| School | Old Coach | New Coach | Notes |
| Aldine Eisenhower | Darryl Phipps | Ray Evans | Assistant Ray Evans promoted from DC position |
| Arlington Sam Houston | George McFarland | Danny Edelman | Houston 0-9 in '07 after 2-8 record the year before |
| Bastrop | Ron Schroeder | Gerald Perry | Schroeder one and done; Perry the former Plano East OC |
| Corpus Christi Ray | Roland Gonzalez | Randy Perez | Gonzalez named coach at 5A Cy Springs; Perez formerly at Austin Lanier |
| Cypress Lakes (new school in '10) | N/A | Robert Blackshear | Blackshear leaving Cy Springs to start new program |
| Cypress Ranch (new school in '10) | N/A | Gene Johnson | Johnson starting up Cy Ranch after leaving FB Hightower |
| Cypress Springs | Robert Blackshear | Roland Gonzalez | Blackshear named first coach at Cypress Lakes; Gonzalez leaving CC Ray |
| DeSoto | Dave Meadows | Claude Mathis | Meadows named AD only; Mathis leaving Austin LBJ after three playoff trips in three years |
| Duncanville | Dan Schreiber | Jeff Dicus | Dicus the architect of Lake Travis' program |
| Edinburg | Robert Vela | Joey Caceres | Caceres promoted from interim to replace beloved Valley coach Vela, a cancer victim last August |
| Fort Bend Clements | Jeff Hulme | Keith Knowles | Hulme leaving after 13-1 season to take over at Mansfield; Knowles promoted from DC job |
| Fort Bend Hightower | Gene Johnson | Shane Hallmark | Johnson takes over newly-opened Cy Ranch; Hallmark DC the past 3 years |
| Fort Bend Marshall | Dennis Brantley | Darryl Phipps | Brantley built one of best defenses in Houston area |
| Granbury | Mark Wright | Scotty Pugh | Granbury still after first playoff berth since '77; Pugh the former Highland Park OC |
| Katy Morton Ranch | Jim Shewmake | Scott Svendsen | Former John Tyler OC once a Katy High assistant |
| Katy Taylor | John Campbell | Flint Risen | Campbell at Taylor just one year; Risen formerly an SMU assistant |
| Killeen Ellison | Bret Boyd | Buddy McBride | Boyd taking over new Baytown HS; McBride promoted from DC position |
| Klein Collins | Mike Konicki | Drew Svoboda | Svoboda in after cancer claims life of beloved coach Konicki |
| Laredo United South | Joe Sendejar | Jose Briones | Sendejar moves to CC Tuloso-Midway; Briones former OC at nearby United |
| La Joya Palmview (new school) | N/A | Manuel Flores | Flores comes from La Joya, where he was DC |
| Mansfield | Kirk Thor | Jeff Hulme | Fresh off playoff trip, Thor moves to asst. AD role for MISD; Hulme formerly HC at FB Clements |
| Mesquite | Steve Halpin | Robbie Robinson | Robinson promoted after 13 years as an assistant |
| Mesquite Horn | Don Payne | Rodney Webb | Payne the only coach in Horn's six-year history; Webb coming from Royse City |
| Pasadena | Wes Bryant | Jeff Ganske | Bryant retiring after 42 years in the business |
| Plano | Gerald Brence | Jaydon McCullough | Brence takes over as Plano AD; McCullough promoted from within |
| PSJA Memorial | Joe R. Sanchez | Gus Cavasos | Sanchez moving to Mission as AD; Cavasos steps up from 3A Rio Hondo |
| PSJA North | Orlando Garcia | Bruce Bush | Garcia moves up to AD of PSJA; Bush has 233 career wins |
| San Antonio Brandeis (new school) | N/A | Jim Campbell | Campbell named first-ever coach |
| San Antonio Johnson (new school) | N/A | Ron Rittimann | Rittiman leaves OC post from nearby Madison |
| South Garland | Mickey Moss | Keith Wright | Moss taking 4A Rockwall-Heath opening; Wright led Farmersville to 2A DI title in '07 |
| South Grand Prairie | David Fischer | Rob Davies | Fischer stepping down; Davies an SGP assistant the past 13 years |
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| School | Old Coach | New Coach | Notes |
| Arlington Seguin | Ricky Albus | Carlos Lynn | Lynn formerly DC at Cedar Hill |
| Austin Johnston | Demo Odems | Steve Riojas | Riojas promoted from within |
| Austin LBJ | Claude Mathis | Demo Odems | Mathis taking the step up to 5A DeSoto; Odems in from nearby Johnston |
| Austin Lanier | Randy Perez | Odis Jones | Perez to CC Ray; Jones moves up from asst. position |
| Bay City | Danny Edelman | Robert Blackmon | Edelman leaves for Arlington Houston after one year; former Baylor/NFL star Blackmon promoted |
| Baytown Goose Creek Memorial (new school) | N/A | Bret Boyd | First-year school hires Boyd away from Killeen Ellison |
| CC Tuloso-Midway | Alex Richards | Joe Sendejar | Richards coached just one season at T-M; Sendejar comes from 5A United South |
| Dallas A. Maceo Smith | Lonnie Calahan | Elzie Barnett | Calahan out after 7 seasons; Barnett promoted from within DISD |
| Dallas Bryan Adams | Eric Carter | Derick Roberson | Carter hired this spring, but then bolts for 4A Manor; Roberson a former Skyline assistant |
| Dallas Conrad (new school) | N/A | Darren Duke | Veteran assistant Conrad's first-ever coach |
| Dallas Kimball | Darrell Jordan | Tommy Bonds | Jordan now head man at La Marque |
| El Paso High | Ron Dentinger | Ronnie Hernandez | Hernandez leaves OC job at rival Jefferson |
| FW Arlington Heights | Duke Christian | Steve Hale | Christian, 65, retiring after posting 49-34 mark; Hale formerly the Sulphur Springs DC |
| FW Brewer | Mark Cunningham | Paul Sharr | Cunningham accepts buyout; Sharr moves over from Flower Mound assistant job |
| FW Trimble Tech | Gerry Magin | John Naylor | Naylor's father coached at Trimble Tech for 25 years |
| Greenville | Jeff Cordell | Jim Phillips | Cordell takes 3A Andrews job; Phillips comes from successful 11-year run at Waller |
| Houston Washington | Joel K. North | Mark Taplin-McMillan | Taplin-McMillan leaves OC post at nearby 5A Eisenhower |
| Houston Yates | Clarence McKinney | Ronald Miller | McKinney joins Kevin Sumlin's UH staff; Miller a 27-year Yates assistant |
| Jacksonville | Randy Copeland | Steve Wells | Wells moves over from Mineola |
| Lake Travis | Jeff Dicus | Chad Morris | Dicus to Duncanville after taking LT to 4A DII title; Morris comes from Stephenville |
| La Joya Juarez-Lincoln (new school) | N/A | Aaron Garcia | First-year school will start under former La Joya assistant |
| La Marque | Chris Jones | Darrell Jordan | Jones abruptly resigns after one season; Jordan coached 7 years at Dallas Kimball |
| Laredo LBJ | MIke Medina | Oscar Villasenor | Medina first coach in LBJ history; Villasenor back as head coach after one-year hiatus |
| Manor | Eugene Rogers | Eric Carter | Last year's 8-3 mark was best in three years under Rodgers; Carter comes from Dallas area |
| Rockwall-Heath | Tam Hollingshead | Mickey Moss | Hollingshead taking a college job; Moss leaves 5A South Garland |
| Royse City | Rodney Webb | Gary Strahm | RC, moving up from 3A, loses Webb to 5A Horn; Strahm the DC the past 2 years |
| Saginaw | Mike Lebby | Chris Wilde | Lebby steps down from third-year program; Wilde spent 10 years at 2A Hamilton |
| San Angelo Lake View | Tim Reid | Sterlin Gilbert | Gilbert, a former Lake View QB, leaves assistant job at Abilene Cooper |
| SA Burbank | Ed Escamilla | Joe Castillo | Castillo was OC at Mckinney North last year |
| SA Sam Houston | Russell Tatum | Gary Green | Green played at Sam Houston in the 70's |
| Stephenville | Chad Morris | Joe Gillespie | Morris leaves for defending 4A DII champ Lake Travis; Gillespie promoted |
| Waco University | leroy Coleman | Matt Carroll | Venerable Coleman retiring; Carroll former OC at SA Reagan |
| Waller | Jim Phillips | Jason Morley | Phillips to Greenville; Morley promoted from OC |
| Willis | Mack Malone | Audie Jackson | Jackson arrives after serving as DC at Dallas Hillcrest |
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| School | Old Coach | New Coach | Notes |
| Andrews | Blaine Springston | Jeff Cordell | Springston leaves program in good shape; Cordell the lucky winner among 100-plus applicants |
| Aransas Pass | Percy Larsen | Russell Lee | AP has posted back-to-back 3-7 seasons; Lee formerly on CC Flour Bluff staff |
| Atlanta | Ben Scharnberg | Ronnie Melton | 20-year Atlanta veteran moving to admin; Melton a longtime assistant |
| Breckenridge | Jeff Berry | David Fambrough | Berry steps down after just one year; Fambrough led Seymour to 1A DI title game in '07 |
| Brookshire Royal | Jose Martinez | David Walthal | 5-5 team returns 19 starters next fall |
| Emory Rains | Ken Little | Brandon Kidd | Rains coming off back-to-back postseason trips |
| Fairfield | David Haynes | Darrell Piske | Haynes lasts just two years; Piske leaving 1A Valley Mills |
| Farmersville | Keith Wright | Ross Dodson | Back in 3A, Farmers lose Wright to South Garland; Dodson had outstanding success at 3A Breckenridge |
| Gainesville | Matt Young | Ricky Lock | G-ville went 1-9 the past two years; Lock in from Gonzales |
| Gladewater Sabine | David Feaster | Jerry Baker | Baker a former Lewisville assistant |
| Glen Rose | Erik Slaughter | Tommy Dunn | Slaughter resigns; veteran assistant Dunn takes over |
| Gonzales | Ricky Lock | Kris MIcheaux | Lock to Gainesville; Micheaux, ex-Baylor standout, the former DC |
| Hillsboro | Casey Creghan | Brad Boyd | Woolf comes over from Brownwood's program |
| Ingram Tom Moore | Bob Walters | Tim Clarkson | Moore in a very loaded district after realignment |
| Liberty | Jeff Stewart | Shane Deel | Deel former 5A Bryan DC |
| Lovejoy (new school) | N/A | Jim Bob Puckett | Puckett first coach in Lovejoy (just east of Allen) history |
| Mexia | Larry Adair | Lee Wiginton | Adair steped down from duties but remains AD; Wiginton comes from successful stint at 2A Comfort |
| Mineola | Steve Wells | Joe Drennon | Wells goes to 4A Jax; Drennon formerly at Mildred (L-E before) |
| Palestine | Glen Tunstall | Booker Bowie | Tunstall reassigned; interim tag removed from HC/AD Bowie |
| Poteet | Gary Robinson | Randy Palmer | Palmer leaves OC post at Pleasanton |
| Princeton | Jim Staley | Stacey Dillard | Staley out after six seasons; Dillard inherits team with 32-year playoff drought |
| Rio Hondo | Gus Cavasos | Rocky James | Cavasos leaving for 5A PSJA Memorial; James moves up from DC role |
| Rusk | Wayne Mahaffey | Ted Patton | Mahaffey reassigned; Patton leaving 2A Elysian Fields |
| San Diego | Tom Carerra | Ismael Ochoa | Ochoa inherits winless team |
| Tornillo | Don Benson | Eric Scogin | Scogin inheriting a team winless in district last year |
| Wharton | Gary Van Sant | Stacy Hunt | Van Sant lasts but a season; Hunt leaving 1A Granger |
| Wills Point | Mark Bachtel | Kevin Garvin | Bachtel reassigned; Garvin formerly Rockwall's asst. head coach |
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| School | Old Coach | New Coach | Notes |
| Alba-Golden | Paul Frye | Billy Stone | Fry now a JT assistant; Stone promoted |
| Amarillo Highland Park | Victor Soliz | Bryan Gerlich | HP has but two wins in past three years |
| Bangs | Eddie Pettit | Chuck Lipsey | Pettit reassigned within Bangs; Lipsey moves over from Whitewright |
| Bells | Danny Williams | Charles Boles | Boles comes from Muenster Sacred Heart |
| Blooming Grove | Ronnie Wilson | Scott Doring | Doring leaves DC post at nearby Corsicana |
| Bloomington | Shawn Brown | Lonnie Goad | Brown lasts a year; Goad in from DC post at Sealy |
| Clarksville | Phillip Eddins | Dewaski Davis | Dewaski leaves HC/AD job at Queen City to replace Eddins, who coached just one year at CHS |
| Comfort | Lee Wiginton | Keith Muehlstein | Wiginton takes over at 3A Mexia; Muehlstein leaves DC post at Beaumont Central |
| Daingerfield | Randall Hugg | Barry Bowman | Bowman moves up from OC job |
| Eastland | Mike Schlentz | Brian Hulett | Eastland 2-8 the past two seasons |
| Edna | Rob Schoenfeld | Mike Pierce | Schoenfeld pursuing admin role; Pierce OC at 4A Terry since 2001 |
| Elkhart | Jason Ives | Tim Lewis | Ives resigns after five years with Elks |
| Elysian Fields | Ted Patton | Jack Parker | Patton moving up to 3A Rusk; Parker a former Carthage assistant |
| Freer | Joseph Alvarado | Eliseo Aguero | The former Lytle DC inherits a .500 team |
| Hamilton | Chris Wilde | N/A | Wilde successful for 10 years, but heads to Saginaw |
| Kenedy | Tim Collins | Mike Ramirez | Ramirez, Harlingen South's DC last year, takes over winless team |
| Linden-Kildare | JD Russell | Jerry Bennett | East Texas native Bennett formerly of SMU staff |
| Lubbock Roosevelt | Shane Lothman | Greg Poyner | Poyner formerly Muleshoe's DC |
| New Diana | Terry McDaniel | Roger Adams | McDaniel stepping down after 6 seasons; Adams was Hallsville's head man from 98-04 |
| Nixon-Smiley | Marcos Pina | James Duprie | Duprie leaves OC post at Comfort |
| Odem | David Kleinhans | Roy Carroll Jr. | Kleinhans out after 10 seasons, 73-37 record |
| Omaha Paul Pewitt | Brian Huckabay | Reggie Kumrow | Huckabay moving with family; Kumrow promoted from within |
| Ore City | Derrek Simmons | Bobby Chadwick | OC slumped to second straight 1-9 record |
| Palmer | Brian Garrison | Michael Scott | Garrison, moving into administration, took Palmer to its only two playoff berths in school history |
| Post | Tim James | Chris Jones | Jones in after one year at La Marque |
| Poth | Jerry Bonewald | Andrew King | Bonewald retiring after 12 seasons; King leaves 28-2A rival Stockdale |
| Premont | Chuck Anders | N/A | Anders leaves behind 17 returning starters for his replacement |
| Queen City | Dewaski Davis | Kenny Duck | Davis moves to fellow 2A Clarksville; Duck formerly a McKinney North assistant |
| Redwater | David Hoff | Jeff Stine | Hoff abruptly moved to admin role after 6 years; Stine leaves OC post at 5A Richland |
| Rogers | John Stillwell | N/A | Stillwell resigns despite 42-18 record at Rogers |
| S&S Consolidated | Billy Edwards | Ashby Porter | Porter formerly the Anna defensive coordinator |
| Stockdale | Andrew King | Jim Wood | Wood in for King, who takes job at Poth |
| Valley View | Scott Smiley | Terry Felderhoff | Smiley leaves for private school job |
| Van Vleck | Doug McRorey | Michael O'Guin | McRorey reassigned; O'Guin was top assistant at 5A FB Marshall |
| Weimar | Tim Lewis | Kent Hawthorne | Lewis steps down to pursue coaching jobs in Oklahoma; Hawthorne comes from Cumby |
| Whitewright | Chuck Lipsey | Dale Trompler | Lipsey leaves for Bangs; Trompler a former HC at Wolfe City |
| Yorktown | Chuck Black | Kerry Huddleston | Black resigns after three seasons |
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| School | Old Coach | New Coach | Notes |
| Agua Dulce | Don Gronbach | Kelly Black | Agua Dulce's playoff drought dates to 1988' Black formerly Beeville's DC |
| Baird | Kevin Hill | N/A | 1-9 Bears looking for new HC |
| Blue Ridge | Joe Watson | N/A | BR, down from 2A, losing Watson to asst. position at Howe |
| Booker | Rob Pinckard | Craig Jackson | Pinckard a 26-year Booker staple |
| Bosqueville | John Bachtel | Clint Zander | Zander promoted within system |
| Bruni | Arturo Lozano | Arturo Lozano Jr. | Bruni made only two playoff appearances in school history under Lozano, whose son is the replacement |
| Center Point | Allen Kaiser | James McAlister | Kaiser had two separate stints at CP |
| Cumby | Kent Hawthorne | Edward Perez | Hawthorne making move south to Weimar; Perez was New Diana's DC |
| De Leon | John Ward | N/A | New coach takes over preseason top 25 team |
| Kingsville St. Gertrudis Academy (new school) | N/A | Wayne Springs | Springs charged with starting first-year program |
| Granger | Stacy Hunt | Allan Dews | Hunt mving up to 3A Wharton; Dews an assistant last year |
| Hamlin | Alan Steele | Russell Lucas | Lucas leaves Rotan |
| Haskell | Brad Brunson | Kent Colley | Colley inherits a team moving down from 2A |
| High Island | Rusty Cauthern | Paul Colton | Cards went 2-8 in '07 |
| Iola | Rick Prater | Roddy McDougald | Robert Shiflett hired, resigns two weeks later; McDougald now takes over |
| Italy | Buddy Griffin | Craig Bales | Griffin's name surfaced in several other job openings |
| Junction | Luke Moody | N/A | Moody resigns in May after one year on job |
| Louise | Rodney Dowell | Mark Stevens | Dowell out despite last year's 8-4 record; Stevens was that team's DC |
| McCamey | Jay McWilliams | John Ward | Ward left fellow 1A De Leon to take McCamey job |
| Mertzon Irion County | Rob Bird | N/A | After seven years at IC, Bird flying up to asst. job at 4A Mineral Wells |
| Olton | Malcolm Moerbe | Joel Baker | Baker replaces Moerbe, out after one year |
| Petrolia | Robby Wood | Byron Gravitt | Gravitt moves up from DC post |
| Riesel | Robby Edwards | Ronnie Wilson | Riesel dropping down from 2A; Wilson leaves 2A Blooming Grove |
| Rotan | Russell Lucas | Mike Ritchey | Lucas off to Hamlin; Ritchey was a Clyde assistant |
| Santa Maria | Rudy Meza | Guadalupe Perez | Meza lasted only two years; Perez promoted |
| Seymour | David Fambrough | Josh Castles | Fambrough, off to 3A Breckenridge, led Seymour to title game in first season; Castles former OC at WF Rider |
| Sudan | Steve Gunter | Chris Fambro | Fambro a former Hawley assistant |
| Thrall | Mark Sebek | Gary Schultz | Schultz promoted from within |
| Union Hill | Buddy Blair | John Woodard | UH brings in Mount Pleasant asst. Woodard |
| Valley Mills | Darrell Piske | Mike Finnell | Piske takes two steps up to 3A Fairfield; Finnell promoted from DC |
| Winters | Craig Bales | Steve Hermesmeyer | New coach inherits 6-5 playoff team |
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