Coach Randy Allen Retires

By Michael Wright
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Updated: March 26, 2018

Dallas Highland Park Head Coach Randy Allen retired after coaching since 1973. Allen led the Dallas Highland Park Scots to back to back state championships over the past 2 years and is #4 on the all-time list for coaching wins.

Coach Allen began his head coaching career at Ballinger and went 44-15-2 from 1981-1985. From there he went to Brownwood going 43-13-2 from 1986-1990. A trip to Abilene Cooper was next where he went 66-31-2 from 1991-1998. Finally he wet to Dallas Highland Park where he went 223-28-0 from 1999-2017.

He ended his career with a coaching record of 376-87-6. That puts in in 4th place behind other coaching legends Phil Danaher, G.A. Moore and Gordon Wood.

When Allen was in High School, he was a tailback at Abilene Cooper when they made it to the state championship game. He played college football at Southern Methodist University.