJA Memorial |
| PSJA North | Bruce Bush | Steve Flores | Bush, who won more than 260 games, retires; Flores was OC at Economedes |
| Rockwall | Scott Smith | Rodney Webb | Smith steps down for another coaching opportunity; Webb in from Mesquite Horn |
| Rowlett | Kiff Hardin | Doug Stephens | Hardin, at Rowlett since 2001, steps down in November; Stephens was OC at Sachse |
| SA East Central | Robert Walker | Clint Hartman | Walker leaves after great success for Conroe; Hartman, an East Central grad, in from Clear Springs |
| SA Jay | Bobby Jack Goforth | N/A | Goforth leaves for 3A Caldwell, his alma mater |
| SA Marshall | Keith Kaiser | Tim Williams | Williams, DC at SA Holmes, named in late January |
| SA Roosevelt | Neal La Hue | Matt Carroll | La Hue leaves for Buda Hays job; Carroll in from Waco University |
| SA Stevens | Lee Bridges | N/A | Bridges leaves for vacant Leander (4A) job |
| South Houston | C.L. Whittington | Dwayne Lane | Whittington resigns for family reasons; Lane was OC at Dickinson |
| Spring Dekaney | Willie Amendola | Anthony Williams | Amendola promoted to ISD assistant AD; Williams promoted from OC |
| Weatherford | Reid Waller | Weldon Nelms | Waller resigns after three seasons with 'Roos; Nelms comes from 3A Wimberley |
| Weslaco East | Armando Cuellar | Mike Burget | Cuellar retires after 38-year run in coaching; Burget promoted from OC |
| 2013-2014 4A Changes | |||
| School | Old coach | New coach | Notes |
| Bastrop | Gerald Perry | N/A | Perry reassigned, DC Todd Patmon named interim |
| Beaumont Central | Andrew Washington | Toby Foreman | Washington reassigned after four seasons; Foreman was an assistant at La Marque |
| Beaumont Ozen | Jeff Nelson | Keeath Magee | Nelson out after four seasons at the helm; Magee in from North Crowley |
| Beeville Jones | Troy Moses | N/A | Moses resigns for other job opportunities |
| Boerne Champion | Danny Threadgill | Keith Kaiser | Threadgill announces retirement after season; Kaiser in from SA Marshall |
| Buda Hays | Blake Feldt | Neal La Hue | Feldt leaves for Odessa Permian after two years |
| Corsicana | Phil Castles | Steve Hoffman | Popular Castles leaves for 3A Henderson; Hoffman in from Del Rio with 47-24 mark |
| Dumas | Mike Burt | Chad Dunnam | Burt takes over at 4A Joshua; Dunnam was DC at Amarillo Tascosa |
| Edcouch-Elsa | Joe Solis | Jose Marichalar | Solis removed from position after season; Marichalar promoted from assistant job |
| FB Willowridge | Shaun McDowell | N/A | Quick stint ends in McDowell's departure for Richmond Foster |
| FW Arlington Heights | Todd Whitten | Phil Young | Whitten leaves for WR coach job at UTEP; Young promoted from OC |
| Galveston Ball | Tony Valastro | Kimble Anders | Valastro steps down and away from coaching entirely; Anders, an alum, was a Pro Bowl FB with Kansas City |
| Hutto | Steve Hale | N/A | Hale leaves for Medina Valley, down in South Texas |
| Joshua | Jerry Bird | Mike Burt | Bird resigns in mid-February; Burt in from 4A Dumas |
| Leander | Clint Harper | Lee Bridges | Harper leaves for his alma mater, Marshall; veteran Bridges in from SA Stevens |
| Lockhart | Paul Kilby | Brian Herman | Kilby leaves for 3A Sweeny; Herman in from Eustace |
| Marshall | Alex Richters | Clint Harper | Richters reassigned after difficult 1-9 season; alum Harper in from Leander |
| Medina Valley | Brian Emerson | Steve Hale | Emerson leaves for 3A Lampasas job; Hale in from 4A Hutto |
| Pharr Valley View | Christian Navarro | Baldo Pena | Navarro leaves for AD job at Edcouch-Elsa; Pena was OC at Geronimo Navarro |
| Richmond Foster | Mark Wiatrek | Shaun McDowell | Wiatrek, one of coaching's best guys, retires after 24 years as a HC; McDowell in from Willowridge |
| Royse City | Greg Strahm | David Petroff | Strahm out after five seasons; Petroff was DC at Hewitt Midway |
| SA McCollum | Carl Klann | Juan Hinojosa | Klann resigns after ten seasons at the helm; Hinojosa was the HC at Pearsall |
| Waco University | Matt Carroll | N/A | Carroll resigns to pursue other coaching opportunities |
| West Mesquite | Mike Overton | Jeff Neill | Overton takes the open job at ISD rival Mesquite Horn; Neill promoted from OC |
| Whitehouse | Randy McFarlin | Adam Cook | McFarlin's contract was not renewed at end of year; Cook promoted from OC |
| Wichita Falls | Jayson Lavender | Danny Russell | Lavender resigns after four tough years; Russell was DC at Garland |
| 2013-2014 3A Changes | |||
| School | Old coach | New coach | Notes |
| Amarillo River Road | Jayme Carr | Phillip Wiggins | Carr leaves River Road for an assistant's job at Hebron; Wiggins in from 1A Vega |
| Anthony | Ramiro Esparza | Michael Stephenson | Anthony changes coach for sixth time in seven years; Stephenson well-known in El Paso |
| Bandera | Larry Prince | David Sine | Prince's run done after six seasons |
| Brownsboro | Ty Thomison | N/A | Thomison resigns for personal reasons |
| Brownwood | Bob Shipley | N/A | Shipley takes Football Analyst role at University of Texas |
| Caldwell | Kenneth Gilchrist | Bobby Jack Goforth | Gilchrist leaves after one year to return to Whitney; Goforth returns to alma mater from SA Jay |
| Columbus | David Sine | N/A | Sine leaves after short tenure to take over at Bandera |
| Dallas Roosevelt | John Simon | Tommy Bonds | Simon leaves for assistant's job at the college level; Bonds was DC at Dallas Kimball |
| Hardin-Jefferson | David Martel | Dwayne DuBois | Martel leaves for 5A Alief Hastings; DuBois was OC at Vidor |
| Henderson | Dickey Meeks | Phil Castles | 200-game winner Meeks leaves for Pittsburg; Castles in from Corsicana |
| Hidalgo | Scott Ford | N/A | East Texas native leaves for 2A Elysian Fields |
| Houston Yates | Ronald Miller | Jeff Ceasar | Ceasar was an assistant at Baytown Lee |
| Houston Washington | Barry Minter | Stacie Pierson | Minter resigns after extremely brief offseason tenure; Pierson was an assistant at Aldine Nimitz |
| Lampasas | Jimmy Randolph | Brian Emerson | Randolph resigns to spend more time with family; Emerson in from 4A Medina Valley |
| Levelland | Gary Gutierrez | N/A | Gutierrez out after four seasons |
| Liberty | Shane Deel | Chad Taylor | Deel resigns after five years on the job; Taylor was the OC at La Porte |
| Lubbock Cooper | John Windham | Max Kattwinkel | Windham takes AD role as HC/AD job seperates for first time; Kattwinkel promoted from OC |
| Paris | Barry Bowman | Stephen Hohenberger | Bowman leaves for DC job at Longview Pine Tree; Hohenberger in from Irving Nimitz |
| Pearsall | Juan Hinojosa | N/A | Hiniojosa out after just two seasons |
| Pittsburg | Robert Manley | Dickey Meeks | Manley steps down for family reasons; Meeks in from Henderson, won title in 2010 |
| Princeton | Stacey Dillard | Lee Wilkins | Dillard promoted to athletic director, drops coach role; Wilkins promoted from DC spot |
| Progreso | Elvis Hernandez | Tom Salazar | Hernandez's long tenure ends with 1-8 season; Salazar promoted |
| Sweeny | Brett Sawyer | Paul Kilby | Sawyer finished after just three seasons; Kilby in from Lockhart |
| West | Sam Gillespie | David Woodard | Gillespie steps aside, Woodard promoted from DC spot |
| Wimberley | Weldon Nelms | Doug Warren | Nelms leaves for 5A Weatherford; Warren promoted from OC |
| 2013-2014 2A Changes | |||
| School | Old coach | New coach | Notes |
| Aransas Pass | Gary Davenport | Antonio Villalon | Davenport resigns to take assistant's job at George West |
| Bogata Rivercrest | Allen Cross | N/A | Cross leaves for job at Tom Bean |
| Colorado City | Frank Johnson | N/A | Johnson leaves for fellow 2A Holliday |
| Corsicana Mildred | Patrick Harvell | Billy Dan Chambliess | Harvell resigns after taking team to state finals; Chambliess promoted from DC |
| Early | Brad Bowden | Kent Hawthorne | Bowden reassigned after three straight playoff misses; Hawthorne was an assistant at Refugio |
| Elysian Fields | Eric King | Scott Ford | King resigns after lengthy contract renewal process; Ford in from 3A Hidalgo |
| Eustace | Brian Herman | N/A | Herman leaves for 4A Lockhart |
| Falfurrias | Joe Rios | Max McGhee | Rios leaves for open Hebbronville |
| Freer | Scott Smithey | N/A | Smithey out with an 11-19 record over three years |
| George West | Tim Holt | Jay Newberry | Holt now looking for other coaching jobs; Newberry moves from principal spot |
| Hebbronville | Don Davis | Joe Rios | Hebbronville open after frustrating 0-10 season; Rios in from Falfurrias |
| Hemphill | Ken Stanley | John Launius | Stanley out after just two years, 6-14 mark; Launius was OC at La Marque |
| Holliday | Cody Patton | Frank Johnson | Patton out as Holliday condenses HC/AD job; Johnson in from Colorado City |
| Idalou | Don Long | Jeff Lofton | Long surprisingly steps down after just two years; Lofton promoted from assistant's job |
| Mathis | Ronnie Molina | Tim Holt | Molina resigns; Holt in from George West |
| New Boston | Rick Barker | Jamey Thomas | Barker takes head coaching job in Arkansas; Thomas was OC |
| Olton | Ed Perez | N/A | Perez leaves for 1A Ozona |
| Palacios | Mike Treybig | Brad Bowden | Treybig resigning to pursue other interests; Bowden was the coach at Early |
| Paris Chisum | Don Hasley | Bo Wasurick | Tough stretch at Chisum ends in resignation; Wasurick was OC at Rockwall-Heath |
| Prairiland | Glen Schuelke | N/A | Long-time coach Schuelke steps down |
| Queen City | Buddy Ray | Eric Droddy | Droddy was DC through last year's 5-5 finish |
| Rice Consolidated | Brad Dumont | N/A | Dumont retires after 14 seasons |
| Salado | Glenn Talbott | Brent Graham | Talbott resigns after nine years with Salado ISD; Graham was DC at 4A Sherman |
| Santa Rosa | Joshua Gonzalez | Arturo Garcia | Gonzalez steps down after six years, 34-33 record; Garcia was DC at PSJA |
| Tom Bean | Torrey Price | Allen Cross | Price steps down after two seasons; Cross in from Rivercrest |
| Tulia | Randy Scott | Donny Gray | Scott resigns after three years; Gray was OC at North Dallas |
| Wallis Brazos | Barry Minter | Mike Bonewald | Bonewald was OC at Boerne Champion |
| Whitewright | Jack Wylie | Wes Rhoten | Wylie steps down after two-year tenure; Rhoten was the OC at Robinson |
| Whitney | Craig Stanton | Kenneth Gilchrist | Stanton out after just one season; Gilchrist returns after one season away |
| 2013-2014 1A Changes | |||
| School | Old coach | New coach | Notes |
| Archer City | Josh Castles | Don Hasley | Castles resigns to become elementary school principal; Hasley in from Paris Chisum |
| Dawson | Scott Hawkins | N/A | Hawkins resigns after 0-10 season |
| Eldorado | Danny Wilhelm | N/A | Wilhelm retires at the end of the school year |
| Grapeland | Jerry Richards | N/A | Richards resigns after season |
| Irion County | Brian Hastings | N/A | Hastings resigns in late February |
| Itasca | Bobby Campbell | N/A | Campbell's job open after a short run |
| La Villa | Danny Perez | Jose Salinas | Perez leaves for DC job at Edcouch-Elsa; Salinas returns for second stint at La Villa |
| Lockney | Malcom Moerbe | Jay Ragland | Moerbe out after almost a decade; Ragland takes first HC job |
| Maud | Matt Langley | N/A | Langley resigns to pursue other interests |
| Monte Alto | Roy Garza | Cesar Castillo | Garza not retained after the school's first varsity year; Castillo was a PSJA assistant |
| Olney | Gunter Rodriguez | Hugh Farmer | Rodriguez resigns after four years; Farmer was a HC in Oklahoma |
| Ozona | Ray Brown | Ed Perez | Brown resigns for personal reasons after three seasons; Perez in from Olton |
| Runge | Ken Wallace | Matthew Wright | Wallace resigns in offseason; Wright takes over in early May |
| San Angelo TLC | David Taylor | N/A | Taylor resigning after three years, 6-24 mark |
| Santa Gertrudis | Wally Moon | Stuart Burleson | Burleson promoted from assistant's job |
| Santa Maria | Frank Muir | N/A | Muir finishes after just one year as a head coach |
| Shelbyville | Jim Bradford | N/A | Bradford steps down in early March |
| Springlake-Earth | Stan Caffey | John Caffey | Caffey leaves for Winters job; son and OC John promoted |
| Union Hill | Jerry Brakel | N/A | Brakel steps down for Killeen Ellison OC job |
| Vega | Phillip Wiggins | N/A | Wiggins leaves for 3A Amarillo River Road |
| Winters | Adam Bright | Stan Caffey | Bright steps down after one season (2-8) |
| 2013-2014 Six-man Changes | |||
| School | Old coach | New coach | Notes |
| Gordon | Shane Mallory | Jerry Burkhart | Mallory replaced by DCTF's reigning six-man Coach of the Year |
| Richland Springs | Jerry Burkhart | N/A | Burkhart, 135-5 at Richland Springs, leaves for Gordon |
| Sterling City | Clyde Parham | N/A | Parham leaving after five years and 33-26 record |
| 2013-2014 Private School Changes | |||
| School | Old coach | New coach | Notes |
| EP Cathedral | Rudy Forti | N/A | Forti finishes up six-year career at Cathedral |
| 2013-2014 New School Changes | |||
| School | Old coach | New coach | Notes |
| Donna North | N/A | Tommy Sauceda | Sauceda was the DC at Donna |
| Katy Tompkins | N/A | Tony Tademy | Tademy has been a LB coach at TCU and assistant at Duncanville |
