Following the completion of the 2021 season in which the Rangers advanced to the Sweet Sixteen of the UIL state championship tournament for the fourth time in 10 years, Coach Charlie DeLong ranked as the seventh-winningest active head coach in the nation and the third-winningest coach in the history of Texas boys' high school soccer. During his accolade-filled career, DeLong has won 87 percent of the games he has coached and is a 17-time state champion across the TCIL and UIL. One of just 19 coaches in the history of high school soccer to reach the 600-win plateau, DeLong helped Jesuit establish a state-record, 72-game unbeaten streak (69-0-3) from 1988-91 that still stands. In 2010, the Rangers were ranked No. 1 in the nation according to ESPN and the NSCAA and finished the year 25-0-0 to become the first private school in UIL history to capture a state crown in any sport.
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One of only five studentathletes in Jesuit Dallas athletic history to secure an individual state championship in the University Interscholastic League, Alex Rinaldi was a three-time UIL state qualifier in wrestling who captured the 180-pound UIL 5A State Championship in 2007. The masterful title run capped a near-flawless season in which Rinaldi closed the year with a 38-2 record and finished his high school career with a ledger of 124-32, including an 81-10 mark over his last two seasons in a Rangers singlet. Rinaldi shined as a rookie at Drexel University, earning a spot on the 2009 CAA AllRookie Team before scripting a successful four-year career with the Dragons.
