OC Is New Head Coach In Raymondville After Alex Leal Retires

2011 Coaching Change: Raymondville Bearkats

Old Head Coach: Alex Leal -- Retiring from coaching to become the athletic director.  He led the Bearkats for the last five seasons to a 32-22-0 record. It was his second stay at Raymondville having been the head coach from 1973-1979 also going 51-18-4.  He was also the head coach at 4A Rio Grande City 1980-1981 2 years 7-13; 3A Port Isabel 1982-1984 3 years 32-5; 5A McAllen 1985-1992 8 years 52-29-1 and Harlingen South 1993-1999 7 years 44-32-1.  Coach Leal has an all-time coaching record of 219-118-6 which puts him in 48th place on the all-time coaching wins list.  He is the all-time winningest coach at Raymondville.

New Head Coach: Joe Gonzalez -- Was the offensive coordinator for the Bearkats.

Team News: 2010's 10 wins ties for most wins in school history.

All-Time Winningest Coaches At Raymondville

NAME YEARS W L T %
Alex Leal 1973-1979, 2006-2010 83 40 4 .669
Ray Solis 1983-1992 52 47 1 .525
Carlos Longoria 1999-2003 27 26 0 .519

 

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Click To see all the coaching changes for 2011.

By: Michael Wright
Lone Star Gridiron
www.lonestargridiron.com

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