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Coach Looks Forward To Ushering In 'Friday Night Lights' At New High School
Rob Schoenfeld will build a brand-new football program at high school opening this fall.
CEDAR PARK-LEANDER, TX -- In a state where high school football has long reigned, it’s a rare thing to be able to usher in a brand-new set of Friday night lights illuminating games for the first time.
Come August, Coach Rob Schoenfeld will provide such irradiation as the first-ever head coach at Tom Glenn High School. The new school will enroll freshmen and sophomore students later this year.
“I didn’t want to pass up this opportunity,” Schoenfeld told the Austin American-Statesman in a recent interview.
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Before his arrival to Leander, Schoenfeld had been an assistant head coach at Cedar Park since 2012. Last season, he served as offensive coordinator at Cedar Park where the Class 5A, Division II champions averaged 45.8 points per game last year, the Statesman notes.
Prior to that, Schoenfeld also logged a 34-39 record over seven seasons as head coach at Boling and Edna, a Class 3A league.
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He also was an assistant on Cedar Park’s 2012 championship team and the Bay City team winning the Class 4A, Division I title in 2000.
“We are excited to welcome Coach Schoenfeld into his new role at Glenn High School,” Lee Bridges, the senior director of athletics of the Leander school district, said in a prepared statement. “Coach Schoenfeld’s passion for helping young people find success, both on the field and in the classroom, is unmatched.”
Bridges expressed his confidence that Schoenfeld will build a winning football program at the fledgling school.
“His rich experience coaching football makes him a natural choice for the position. I’m confident he will build a tradition of excellence.”
Leander ISD officials will open Tom Glenn High School this fall to accommodate explosive population growth. Encompassing portions of Travis and Wiliiamson counties, the district has seen a 127 percent growth in student enrollment since 2002, according to a Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce report.
That growth makes the district one of the fastest-growing ones in all of Central Texas.
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