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LOCAL: Williams will lead Gold-Burg

Published

9 years ago

06/12/2017

By ERIC VICCARO
sports@bowienewsonline.com

Gordon Williams is coming home to Montague County.
Williams’ move as new Gold-Burg athletic director and head boys’ basketball coach was made official when he was approved by the school board at its Monday meeting.
“We’re excited,” said Gold-Burg superintendent Roger Ellis. “We’re jumping up and down. I think we are moving in the right direction with an established, seasoned coach.”
With Williams taking over at Gold-Burg, the Conference 1A school that makes up Ringgold and Stoneburg, it’s hopeful the coaching carousel will stop spinning. There will be five different head coaches in five seasons.
In related news, Gold-Burg boys’ athletics coach Michael Taylor has accepted a position in Flower Bluff. Ellis reported recent boys’ basketball coach
Michael Ball has resigned in hopes of being closer to his hometown of Mineral Wells.
There’s still one boys’ athletics vacancy at Gold-Burg, with the possibility any hire will be the head football coach.
As of right now, Williams will be the head football coach as well.
This will mark Williams’ second stint at Gold-Burg, also coaching at the school for six years during the 1990s.
Longtime Bowie head coach Gayno Shelton is excited to see Williams return home.
“Gordon’s a great guy,” Shelton said. “He does a good job on the fundamentals, and his kids play with a lot of energy. That’s important.”
Shelton served as Williams basketball coach in the early-1980s at Bowie High School.
“I remember Gordon as an excellent shooter and he was athletic,” added Shelton, who now plans on making trips to Stoneburg to watch Williams mentor the Bears. Read more in the June 10 Bowie News.

Gordon Williams. (Courtesy photo from the Petrolia Independent School District)

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McLennan to coach Saint Jo boys

Published

6 days ago

06/19/2026

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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.

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McLennan to coach Saint Jo boys

Published

7 days ago

06/18/2026

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New Saint Jo Boy’s Basketball Coach Terry McLennan said the school’s family atmosphere is what prompted him to join the Panther family.

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.

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Botard new BHS girls BB coach

Published

7 days ago

06/18/2026

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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.