Garland coach Jeff Jordan announced Monday he was leaving the sidelines of Texas high school football and joining the staff of David Beaty at Kansas. Jordan has been head coach at Garland since 2001 when he was elevated from defensive coordinator when Joe Martin left for Allen. Jordan is instrumental with the DFW Coaches Clinic and will be on the coaching staff Kansas as Director of Personnel ... Also in #txhsfb Frisco ISD singed a $1.7 million contract with Nike ... The adidas Texas State 7-on-7 Tournament is July 7-9 in College Station ... Von Miller and Gary Kubiak make All-Time Texas High School Super Bowl team with top performances in Denver's 24-10 win over Carolina
Jordan was defensive coordinator under Allen with Tom Westerberg as offensive coordinator when Garland won the 1999 state title. Martin stayed at Allen until 2004 when he became Assistant Executive Director of the Texas High School Coaches Association. Westerberg remained and won for state titles at Allen before recently leaving to become head coach and athletic director at Barbers Hill in Southeast Texas. Beaty was an assistant on the 1999 Garland staff and was a player at Garland in 1989. Former Arlington Bowie coach Kenny Perry also is on Beaty's staff.
#txhsfb Updates: Temple formally approved defensive coordinator Scott Stewart to replace Mike Spradlin (becomes Magnolia ISD AD)... Frisco Lebanon Trail will name Sadd Jackson of Manor as its new head coach. The Frisco ISD will open its ninth Class 5A school this August but Lebanon won't compete this year in District 13-5A which is all-Frisco with Frisco, Centennial, Heritage, Independence, Liberty, Lone Star, Reedy and Wakeland ... Greenville is expected to elevate Darren Duke to replace Marvin Sedberry Sr. Duke (a former Conrad head coach) joined Sedberry's staff as defensive coordinator three years ago.
Texas High School Football Coaching Changes
School, Old Coach, New Coach
- Garland, Jeff Jordan
- Frisco Lebanon Trail (New School), Sadd Jackson (from Manor)
- Mansfield, Jeff Hulme (leaves for Waco Midway)
- Allen, Tom Westerberg, Terry Gambill
- Greenville, Marvin Sedberry Sr. Darren Duke (elevated from DC)
- Bishop Lynch, Ben Dasch
- Sherman, Bill Patterson
- Molina, Bradley Wachsmann, Michael Nucci
- FW Castleberry, Sandro Cantu
- Trophy Club Byron Nelson, Brian Polk Travis Pride
- Lovejoy, Ryan Cox, Todd Ford
- Flower Mound, Dane Johnson, Brian Basil
- Tyler Lee, Darrell Piske, Clayton George (Southlake Carroll OC)
- Fort Worth Southwest Christian, Joe Hamstra, Jeremy Flowers
- Fort Worth Southwest, Larry Trammell
- Paradise, Scott Broussard, Ronnie Gage
- Salado, Brent Graham, Alan Haire
- Odessa, Ron King (Odessa American 4 finalists) Danny Servance
- Glen Rose, Tommy Dunn (Former Stephenville assistant Cliff Watkins of Eastland)
Coach Jordan's letter to Garland community
This is one of the most bittersweet things I have ever written. I will start with the bitter - After 28 wonderful years of faithfully serving GHS students, I am no longer "officially" an Owl. I find a complex mix of emotions pouring through my heart at this moment. It seems like just the other day that an excited, incredibly naive and optimistic young man first walked into the Field House at Williams Stadium. I was so proud to be an Owl, coaching freshman football, soccer and teaching Informal Geometry and Math Models. (A couple of classes not offered any more!) There have been so many fantastic co-workers and students that I have been around - memories have been made here that will last a life-time. I am greatly indebted to Garland High School. Every bit of professional success and a lot of personal happiness is strictly due to the fact that I became an Owl in August 1988. I got married, had kids, raised them and sent them off to college - I practically grew up here! It has all gone by so fast - if I could go back and do it all again, I would without any hesitation. Garland High School is a special place - always has been and always will be - because it truly is about family, people caring about each other. In my heart, I will always be a Garland Owl - it is one of the defining aspects of my life. Thank you to everyone that has been a part of this wonderful run! Gig'em Owls!
Now for the sweet - I am incredibly excited about the next phase of my life! I am going to be the Director of Personnel for the University of Kansas Football Team, coached by my good friend (and fellow Owl) David Beaty! This job will take all the things I have learned in 29 years of coaching high school football along with 28 years of working in the Dallas Cowboys Scouting Department and put it all together. We are about to build a unique personnel department and talent evaluation system that I believe is going to revolutionize college football! It is going to take a lot of time and work, but I am so excited about this new opportunity. It was going to take a truly special situation for me to leave Garland High, and I believe this is it. Not only is the work going to be interesting and challenging, I am going to work for a guy that I have known for almost 30 years and trust completely. I believe in his vision for Kansas football and what we can accomplish. There are very few people in the world that I would leave GHS for and Dave is one of them! David and Raynee are good people and have wonderful families that I care for dearly. Shannon and I are so excited to become a part of the Jayhawk family and are looking forward to this new adventure! Rock Chalk!
