Mark Sartain back in the HS coaching business...

[Smoaky]

Mark Sartain is back as a head coach at the high school level after being approved by the Spring Hill I.S.D. school board on Monday as their new athletic director and head football coach.

 

This will be Sartain's fourth head coaching job at the high school level, including previous stops at Cross Roads (17-11), Eustace (6-23) and White Oak (43-41).

 

And, most recently the head football coach at East Texas Baptist University in Marshall from 2007 until resigning after the 2012 season after a 3-7 record.

 

Sartain told David Smoak, "It's just exciting to have this opportunity and be at a place I believe is a good fit, where the experience I have at both the high school and college level has prepared me to build on their tradition and what is obviously a strong school district and community driven by high expectations."

 

Sartain has been working within the Union Grove High School athletic department since January, "I think we can sometimes lose the focus of what coaching is about at the college level, and those four months at Union Grove fueled my fire," Sartain added, "I realized again how gratifying it is watching a young teenage student-athlete grow up physically, emotionally, and psychologically."

 

Prior to ETBU, Sartain was the head football coach at Trinity Valley Community College from 2003-2006, including a Southwest Junior College Football Conference championship in 2005.

 

Sartain told Smoaky.com he will get straight to business on Tuesday, meet with the coaching staff throughout the week and the students sometime on Friday.

 

Sartain replaces Bobby Chadwick, who resigned after one year as AD/Football Coach to work at East Texas Charter School.

[cherokee75]

SPRING HILL

YEAR W-L-T PTS-OPP COACH

1940 9-1-0 239- 26 Turner Mills

1941 8-1-1 176- 38 Turner Mills

1942 5-2-0 160- 26 Hunt

1943 3-1-0 89- 50 Hunt

1944 2-5-2 59-152 Star Key

1945 8-2-0 225- 83 Wilmer Meredith

1946 10-0-1 319- 30 Wilmer Meredith

1947 7-2-1 175- 52 Wilmer Meredith

1948 8-1-1 201- 73 Wilmer Meredith

1949 6-3-1 199-164 Wilmer Meredith

1950 5-5-0 243-130 Wilmer Meredith

1951 6-3-0 219- 98 Wilmer Meredith

1952 5-4-0 185-159 Wilmer Meredith

1953 5-4-1 165-129 Wilmer Meredith

1954 6-4-0 251-199 Duncan Thompson

1955 1-9-0 169-270 Weldon Strain

1956 4-6-0 254-155 Weldon Strain

1957 3-4-2 150-141 Weldon Strain

1958 8-3-0 268-182 Weldon Strain

1959 6-3-1 239-190 Weldon Strain

1960 5-3-1 264- 94 Weldon Strain

1961 7-2-1 285-126 Weldon Strain

1962 9-1-0 295- 46 Weldon Stgrain

1963 9-2-1 257- 52 Weldon Strain

1964 4-5-1 167-130 Weldon Strain

1965 9-3-1 192-106 Weldon Strain

1966 8-2-0 214- 79 Weldon Strain

1967 4-4-1 136-136 Gene King

1968 8-2-0 319-130 Gene King

1969 5-5-0 178-163 Gene King

1970 6-4-0 132-105 Gene King

1971 1-9-0 82-225 Gene King

1972 5-4-1 144-148 Gene King

1973 7-3-0 187-149 Gene King

1974 6-4-0 182- 83 Gene King

1975 3-7-0 137-139 Gene King

1976 4-6-0 83-163 Jerry Soileau

1977 4-6-0 88-167 Jerry Soileau

1978 7-1-2 183- 82 Dan Graham

1979 7-3-0 230- 75 Dan Graham

1980 7-3-0 165-125 Dan Graham

1981 8-2-0 203- 97 Dan Graham

1982 6-4-1 230-198 Dan Graham

1983 7-4-0 288-155 Dan Graham

1984 2-8-0 84-224 Dan Graham

1985 3-6-1 107-226 Hal Roberts

1986 4-6-0 133-184 Hal Roberts

1987 1-9-0 56-243 Hal Roberts

1988 3-7-0 106-209 Hal Roberts

1989 1-9-0 117-353 Steve Gaddis

1990 5-5-0 176-217 Steve Gaddis

1991 8-2-0 344-182 Steve Gaddis

1992 9-2-0 287-201 Steve Gaddis

1993 7-3-0 313-205 Steve Gaddis

1994 10-2-0 330-171 Steve Gaddis

1995 4-6-0 213-229 Maurice Cook

1996 6-3-1 245-159 Maurice Cook

1997 7-4-0 289-241 Maurice Cook

1998 5-5-0 231-231 Steve Gaddis

1999 5-5-0 236-235 Steve Gaddis

2000 10-3-0 362-219 Steve Gaddis

2001 10-2-0 382-147 Steve Gaddis

2002 12-2-0 462-223 Steve Gaddis

2003 9-2-0 445-219 Steve Gaddis

2004 8-4-0 352-170 Steve Gaddis

2005 4-6-0 170-325 Robert Bero

2006 6-5-0 Robert Bero

2007 7-4-0 Robert Bero

2008 3-7-0 Robert Bero

2009 3-6-0 Robert Bero

2010 4-6-0 Bill Poe

2011 2-8-0 Bill Poe

2012 3-7-0 Bobby Chadwick



BY DECADES W- L- T P-C-S

1940-49 66-18-7 2- 2- 0

1950-59 49-45-4 1- 1- 0

1960-69 66-29-6 2- 2- 0

1970-79 50-47-3 0- 1- 0

1980-89 42-58-2 2- 2- 0

1990-99 65-38-1 3- 1- 0

2000-09 72-41-0 7- 2- 0

2010-19 9-21-0 0- 0- 0

[eagle24]

great coach, great man, the panthers will be competitive quick

[Golfingnut]

Congrats to Mark!!! The Panthers are getting a great coach, but an even greater man!!!

[FriscoFan]

great coach, great man, the panthers will be competitive quick

He may be a great coach and man, but the Panthers have absolutely nothing coming up. I had to sit through the 7th and 8th grade games last year, and they were brutal. I think the 8th grade scored one touchdown ALL SEASON, ironically, it was against Gilmer. I'm hoping he turns it around, but knowing what he has coming up and being in THAT district, don't expect much.

[MoveTheChain]

He may be a great coach and man, but the Panthers have absolutely nothing coming up. I had to sit through the 7th and 8th grade games last year, and they were brutal. I think the 8th grade scored one touchdown ALL SEASON, ironically, it was against Gilmer. I'm hoping he turns it around, but knowing what he has coming up and being in THAT district, don't expect much.

 

They have some big boys coming up, but they are lacking execution at the QB,RB,WR positions in the lower grades. Good coaching could correct this, but it will take a while. I also had to suffer through the last year with the 7th and 8th grade with a nephew playing for them. Taking nothing away from the kids playing those positions ... they play their hearts out.

[TxFight]

Coach Sartain has a history of doing more with less. Had good seasons at Cross Roads and White Oak. If given time he can make a good change