Chad Morris resigns at Allen

[Horsefly]

This was hinted at for weeks, but he was only signed on for a 1 year deal.  That’s crappy for the kids. 

[SeaShells21]

1 hour ago, Horsefly said:

This was hinted at for weeks, but he was only signed on for a 1 year deal.  That’s crappy for the kids. 

I thought he would be there for the long run ☹️ Is there any word on who might be going there next?

[Horsefly]

3 minutes ago, SeaShells21 said:

I thought he would be there for the long run ☹️ Is there any word on who might be going there next?

Here is texasfootball top 5 candidates, 2 of them internal 

 

https://www.texasfootball.com/article/2022/05/13/5-candidates-to-be-the-next-head-coach-of-the-allen-eagles?ref=article_preview_title

[Frosty4024]

Good!  Now maybe Guyer can get the monkey off their back. 😝

(Or have Prosper help us do it...)

Denton pride aside:

It's safe to go with the in-house hire at this point.  System is already in place.  Getting a coach at this point would make it harder on the kids then it already is.

OR...they could get the Lone Star coach who has found ways to lose to Ryan on a regular basis. 😁

[Horsefly]

4 minutes ago, Frosty4024 said:

Good!  Now maybe Guyer can get the monkey off their back. 😝

(Or have Prosper help us do it...)

Denton pride aside:

It's safe to go with the in-house hire at this point.  System is already in place.  Getting a coach at this point would make it harder on the kids then it already is.

OR...they could get the Lone Star coach who has found ways to lose to Ryan on a regular basis. 😁

Yeah there really is no excuse for Guyer this year to lose to Allen (play them in Denton this year) , morris or not 

[Frosty4024]

1 hour ago, Horsefly said:

Yeah there really is no excuse for Guyer this year to lose to Allen (play them in Denton this year) , morris or not 

I agree... Shouldn't have 2 years ago.

But 1 bad quarter...

[Ga96]

4 hours ago, Horsefly said:

This was hinted at for weeks, but he was only signed on for a 1 year deal.  That’s crappy for the kids. 

After dealing with our own coaching departure I think its good for the kids in the long run. The timing sucks but of a coach isn't full into the job and doesn't want to really be here then the kids are better off without him.

[HooverOutlaw]

5 hours ago, Horsefly said:

This was hinted at for weeks, but he was only signed on for a 1 year deal.  That’s crappy for the kids. 

Best thing for kids in the long run. He was running the program in the ground. He is a bad coach.

[pied]

32 minutes ago, HooverOutlaw said:

Best thing for kids in the long run. He was running the program in the ground. He is a bad coach.

It's a bold statement when 11-3,  with losses to good teams making it to the state quarterfinals (three rounds further than the year before) is defined as running it into the ground.  

[Frosty4024]

21 minutes ago, pied said:

It's a bold statement when 11-3,  with losses to good teams making it to the state quarterfinals (three rounds further than the year before) is defined as running it into the ground.  

Could have easily been 9-5 for the record.

[pied]

39 minutes ago, Frosty4024 said:

Could have easily been 9-5 for the record.

 

If my Aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle(no politics ).

[RedZone]

Allen should never lose to Prosper......that said.

Allen had a couple good wins last year and had a couple bad losses.

I'm really not sure how you would rate their 2021 season.

 

[pied]

6 minutes ago, RedZone said:

Allen should never lose to Prosper......that said.

Allen had a couple good wins last year and had a couple bad losses.

I'm really not sure how you would rate their 2021 season.

 

 

 

Prosper's a town to watch out for.  Just another one of the new (more affluent) suburbs that are popping up all over the place in DFW and the ret of Texas.  They opened a new HS, Rock Hill recently.  

 

They beat Marcus and gave Guyer all they could handle.  

[Rufus69]

Rumor is....Morris is gonna hold out for the Valdosta job when Felton is fired later this year.

Of course, that's just a RUMOR.

(Smile)

 

 

Rufus>>

[HooverOutlaw]

1 hour ago, pied said:

It's a bold statement when 11-3,  with losses to good teams making it to the state quarterfinals (three rounds further than the year before) is defined as running it into the ground.  

With damn near 7000 kids 3rd round is terrible.

[RedZone]

9 minutes ago, pied said:

 

 

Prosper's a town to watch out for.  Just another one of the new (more affluent) suburbs that are popping up all over the place in DFW and the ret of Texas.  They opened a new HS, Rock Hill recently.  

 

They beat Marcus and gave Guyer all they could handle.  

Prosper lost five games last year including giving up 60 points in a loss to 5-5 Little Elm. Guyer smashed Prosper in the regular season.

Allen should never lose to Prosper, pied.

It just does not look right. Allen bear Guyer and smashed the Trinity Trojan. Couldn't beat Prosper though.

 

[pied]

Just now, HooverOutlaw said:

With damn near 7000 kids 3rd round is terrible.

 

 

OK, it was the fourth round, but better than the first round exit the yer before he took it over and ran it into the ground, right?

[pied]

Just now, RedZone said:

Prosper lost five games last year including giving up 60 points in a loss to 5-5 Little Elm. Guyer smashed Prosper in a regular season.

Allen should never lose to Prosper, pied.

It just does not look right. Allen bear Guyer and smashed the Trinity Trojan. Couldn't beat Prosper though.

 

 

OK

 

[Horsefly]

2 hours ago, HooverOutlaw said:

Best thing for kids in the long run. He was running the program in the ground. He is a bad coach.

I don’t know about that, but his timing sucked.  3 HCs in 3 years is not good for continuity nor for winning. 

[Ga96]

Razorback fans going in on him online.

[HooverOutlaw]

1 hour ago, Ga96 said:

Razorback fans going in on him online.

He maybe the worst SEC  coach of the last 50 years. Arkansas should be a 8 plus win team every year and win 10 or 11 every 7 or 8 years no reason for them not to be a top 25 team most years.

[HooverOutlaw]

3 hours ago, pied said:

 

 

OK, it was the fourth round, but better than the first round exit the yer before he took it over and ran it into the ground, right?

Sounds like they made 2 bad hires in a row.

[DevilDog]

Chad Morris leaves Allen for college job (yahoo.com)

Chad Morris leaves Allen for college job

[RedZone]

Chad Morris currently doesn't have any offers to coach in college football that I see.

My best guess is Morris lands with a FCS program in Texas with some type of assistant position. 

It's a little late to be looking for a new job.

[Cracker]

 

BREAKING: Allen finds its next head coach

Allen High School will hire Midlothian Heritage coach Lee Wiginton as its new head coach. He will replace Chad Morris who resigned his position in mid May.

Matt SteppMay 23 8:19 am

For the second straight year, Allen ISD wasted very little time in their search for a head coach. On Monday, the district announced Midlothian Heritage's Lee Wiginton as the next head football coach for the Eagles.  

Wiginton, a native of Lampasas and the son of a coach, is well-respected around the state, as evidenced by his election as president of the Texas High School Coaches Association in July. He will serve as the organization’s president in the 2022-2023 school year. In 2020, he was named the THSCA's Grant Teaff Beyond the Game Award winner. 

A 21-year head coaching veteran, Wiginton's career featured stops at Bosqueville, Comfort and Mexia before arriving in Midlothian ISD to take over at Midlothian High in 2010. After five seasons leading the Panthers, Wiginton made an unusual move in 2015, going across town to open up MISD’s second high school, Midothian Heritage, where he's had good success. In six seasons at the helm at Heritage, Wiginton has a record of 60-17, with a 4A Division I regional final appearance in 2019 and back-to-back regional semifinal appearances in 2017 and 2018, suffering hearbreakers to Kennedale and Carthage, respectively. Wiginton has a career record of 157-89.

Wiginton began his coaching career in 1993 as a junior high coach in San Angelo ISD. In his first season as a head coach at Bosqueville in 2000, he led the Bulldogs to their first ever 11-man playoff appearance.

Wiginton has ties to Allen ISD superintendent Robin Bullock — prior to coming to Allen in 2013, Bullock spent thirteen seasons in Midlothian ISD administration and was on staff in 2010 when MISD hired Wiginton away from Mexia.