JUN 19
(UNDATED)–IT’S BEEN A BUSY OFFSEASON AS USUAL
IN THE FOOTBALL COACHING RANKS AT HIGH SCHOOLS
ACROSS TEXAS. CENTRAL TEXAS HAS SEEN ITS SHARE OF
CHANGES AS WELL.
TAYLOR I-S-D HAS A NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AND
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR. ROBERT LITTLE WAS NAMED HEAD COACH
AND A-D AT TAYLOR ON APRIL 15TH. HE REPLACES RUSTY
PURSER, WHO WAS RE-ASSIGNED FROM HIS DUTIES AS
FOOTBALL COACH IN FEBRUARY. PURSER WAS NOT OUT OF
THE COACHING BUSINESS FOR LONG, THOUGH, AS HE WAS
HIRED AT MIDLAND GREENWOOD AS HEAD COACH ON
MARCH 8TH. PURSER IS AN ALUMNUS OF GREENWOOD.
GREG MORGAN ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT AS
HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT BRYAN RUDDER ON FEB 27TH.
HE WAS A LONGTIME COACH AT MADISONVILLE AND HAS
BEEN KNOWN AS A FRIEND OF ROCKDALE HEAD COACH
JEFF MILLER DURING HIS TIME AT MADISONVILLE. MORGAN
LEFT MADISONVILLE IN 2015, AND BECAME HEAD COACH
AT BRYAN RUDDER IN JANUARY OF 2017.
THE MAN WHO TOOK OVER AT MADISONVILLE AFTER
MORGAN’S DEPARTURE HAS STEPPED AWAY FROM THE
SIDELINES. RUSTY NAIL HAS STEPPED DOWN AS HEAD
COACH AT MADISONVILLE AFTER 3 YEARS. HE POSTED A
19 AND 15 RECORD, INCLUDING AN 11 AND 2 MARK IN 2017.
RUSSELL URBANTKE, FORMERLY THE OFFENSIVE
COORDINATOR FOR THE MUSTANGS, WAS PROMOTED TO
HEAD COACH ON NOV. 13TH. THE MUSTANGS WENT
5 AND 5 IN 2018. NAIL WENT 124 AND 38 IN 12 SEASONS
AS HEAD COACH AND WON A PAIR OF STATE
CHAMPIONSHIPS AT MART HIGH SCHOOL.
