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Wilson are probably the best administrators I’ve worked for The high school faculty is fantastic, some of the best teachers I’ve worked with in 37 years of teaching I’ve made friendships that I hope will last a lifetime but probably the most important group of people I’ll miss are the young men and ladies’ lives that I’ve had an opportunity to be a part of for a few short years, they’re a great group, I’m going to miss them I’m very appreciative of Howe ISD to allow me to be a part of the coaching staff and faculty for the past few years ”

Hudson is now tasked with finding a varsity basketball coach late in the hiring season He says that he feels basketball should get the same attention as other sports

"Coach Short did a great job He coached his tail off from the beginning to the end and that's all you can ask for" said Hudson "As long as we're getting better and kids are learning, I'm good I'm one of these coaches that wants to be good at every sport That's my expectation "

With all of the departures, Hudson says that he's assembled as good of a coaching staff as a small school could do With the success that the program was had in the last three years, the number of applicants for jobs increased from around five to around 25

One of those applicants was Paul Frye who was a member of the 2004 state championship football staff at Tyler Lee High, and was also a part of the football staff of the 2011 state semifinalist and 2010 regional finalist team at John Tyler High He was the head coach at Alba-Golden for a few years and has most recently coached at Little Elm and Ranger Hudson likes his 26 years of experience and his energy

"He doesn't want to retire He's really good in other sports as well (basketball and powerlifting) " said Hudson "It's exciting because when you talk to him, he's a head coach But he doesn't want to be a head coach."

Frye is set to assist with the offensive line in football and assistant basketball coach

Also hired was Jame Beebe who started at Vernon and most recently has been the head baseball coach and football offensive coordinator at Itasca. Looking for a great place to raise their kids, Beebe found Howe to be that recipe For the staff here, he will assist with the offensive line as well as assistant varsity baseball coach

In a hire that would make G A Moore blush, Hudson was able to land Craig Coheley as the varsity baseball coach Coheley, while a baseball coach with a winning back ground, also brings with him a freshman that is 6'1, 200 pounds and is a natural throwing quarterback

"He's going to get after you " said Hudson of his new baseball coach "He's going to be a lot different than what they're used to in baseball He's intense and a little rough around the edges - more like myself I really like him because he plays the game of baseball the way it's intended to be played He practices about two-and-a-half to three hours a day and it is 'all-out, get-after-it, you're going to be worn out baseball practices '"

Hudson says that previous coaches Torrey Ognoskie and Grant did a good job of getting the program going in the right direction He thinks now that the quality of the program has improved, Coheley can take the program to a different level Previously, Coheley has

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