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Brad LaPlante is currently the Director of Athletics at Montgomery ISD in Texas. He has been married for 20 years to Christie, a Special Education Teacher in MISD. His sons Carson and Cashton are student-athletes at Northern State University in South Dakota pursuing teaching and coaching. Coach LaPlante has held Head Football Coaching Positions at Rochester Community and Technical College, Northwe...

Coach Nick Codutti serves as the Head Football Coach and Athletic Director at Klein High School. Throughout his career, he has had the opportunity to coach and learn at a variety of programs, including Fulshear, Tomball, Westbrook, Marshfield, and Glendale in Missouri. He also spent time at BYU and LA Valley Community College. Each stop has played a role in shaping his perspective on the game and...

Amanda Wolf-Schramm is a softball coach, educator, and leader with over two decades of experience developing student-athletes both on and off the field. A 2001 graduate of Elgin High School, she was a standout multi-sport athlete, earning numerous honors including District MVP, CenTex Player of the Year, TGCA All-State, NFCA All-American, and 3A Player of the Year. She continued her softball caree...

Coach McLaughlin came to Cedar Park fresh off the road to state where she ended her 2018 season as the 6A State Runner-Up. When her career in Houston was complete, she was a four-time Regional Quarter-finalist, three-time District Champion, a Regional Semi-Finalist and a State Finalist at Ridge Point High School. In her time at Ridge Point, she was District Coach of the Year three times. In her fi...

Thomasina Gatson has over 31 years of experience in education and coaching, with a strong track record of developing successful basketball programs at the secondary and collegiate levels across Texas. Her career began in Houston ISD at Gregory Lincoln Education Center, where she coached girls basketball, volleyball, and soccer. She later joined Aldine ISD, serving as Head Girls Basketball Coach at...

Jason Haddock is in his first year as the Athletic Director and Head Football Coach for the Wharton Tigers. In his inaugural year, Haddock led Wharton to a 6–5 record and a playoff appearance, marking the program's first season since 2018 to finish with both a winning record and a postseason berth. Under his leadership, the Tigers achieved a 100 percent passing rate during the season and dem...

In this special episode of The 3 Minute Drill, we sit down for an extended conversation with a current Texas A&M student. As a member of the Undergraduate Coaching Certificate Program, they share their personal stories and experiences on this month's topic of sportsmanship

Coach McNeal has 18 years of teaching and coaching experience, having served in roles such as Special Teams Coordinator, Recruiting Coordinator, Defensive Coordinator, Head Track and Field Coach, and Softball Coach. He is a state football champion and is currently in his first year as Head Football Coach. His passion lies in developing student-athletes both on and off the field. Outside of coachin...

In this special episode of The 3 Minute Drill, we sit down for an extended conversation with a current Texas A&M student. As a member of the Undergraduate Coaching Certificate Program, they share their personal stories and experiences on this month's topic of showing respect under pressure.

Coach Jasmine Brewer was born and raised in Missouri City, Texas where she attended Fort Bend ISD schools from Elementary through High School. Coach Brewer is a 2010 LV Hightower High School Graduate where she played 4 years under former Head Coach Deborah Mize. She was blessed to be a part of the 2010 State Finalist Team. Coach Brewer received a full basketball scholarship to Loyola University Ne...

In this special episode of The 3 Minute Drill, we sit down for an extended conversation with a current Texas A&M student. As a member of the Undergraduate Coaching Certificate Program, they share their personal stories and experiences on this month's topic of communication.

Ross O'Hanlon graduated from Texas A&M with a Minor in Coaching and a Bachelor's in History, as well as a Master's in Education. O'Hanlon is currently in his 6th year of coaching. His first 2 years were spent in Kenedy ISD, where he coached Junior High and High School football and track, served as the head girls track coach, and was the varsity basketball assistant. O'Hanlon spent the last 3 y...

Josh Woodall is a 2002 graduate of Sam Houston State University, where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and a 2010 graduate of Lamar University where he earned his Master of Education in Education Administration. Josh is a former President of the Southwest Athletic Trainers Association and currently serves on the Texas High School Athletic Director's Association Sports Medicine Adv...

Shannon Rideout is an Assistant Athletic Director with Fort Bend Independent School District. Before serving in an administrative role, Shannon worked with Fort Bend, I.S.D., as the Head Coach for Boys' Track & Field at Bush High School for eight seasons. This is his twenty-third year in education. He has served in various administrative roles during those years, which include serving as the A...

Coach Chris Fisher has just completed his 23rd year in coaching, including 17 years of dedicated service in Plano ISD. He previously held the position of Head Football Coach and Athletic Coordinator at Palo Duro High School in Amarillo. Prior to that, he spent a year as a teacher and coach at Creekview High School in Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD.

For the past 22 years, Dena Scott has been a teacher, coach, and athletic administrator in Fort Bend ISD. She started her teaching and coaching career at First Colony Middle School in 2002 and moved to Dulles High School (her alma mater) in 2004 where she was the varsity volleyball coach. She coached there until she was named the first female assistant athletic director in 2012. In July of 2020, d...

24 years of education-based athletic experience Current Assistant Athletic Director, Denton ISD 6 years head volleyball/assistant athletic coordinator at Morton Ranch High School 12 years head volleyball coach/head girls track coach at Kempner High School Former English teacher, Broadcast and Photo Journalism teacher, PE Department Chair Bachelor's in Communications, Masters in Sport Mangement, Do...

16 years Coaching Menard HS 1 year- Asst Football, Head Baseball Everman HS 7 years Varsity Asst Football, Varsity Asst Baseball Lubbock Cooper 1 year- Asst Football Asst Baseball Electra 1 year Asst Football, JH Basketball, Head Baseball Windthorst 6 years- Defensive Coordinator, Asst Baseball , JH Basketball

Coach Mann is married to his wife Brandi Mann with two sons Jace and Judson. As a graduate of Amarillo High School 1996 (1st Team All District DL 2x) and Angelo State University (3ry Letterman, 2 Year Starter), he began his coaching career at Wichita Falls High School as an assistant coach. Coach Mann later became the Defensive Coordinator at Cedar Park High School. In 2008, Coach Mann accepted th...

Stephen Mackey, better known to tens of thousands of students and educators as Coach Mackey, is a player development coach, and Wall Street Journal Best Selling author, based in Texas. In January 2017, Mackey asked the question: “What would it take to help one million athletes and coaches connect the dots between sports and life?” The answer to that question became 2Words Character Dev...

Coach Jim Woodard has been the Head Football Coach and Boys Athletic Coordinator at Cleburne High School in Cleburne, Texas the past three years. He is finishing up his 18th year in education and has had stops at Tomball Memorial, Tomball High School, Anderson-Shiro, Llano, and Whitney. He has been an Offensive Coordinator, Head Track, and Head Golf coach at some of his previous stops. He comes fr...

Shawn Bruns graduated from Schulenburg High School in 1986 and from college in 1991 from Texas A&M University in College Station. Coach Bruns started his coaching & teaching career at Flatonia HS in the Fall of 1991. This upcoming Fall 2024 he will be starting his 34th year in education at Flatonia HS. Coach Bruns has been the head baseball coach at Flatonia HS from 1992 through 2016 and t...

Joseph Taylor is the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Friendswood High School in Friendswood, TX and a private Youth and Collegiate S&C Coach through his business Type II Performance. This will be Joseph's 7th year as a full-time high school S&C coach. Coach Taylor has a BS in Kinesiology from Sam Houston State University and a MS in Exercise and Health Sciences from University of H...

A native of Bryan, Texas, graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science in Ag Leadership with Sport Management emphasis in August of 2013. He was accepted into the Sport Management graduate program, but went on to accept a position at Bowen Elementary as an Instructional Assistant. Throughout college, he worked extensively in the athletic department as a student assistant and...

With 22 years of experience in education, Coach Kevin Starnes currently serves as the Athletic Director at College Station ISD, a position held for the past 2 years. Prior to this, he was the Assistant Athletic Director in Grapevine-Colleyville ISD for 2 years. Starnes also spent 5 years as an associate principal at Colleyville Heritage High School following a 14-year tenure as a coach and teacher...