JUN 22
(ROCKDALE)–ROCKDALE I-S-D WILL SEE NEW FACES
ON THE SIDELINES FOR SEVERAL SPORTS IN 2018-2019.
ROCKDALE I-S-D ATHLETIC DIRECTOR JEFF MILLER
HAS ANNOUNCED SEVERAL COACHING HIRES AND CHANGES.
IN FOOTBALL, FORMER OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR
BRANDON HOUSTON IS NOW HEAD COACH AT BUFFALO.
THE TIGERS’ NEW OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR WILL BE
CURRENT ASSISTANT ETHAN NOEL.
FORMER BASEBALL COACH JACOB MCMURTRY
HAS DEPARTED ROCKDALE AFTER 2 SEASONS. JOHN
HOOSER IS THE NEW TIGER HEAD BASEBALL COACH.
HOOSER IS A BARTLETT NATIVE, AND MOST RECENTLY
WAS HEAD BASEBALL COACH AT CYPRESS RIDGE NEAR
HOUSTON. FORMER TIGER ATHLETE ETHAN BRINKLEY
HAS HIS FIRST COACHING JOB. BRINKLEY RECENTLY
SERVED AS A STUDENT TEACHER-ASSISTANT BUT HAS
NOW BEEN HIRED ON HERE IN ROCKDALE. BRINKLEY
WAS THE TIGERS STARTING QUARTERBACK FROM 2010
TO 2012 AND HOLDS THE ALL-TIME PASSING RECORD
WITH OVER 46 HUNDRED YARDS. HE STARTED AT
QUARTERBACK FOR WEST TEXAS A & M. HE WAS
ALSO FIRST TEAM ALL-STATE IN BASKETBALL.
THE ROCKDALE LADY TIGER BASKETBALL TEAM WILL
ALSO HAVE A NEW FACE ON THE SIDELINES. COACH
CHARLIE HALL STEPPED DOWN AS HEAD COACH AFTER
3 YEARS. HE WILL REMAIN ON THE TIGER COACHING STAFF.
THE NEW LADY TIGER BASKETBALL COACH IS MEREDITH
CAFFEY.
CAFFEY, 35, WAS HEAD GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH AT
CLYDE IN 2017. SHE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS HEAD COACH
AT CROSBYTON AND WINTERS. SHE ALSO SERVED AS AN
ASSISTANT AT BASKETBALL POWER NAZARETH FOR SIX
YEARS.
CAFFEY WAS AN ATHLETE AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL.
SHE ATTENDED SUL ROSS UNIVERSITY AND WAS A FOUR
YEAR TRACK LETTERMAN AND WAS NAMED FEMALE
ATHLETE OF THE YEAR.
CAFFEY WILL INHERIT A LADY TIGER BASKETBALL
TEAM THAT WON 22 GAMES LAST SEASON BUT MISSED THE
PLAYOFFS AFTER STAR GUARD FRANCES KING WENT DOWN
WITH AN INJURY LATE IN THE YEAR. KING HAS SINCE
GRADUATED.
MILLER SAYS CAFFEY COMES FROM A COACHING
LINEAGE…
“SHE HAS A GREAT LINE OF COACHES, A COACHING
FAMILY, HER BROTHERS AND DAD AND ALL ARE A-D’S,
AND HEAD COACHES, ALL ACROSS. SHE’S REALLY A GOOD
ONE. SHE’S BEEN A GIRLS COORDINATOR. WE’RE REALLY
EXCITED TO HAVE HER.”
