Brent Davis begins his 37th year of coaching this fall and has 29 years of experience as a head coach. Coach Davis has been at Gregory-Portland High School for three years. He led the Wildcats to a 9-3 record in 2023, 8-4 record in 2022 both years making an appearance in the Area round, and in 2021, the Wildcats were Regional Semi-Finalist with a 9-4  record. His overall record is 222-114-1. 

Coach Davis started his head coaching career in 2A Banquete where he lead the Bulldogs to their first playoff appearance in 23 years and was named South Texas Coach of the Year in 1996.  He then went to 3A Sinton where his team record was 43-9 in four years and played in the State Championship and was named South Texas Coach of the Year in 2001.  In 2002, Coach Davis took 5A The Colony to the playoffs for the first time in 5 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 was the all-time winningest Head Football Coach, with an overall record 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. He was then selected as a nominee for President-Elect of the THSCA in 2018, 2019 and 2023.  Brent is currently on the THSCA Football Advisory Committee representing Region 7.

 

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 Bachelor’s degree. He received his Master’s Degree in Education from Texas A&M University Kingsville.  Coach Davis is married to Toni, who works for Gregory-Portland ISD as a counselor.  They have three grown children, Richard (33), Rileigh (30), and Allie (22).

Coach Carlos Lynn is in his 28th 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 second 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 25 years to Antwanette Lynn. They have an 19-year-old son named Caleb, a two-time cancer survivor.

Drew Sanders grew up in Mexia, Texas, played for the Blackcats and earned a District Championship his final year and All-District honors and was Team Captain. Upon graduation, he attended Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, TX, where he played football from 1993-1997. During that time, he was part of four Conference Championship teams. He graduated with a Major in Kinesiology and Minor in English. He was also three-time Academic All-Conference. He also earned his Master's in administration from Texas A&M Kingsville.

After graduating from Hardin-Simmons, Coach Sanders was an assistant coach in Mexia, Killeen, San Antonio Taft High School and San Antonio Stevens. While in San Antonio under Coach Lee Bridges, his teams made the 5A(now 6A) play-offs four of five years and went to the 5A State Championship in 2001 and the Quarterfinals in 2004. In 2006, Coach Sanders then became the Head Football coach at W.B. Travis High School in Austin. Upon completion of the 2008 season, The Rebels had only the second play-off appearance in the past 10 years, increased participation by almost 200%, and earned 16 wins, the most combined wins in a three-year period in almost 20 years. During that same time period, the Rebels were awarded the Austin Downtown Lions' Club "Sportsmanship of the Year" Award.

In 2009, Coach Sanders became the first head coach at Vandegrift High School in Austin. Since the varsity program began in 2010, the Vipers have a 131-45 record as they finished 2023 as undefeated district champions with a 10-1 record. That marked the sixth 6A district title in a row (4 outright, 2 shared).  The Vipers have made the playoffs for 11 straight years and 12 out of the last 13. In addition to that success, the Vipers have had double digit win totals for six years in a row and a 6A Div. II State Championship appearance in 2022.  Also, as Athletic Coordinator for Vandegrift High School, all sports have achieved success leading to the Vandegrift Vipers achieving the highest award possible by winning back to back U.I.L. Lone Star Cups for 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 and since their move to class 6A, have been in the top 10 almost every year. In 2014, Coach was elected to the Region 8 THSCA Board of Directors and served until 2017.  He has also been a mentor in the THSCA R.O.C.K. program for two years.  Coach Sanders has been married for 26 years to his college sweetheart, Janet, and they have three children (Matt, Caleb, and Sadie).