For many coaches, its difficult to turn the football mind off. Will Rogers was a restless 18-year-old in 1898 when he signed on to be a cowboy for the sprawling Mashed O Ranch, which covered parts of Lamb and Bailey counties in the Texas Panhandle. 877-845-6272. He was a young man who could create plays, said Black, the longtime mayor. We are very excited after a lengthy process to introduce Jason Richards and his fianc Miss Angela Scott, said Curtis Preston, president of MISD Board of Trustees. Some speculate the injury mightve changed his trajectory, but the next season, Riley led Muleshoe to new heights as its quarterback anyway. But he happily embraced the familys other enduring legacy in town, as the third of four Rileys to quarterback the Muleshoe Mules. In Muleshoe, no one needs any convincing. In 2017, once Riley took the reins from Stoops, Mayfield won the Heisman Trophy while leading the Sooners to the College Football Playoff semifinals. The Muleshoe, Texas, city limit sign is seen in the hometown of new USC coach Lincoln Riley in 2015. Mike Leach and his Texas Tech Red Raiders were only an hour away, and Lincoln had already traded his helmet for a coaching whistle as a GA by the time Garrett was ready to be the starting quarterback back home. Will Oklahoma fare better or worse in 2017 season? USC won 11 national titles under icons Howard Jones, John McKay, John Robinson and Pete Carroll. USC coach Lincoln Riley remains a celebrated figure in the Muleshoe High football program. After watching Riley try to make it as a walk-on quarterback, the coach offered Riley a student assistant coaching job. It would be a challenge, Simmons said, but one that the then-26-year-old coach accepted and conquered. I would put those at the top of the list.". It's pretty much the talk of the town.. As a senior, he led the Mules of Muleshoe, a town of about 5,000 people, to the state semifinals. A coincidence my step dad is from Muleshoe, and small town doesnt really do it justice. Some people dont desire to be a head coach. In a ceremony held Jan. 28 in the Muleshoe High School Library, Jason Richards signed on as the new head football coach/athletic director for the Muleshoe Mules. Tech racked up 579 yards of total offense. Their hearts belonged to the Longhorns until sons Lincoln and Garrett went off to college at Texas Tech. He has two daughters Sloan and Stella with Caitlin, the love of his life. Its going to be a total change for Muleshoe to think about Lincoln being in California. The new coach inherited around two dozen players, barely enough to field a full team, and the program was plagued by a lack of discipline. Ive always carried that with me., USC coach Lincoln Riley on what he learned from high school coach David Wood, There was backlash to his new, strict approach at first, too. This is a compilation of Muleshoe high school football coach history. All four quarterbacks are in the top five for passing yards in a season. fellow students never quite understood, she said. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Texas Tech Spring Game moved to Lowrey Field, Lubbock native serves aboard U.S. Navy floating airport, Bo Bryant is Littlefields Head Football Coach/AD, Meadow looking for a new head football coach, AD. Lincoln knows exactly what the heck hes doing. Its something that weve both always wanted, Caitlin Riley said. Really? Head Girls Track Coach Adrienne Ross. Just do what got you here, Riley said. Hes got size, hes got a great family.. Muleshoe dropped a 28-27 decision to Merkel in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs last weekend. Just like he isnt shocked by the anger in Oklahoma. How can a West Texas boy go to L.A.? asked David Wood, who coached Riley at Muleshoe High. "To see him grow and develop into what he's become, it's pretty remarkable. What had been done was history or tradition or how theyd always done it, but it wasnt working. A newspaper article from the Clovis News Journal about USC coach Lincoln Riley during his high school days is on display at his parents home in Muleshoe, Texas. How the deluge of 1938 changed Los Angeles and its river, The chance of a lifetime: Five friends ski the tallest mountain in Los Angeles. He spent a couple of days in Muleshoe and wrote about his drover days. Coaches came and went. As you might expect, Runnels, who could double as a one-woman Chamber of Commerce, has a special sweet spot for Riley. Notice something in common about the starting quarterbacks for Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Georgia entering this year? This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Every Friday night that season, Muleshoe shut down. Caravans of pick-ups and SUVs would filter out of town for road games, packing visiting bleachers across the plains. (Reyes) is a stud. Although rocket science was not to be, he considered pursuing his mother's dream that he study to become a pharmacist. The word snake is being used a lot: How new USC football coach Lincoln Riley may have replaced Kevin Durant as Oklahomas public enemy number one. A Michigan native and University of Michigan graduate, Kartje previously wrote for Fox Sports Wisconsin and the Bloomington (Ind.) My daddy would roll over in his grave if I said I was gonna root for USC, Sam Whalin, the schools retired maintenance director, says with a laugh. There are high expectations. Riley also played basketball, baseball and ran track during his youth and high school days, but it was football that piqued his interest. Heres little po-dunk Muleshoe playing in the [Dallas] Cowboys stadium, said Wood, whos now retired. Lincoln is also well-known for being the Oklahoma Sooners' head football coach. That was the best the town had ever done, Wood said, until Lincoln., In West Texas, Muleshoes team was for decades a source of disappointment. The following season, Muleshoe went 15-0 and won its only state championship. His grandfather, Claude, was the first, leading the Mules to an undefeated season in 1938. A Muleshoe Mule is coaching the Sooners. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. The crowd roared. "Yeah, hotel right now," he says. Who knows what would have become of Riley had he gone to Dartmouth, which seemed most interested, instead of his eventual landing spot at Texas Tech. They embraced whats good for it. "I really . With him, that hasnt been forgotten.. Riley won the Frank Broyles Award in 2015 for being the nations top assistant coach after his first year at OU, but he nearly missed the ceremony. I grew up where the wind makes you tougher. For the Rileys, its a new lifestyle. Today, he contends that their prank, now a part of town lore, was delayed payback for Friona painting the previous seasons score all over Muleshoes own weight room. He was brought up in Muleshoe after all, raised with its good Christian values. I wish I could have recorded Lincoln with how smooth, precise and decisive he was on that night of the game, McNeill said. Riley will have no shortage of talented quarterbacks to evaluate right here in his new backyard. There was some nervous energy, Riley says. BREAKING after two seasons Muleshoe has reassigned HFC/AD Lee Walker, Muleshoe is open #txhsfb @dctf. Few believed it at first. Riley was a defensive end during his sophomore season at Muleshoe, but he was shifted to quarterback for his final two years. Learn how your comment data is processed. The day he interviewed, Wood recalls, there were three fights in the schools halls. Back in the early 1980s, Horsley starred on television as Texas oilman Matt Houston, who doubled as a private investigator. Cheerleading Sponsor Cheyanne Cage. It was a fortuitous first step on a coaching ladder that has led him to. One is USC head coach. As the young mayor explains, change often comes to town at a particularly cautious pace. Last week's scrimmage against Olton showed the growth the Muleshoe football team has made over the last year. Junior High Coordinator Ross Johnson. Hell never forget his roots, Muleshoe Mayor Cliff Black said last week. All rights reserved. When I hired him, Lincoln was the youngest full-time assistant in the country, but he had been with me as a student assistant and a GA for about six years and did a tremendous job, so I had no reservation about hiring him.. You just have a lot of pride in the town and in the people. Please subscribe to keep reading. he led the Mules of Muleshoe, a town of . But I think its a wonderful move.. CALL. He wasnt afraid to change things up, to do things different from what had been done there. "But he was the kind of athlete you wanted running the show. He had a great knack for stuff like that.. J. Brady McCollough is a sports enterprise reporter for the Los Angeles Times, focusing on national college football and basketball topics. Hes the person who has a spare second for those wanting to talk to him during visits home. Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley talks with his players during a game against Oklahoma State on Saturday. Georgia was one of them. A Texas map on the wall of Muleshoe, Texas head football coach David Wood's office marks the location of their West Texas opponents, Tuesday, August 1, 2017. Two decades later, folks in town are still happy to relive that run through the state playoffs. He felt that it was a good opportunity for him. In two seasons as Oklahomas coach, Lincoln Riley has had two quarterbacks win the Heisman Trophy. . His youth has been a positive, especially on the recruiting trail. Call. Roster last updated on Nov 14, 2022 @ 4:14pm (GMT) Print Roster Correction All-Time Roster. "Surely not an everyday event in these parts.". Riley had instant success at East Carolina, and drew job opportunities from four schools. Hard-working. A rocket scientist. But as much as he relished playing the game, Riley suspected his playing days were over when he passed on small school college football to attend Texas Tech. In each of his first three seasons at Oklahoma, Riley led the Sooners to a 12-1 regular season, only to lose in the College Football Playoff semifinals to Georgia, Alabama and LSU of the Southeastern Conference. But as he and his wife considered the idea, Riley thought of his daughters. Theres something about being raised in a small town, said his wife, Caitlin Riley. Wood, determined to put an end to the exodus, noticed a seventh-grader playing at the junior high with "lots [of] football smarts" if not lots of blue-chip skills. He brought belief and hope. I think you always have a chance at Oklahoma, but a lot of things have got to go well.". It shaped who I am, Riley says. Mayfield and Murray became the No. But that's not to say Muleshoe is a one-horse town when it comes to college-football loyalty. David Wood was Riley's high school football coach. But he chose football, and his immediate success with three College Football Playoff semifinal appearances in his first three years as head coach at Oklahoma has become an inextricable part of the towns story, one theyre more than happy to share, even if most cant quite reckon with the latest twist. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman. 4 min read. By June, however, coach Mike Leach had seen enough. The theories are numerous, but some here who know the Rileys wonder if the sprawl of Los Angeles might offer a semblance of anonymity. At the helm of an I-formation, pro-style attack that bears no resemblance to the offense he ran at Oklahoma and will bring to USC, Riley led the Mules to an undefeated regular season in 2000. Los Angeles, on the other hand that felt like a world apart from Muleshoe. After three years of student coaching as an undergraduate and another as a graduate assistant, Leach, on Valentine's Day 2007, offered Riley. Volunteer. You know everybody. "The value of hard work - I think the community has always been built on that. Muleshoe, just 22 miles from the New Mexico border, is home to the National Mule Memorial. Which brings us to our next topic . filled out recruiting questionnaires, his SAT and ACT scores made more impact with some coaches than his measurable football skills. 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The Wallace Theatre sits on Muleshoes Main Street. Some folks waited afterward to get his autograph. How could she possibly have known nefarious souls would steal the portable, outdoor air-conditioning system down at the nursing home necessitating an emergency fundraiser; or just how. He was a defensive end as a sophomore, but took over the offense in his final two seasons which included one state semifinal finish. to try to lead the Mules out of the desert. Riley, like many young coaches, has grown over the years. He can be heard Monday through Friday from 4:40-5:20 p.m. on The Sports Animal radio network, including FM-98.1. Things always change year to year in college football and that's one of the things we enjoy. Donnie always made sure to see them a couple of times a year, said Big 12 associate commissioner John Underwood, a close friend of Duncans. 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The next year he was hired on at Oklahoma as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under the nationally-renowned Bob Stoops. "It was a great place to grow up," Riley said on Wednesday afternoon during a telephone interview with The Eastern New Mexico News. That string of decisions eventually cost Riley any hope he had at playing big-time football. The pride of Muleshoe is the new head coach of Oklahoma football, and to paraphrase a certain Oklahoma humorist, no one ever met a Muleshoe man who didn't like Lincoln Riley. When OU was searching for a new offensive coordinator in 2015, Stoops called McNeill for permission to speak to Riley. Lincoln Riley isnt surprised by the towns confusion. Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley, center, talks with quarterback Caleb Williams (13) and quarterback Spencer Rattler (7) before a game against Iowa State on Nov. 20. Find content for all Muleshoe Mules' Football teams covered by MaxPreps over the years. Never mind that Riley was only 19 years old. Its probably one of the most supportive communities youll find in the state of Texas, said Richards, who had been Flour Bluffs offensive coordinator for the past five seasons. But when they worked there during high school, the boys learned valuable life lessons such as time management and the importance of every worker in the chain. Heres everything you need to know about Riley. But like L.A., they have complete faith now that Lincoln Riley will deliver. When Stoops retired on June 7, the decision to replace him immediately was so quick that the Rileys didn't have time to make the six-hour drive from Muleshoe. Good call. Atwood, who was one of the four, recalls that the boys were caught as soon as they descended the water tower. Continue reading to hear more about OU's youthful coach. But it was no mirage. Richards comes to Muleshoe from Flour Bluff High School in Corpus Christi, where he served as offensive coordinator. Two years into that gig, Riley found himself promoted to head coach when Stoops unexpectedly retired in June of 2017. In a back corner booth at Leals, where cowboy hats line the front walkway and tables are filling ahead of the lunch rush, Bob Graves is still sorting out his emotions over fresh-baked tortilla chips. The Sooners lost their CFP semifinal to Georgia, 54-48 in double overtime at the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day, but Riley had led them to a 12-2 record 8-1 against Big 12 teams in just his first season as Stoops' replacement. Overnight, the youngest head coach in major college football hailed from the West Texas speck on the map that fell into Channel 6's market. Ryan Kartje is the USC beat writer at the Los Angeles Times. Riley was on the football and track teams at Muleshoe (Tex.) Ellis is the third generation to run the funeral home, which his grandfather opened in 1959. Oklahoma, where Memorial Stadium could hold 17 times the population of Muleshoe. No matter how Riley and the Sooners fare, the 105-year-old town of Muleshoe will be proud of him. At USC, expectations are already soaring. Wood said he envisioned his quarterback working someday for NASA. Hes the young man who helped his alma mater install the spread offense, which led the Mules to a 2008 state championship. They were some complex plays as complex as you can be at 11.. (Staff / The Dallas Morning News, courtesy), Are these Rangers good? We have to put things together, do it again. "I don't think they would havehad to pay him," his father Mike said. Even a few weeks ago, he says, if you wouldve told me I was living in L.A., I dont know that I wouldve believed you.. The rapid rise of Lincoln Riley, from small-town quarterback to one of the most promising football minds in America, is rooted deep in this arid soil. "He loved the job and was used to working for nothing.". 866-495-5172 Already a member? Riley is already having huge success recruiting Southern California. DW Rutledge. "I think we've got enough to do some great things, but a lot's gotta happen between now and then. Im fired up. Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley stands on the sidelines during a game against Baylor on Nov. 13. After coaching for 14 years, the Clovis native got his dream job and was named the Mules head football coach and athletic director in February. He has learned from experience. Oklahoma University head football coach Lincoln Riley raises the Big 12 Championship trophy after the Sooners beat TCU 41-17 in the conference title game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas last December. Davis will be Muleshoes defensive coordinator and linebackers coach after previously being at Texico (New Mexico) High School. Riley already has plenty of quality head-coaching experience behind him, plus a hefty new contract approved by the school last month. Richards noted the juniors ability to play wide receiver, running back and quarterback on offense as well as defensive back on defense. Deep on the dusty plains of West Texas, where grain silos line the sparse landscape and a dry breeze blows loose tufts of cotton across U.S. Route 84, a stretch of railroad runs along a lonely highway. Flashback: Lincoln Riley's hometown thought he would work for NASA. That part has always been important to me.. David Wood was Rileys high school football coach. He could think on the field unlike anybody else. 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