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Guess Belt moved back to Tarkington. Last season he was at Anahuac. Anyways Tarkington has finally advertised a job. It was not for AD or HC. Instead it was for a Varsity assistant. POC was Joshua Bruce. So I guess you could assume he’s the guy.

That would be a very good hire for Tarkington. Would he want it with it possibly being split?

I do believe Mark would be the favorite. If he’s interested is a different story. Did he ever go after the job in the previous years it was open? Gonna be a late start for whoever they bring in.

There’s more than a few Cleveland/Splendora grads floating around the state coaching. Wonder if the possibility of a HC job might make some want to come back to the area? Here is a list of a few that come to mind: Brian Ricci- Cleveland Grad (former HC and current Middle School Coordinator in Humble ISD) Chase Reneau- Splendora Grad (Tomball assistant) Toby Belt- Cleveland Grad (former Tarkington assistant current anahuac assistant) Cody Inkster- Splendora grad (I think is a recent Tarkington assistant or current assistant) Coleman Butter- Cleveland grad (Chester ISD athletic director)

He announced this is his last year.

Not sure who the new superintendent is but they had a meeting today to name the lone finalists. Sure the movement on the AD/HC (if they don’t split them) will start soon. Wonder what schedule he inherits. Whoever picked the non district schedule probably wasn’t super motivated to put some winnable games on there.

In reality Tarkington is either stepping stone job or a trying to ride out a few more well paid years. The only way they have a chance at a consistently competitive team is to get someone that is either from the area and wants to stay or someone that is looking for a hometown to raise their kids in. It’s hard to imagine an up and coming coach would stay there long term. It’s also hard to imagine a coach that is a quality veteran coach that would stay especially when they aren’t getting AD pay. If they kept it one role and looked for the kind of coach that is rooted to the area or one that is willing to call it home they could sniff 500 consistently and a shot at the playoffs occasionally. For Tarkington that would be a successful hire.

Don't mind the splitting either but that usually drops the pay for just HC only. It would take someone that is fully committed and involved to make Tarkington consistently competative. That is a hard ask when they can be an assistant coach 5 miles down the road for the same pay or more.

Splendora is advertising the AD position. HC is still there presumebly.

I know Rowe was a longtime coach in this area and he was in an AD only role. I wonder if he got himself another Coach/AD Job.

Not sure what is going on at Splendora but their AD job is posted.

Yeah but I'd imagine that a Supt. would want to pick someone they personally have worked with before. A coach that takes this job before the Supt. is hired would probably be on a shorter leash. Not sure it matters because they can't keep a coach longterm. Whoever is hired will be gone in 2-4 seasons. I know that tends to be the trend throughout the state but just hard to imagine a coach can establish a program without longevity.

They are looking to hire a Supt. first then let him bring his guy in.

Tomball's Oline is big and plays nasty. The QB is extremely athletic. They will go 4 wide just to run everyone off and then the qb will run. Defense isn't special. Special teams will onside at least 2 times and they will run a fake punt a couple of times. If PNG isn't careful on special teams, Tomball will steal 2-4 extra possessions. They have won multiple games over the past 2 seasons because of this. I personally don't have a dog in this fight. But Id be willing to bet Tomball will win this game by more than the talent disparity between the 2 teams.

See that the AD/HC role is now split. That will hurt them with some candidates. There were quite a few big school coaches going down this year to acquire full control of the athletic programs.

Cleveland: Trent Driver- Texas A&M Joseph Smith - Louisiana Tech Ivan Williams - Texas Dennis Ellis - Boise State Marcus Mallet - TCU Cedric Reed - Texas Kevin Strong - UTSA

I know that Dubois is the Slot-t guru but I have a hard time believing that BC is better suited for a more spread or even a I formation team. Their success came from misdirection and aggressiveness. They don't really have the kinda of athletes that will just line up and be better that you. Thats why the misdirection was perfect for them. Forced teams with better athletes to play a discipline type of defense and then BC would just punch you in the mouth. I really enjoyed watching their offence.

Norris Taff was confirmed as the AD & Head football coach at Cleveland ISD board meeting last night.

Would that coach be Tommy Kaiser?

From what I’m hearing he’s at the school running things and putting his stamp on the program. But I guess as of right now he’s just the Interim AD. Not sure why they would bring someone in from outside the district to run things if they weren’t actually gonna hire them.

People I know are excited about him coming back. I just guess he wanted to come home.

Looks like Cleveland already has their man. Norris Taff. He was on the staff in the late 90s and early 2000s. Wish him luck but the quality of athletes and the level of competition has definitely changed since his days in Cleveland.

8 weeks before 2-a-days start. That’s not a ton of time to put together a staff. Especially when the pay isn’t great. Gonna end up with young inexperienced coaches.

When will they announce?

Any updates?