SPORTS
Coaching changes at Bowie, Nocona
By ERIC VICCARO
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
Brant Farris’ wife, Lee Ann (neé Richardson), was a pitcher on Tommy Tomlinson’s first Bowie High School softball team.
At a recent Bowie Independent School District Board of Trustees meeting, Farris was named new head softball coach, replacing Tomlinson.
Tomlinson reportedly has been given the assignment of coaching football and track and field at the junior high level. All other coaching positions remain unchanged, Bowie Athletic Director Dylan Stark said.
This will be Farris’ second coaching assignment, having also been a head baseball coach at All Saints’ Episcopal in Fort Worth.
“I’m super excited,” Farris said. “Tommy has done a great job with the program, and the only coach they’ve ever seen. I want to take the tradition we have and build and grow upon it.”
Farris serves as the district’s IT coordinator. Farris says he’s baseball transplant.
Originally from Mansfield, where he was a Conference 5A first-team all-district and all-area second baseman, Farris played for the Kansas City Royals in Single-A ball. He was also a shortstop at Northwood University in Cedar Hill. For more, read the mid-week edition of The 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.
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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