Meet your 2025 THSCA President-Elect Nominees

Nominees will be voted on at the THSCA General Meeting on Tuesday, July 22nd at 11:30 AM during Coaching School in San Antonio, Texas.

BRENT DAVIS Gregory-Portland HS

Brent Davis has been coaching high school football in Texas for 38 years. Thirty of those years have been spent as an Athletic Director and Head Football Coach. Coach Davis has been at Gregory-Portland for four years. The Wildcats are 31-17 since Davis arrived, with his best year being 2021 when the Wildcats were 9-4, Regional Semi-Finalist, and Coach Davis was named All-South Texas Coach of the Year. Coach Davis’ career record is 227-120-1. Brent started his head coaching career at 2A Banquete, where he led the Bulldogs to their first playoff appearance in 23 years and was named All-South Texas Coach of the Year in 1996. He then went to 3A Sinton, where his team record was 43-9 in four years. The Pirates played in the State Championship in 2001, and Davis was again named All South Texas Coach of the Year. In 2002, Coach Davis took 5A The Colony, to the playoffs for the first time in five years. He then went to 4A Alice and led the Coyotes in 2008 to their first undefeated district championship in 23 years with a record of 12-1. In 2008, he was a member of the THSCA All-Star Selection Committee representing the South Class 4A. Prior to coming to Gregory-Portland Davis coached 12 years at San Angelo Central High School, where he is the all-time winningest Head Football Coach, with an overall record of 95-46. Coach Davis was selected All-West Texas Super Team Coach of the Year in 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. He was inducted into the Coastal Bend Coaches Association Hall of Honor in 2013. He served as a director on the Texas High School Coaches Association’s board of directors from 2014-2017; and was selected as a nominee for President-Elect of the THSCA in 2018, 2019, 2023, and 2024. Brent is currently on the THSCA Football Advisory Committee representing Region 7. Coach Davis also has 23 former assistant coaches that have gone on to be highly successful Athletic Director/Head Football Coaches around the state of Texas. His father, Bobby Davis, was a legendary coach at Frenship High School. When he retired, he ranked 21st in all time wins for Texas head coaches with 252 wins. Coach Davis played for his dad at Calallen in 1980 and at Frenship in 1981 and 1982. He then went on to play at Angelo State University from 1983-1985 and received his BS degree in 1987. He received his Master’s Degree in Education from Texas A&M University-Kingsville in 2000. Coach Davis has three grown children, Richard (34), Rileigh (31), and Allie (24).

CARLOS LYNN Crowley HS

Coach Carlos Lynn is in his 30th year of coaching. During his first three years, he served as a speech teacher and coach at Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Dallas, TX. He was the Offensive Coordinator during his last year there. He then moved on to Cedar Hill High School in 1998 and was the Defensive Line coach until 2003, when he was elevated to Defensive Coordinator. He served in that capacity until 2008. Coach Lynn served as head football coach at Arlington Seguin for nine years. Lynn has served six years as the Head Coach of the Cedar Hill Longhorns. He led the Longhorns to the 2020 6A Division 2 State Finals. Coach Lynn was also selected as Dave Campbell’s Texas High School Football 6A Coach of the Year in 2020. Coach Lynn is currently in his third year as Head Football Coach/Athletic Coordinator for the Crowley Eagles. Coach Lynn graduated 8th in class from Wilmer-Hutchins High School in 1991. He was the team captain of the 1990 4A State Championship team at Wilmer-Hutchins. He received a football scholarship to East Central University. While at East Central, he was a part of the 1992 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference Championship Team and the 1993 N.A.I.A. Division I National Championship team. Also in 2006, he coordinated the Cedar Hill defense to a 16-0 record en route to the 5A Division II State Championship. Coach Lynn took a 1-9 program at Seguin and turned it into a well-respected playoff team. He has been involved in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for over 20 years. In 2013, he was awarded the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Huddle Leader of the Year. Coach Lynn has been a three-time finalist for the DFW Tom Landry Coach of the Year Award and has been twice nominated as the THSCA Region 3 Landry Award. Lynn is an Advisory Board Member of Sideline Power and is also a director of the I-20 Football Coaches Clinic.

Coach Lynn is an ordained deacon of the Church at the Inspiring Body of Christ Church (IBOC) in Dallas, TX, where the Pastor is Rickie Rush. He is also a motivational speaker and team builder. He is a devoted husband of 27 years to Antwanette Lynn. They have an 21-year-old son named Caleb, a two-time cancer survivor.

james williams thurgood marshall HS

Coach James Williams is in his 25th year of coaching and his 16th as the Athletic Coordinator / Head Football Coach at Marshall High School. When Coach Williams arrived in 2010, the Buffalos started from the ground up and focused on character, discipline, and hard work. In the first season, they finished 3-7, but made great strides towards building a championship program. In the 2012 season, the team finished 13-1 and Coach Williams was named 22-5A Coach of the Year, Vype Magazine Co-Coach of the Year, as well as a finalist for The Touchdown Club of Houston’s “Coach of the Year” Award. The Buffalos made the playoffs again in the 2013 and 2014 seasons, and Coach Williams was fortunate to coach in the Bayou Bowl All-Star Game. During the 2015 season, Coach Williams’ program won the Touchdown Club of Houston’s Sportsmanship 3rd Place award. In that year, Coach Williams became a board member for the Greater Houston Football Coaches Association (GHFCA) as well as a ‘Player of the Year’ committee member for the Touchdown Club of Houston. In 2016, the Buffalos made their next deep playoff run to the state quarterfinals, before finishing the season at 11-3. During this season, Coach Williams was awarded the Houston Texans Coach of the Week award and the ‘Be a Champion’ Leadership Award. While in the playoffs, his team was awarded the Dave Campbell’s Week 14 Army 5A School of the Week. After the 2016 football season, Coach Williams was recognized as the Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston ‘Coach of the Year’. The 2017 season was another great season for the Buffalos, as they advanced, once again, to the State Quarterfinals and finished the season with a 10-3 record. The 2018 Marshall Football team finally broke through and made it to the State Championship vs Aledo. After the 2018 season, Coach Williams was once again recognized as the Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston ‘Coach of the Year’. Also in that year, Coach Williams served as the President of the Greater Houston Football Coaches Association (GHFCA). In the 2019 season, the Buffs returned to the State Championship for the second year in a row, but came up just short again with a 3-point loss to Aledo. The Buffalos have made the State Quarterfinals 7 out of the last 10 seasons. In 2023-2024, Coach Williams served as the Senior Director for the Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA) Region 5 Board of Directors.

Coach Williams came to Marshall from Hightower High School, where he was the Defensive Coordinator for two seasons. The first of those two years, the team played in the state championship against Allen High School. Before Hightower, Coach Williams spent two years at Manvel High School, where he was voted ‘Teacher of the Year’ in the 2007-2008 school year.

Coach Williams is originally from Chicago, Illinois. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and a Master’s Degree in Educational Organization and Leadership from the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign. While there, he also played football and ran track and field. Thereafter, Coach Williams joined the Illinois coaching staff as an Operations/Recruiting Assistant then as a Defensive Graduate assistant coach for two years. In 2001, he won the Big Ten Championship while on staff. James Williams is married to Dr. Alveda Williams (25 years), and they have two children, Janai (21) and James III (17).