SPORTS
Nocona’s Clay ready for challenge
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
After spending last year not coaching, Tiffany Clay will be returning to the court this season as Nocona’s leader.
“I’m honored to be given an opportunity to coach on the same court I once played,” Clay said. “I want to continue to build on the success we’ve had in the past.”
Clay said she’s motivated by the number of banners on walls inside Nocona’s gymnasium.
Glenna Clay, Tiffany’s mother-in-law, and Sandy Langford have guided the Indians to state championship berths. And Tiffany hopes to accomplish the same feat.
“My mother-in-law, she’s the reason why I love coaching and what I do,” Tiffany Clay said. “She’s been a great mentor for me.”
Tiffany Clay played for Glenna Clay on the Indians’ back-to-back state tournament teams more than a decade ago. Clay was also an assistant under Langford during Langford’s first season as Nocona’s head coach.
Clay, who played one year at Ranger College and graduated from Tarleton State, said the type of offense the Indians will run this season will be based on personnel.
In addition to Nocona, Clay coached at Lexington for three seasons and Prairie Valley here in Montague County for two years. Last year, she was a third- and fourth-grade teacher in the Montague Independent School District. Read the mid-week edition of The Bowie News for more, including Nocona’s season schedule.
Nocona volleyball coach Tiffany Clay. (Photo provided by Garner Studios, Gainesville).
New Saint Jo Boy’s Basketball Coach Terry McLennan said the school’s family atmosphere is what prompted him to join the Panther family.
“This is an opportunity to be an important program but also part of a great community,” McLennan said. “I’ve been looking to get back to a small town environment like the one I grew up in and played ball and this should do that.”
McLennan played basketball in Hubbard outside of Waco. McLennan comes to town after being the assistant girl’s basketball coach in Grand Prairie.
McLennan contends he’s a defensive style of coach but says his team will focus on intensity.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
New Saint Jo Boy’s Basketball Coach Terry McLennan said the school’s family atmosphere is what prompted him to join the Panther family.
“This is an opportunity to be an important program but also part of a great community,” McLennan said. “I’ve been looking to get back to a small town environment like the one I grew up in and played ball and this should do that.”
McLennan played basketball in Hubbard outside of Waco. McLennan comes to town after being the assistant girl’s basketball coach in Grand Prairie.
McLennan contends he’s a defensive style of coach but says his team will focus on intensity.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
After some coaching time in East Texas, Bret Botard will be the new girl’s basketball coach at Bowie.
Botard said it’s a chance to work with Bowie Athletic Director Tyler Price once again. Price was Botard’s assistant when he coached at Nocona.
“I wanted to get back into the area,” Botard said. “It’s a good community.”
Botard graduated high school in 1995 from Del Valle High School, outside Austin, and went to Texas Tech. He started his coaching career in Lubbock followed by returning to his alma mater where he was an assistant for his high school coach.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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