Gaines Returns as Odessa ECISD Athletic Director
The ECISD school board unanimously hires Gary Gaines as athletic director sixteen years after he left Permian High. He will oversee 32 coaches and 49 sports, with a $91,000 salary plus car allowance, reporting changes for elementary PE, and UIL eligibility duties. Gaines begins soon, replacing interim AD John Wilkins.
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Gaines
Wendell Sollis
Sollis
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Texas
Odessa
Permian
GAINES CAREER HIGHLIGHTS AND EDUCATION SUMMARY
Career as head football coach spans Abilene Christian San Angelo Central Abilene High Permian Monahans Tascosa and Denver City with a 132-112 overall record. Education includes a Master of Education from Sul Ross and a Bachelor of Science from San Angelo State University.
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Abilene Christian University
San Angelo Central
Abilene High
Texas Tech University
Permian High
Monahans High
Tascosa High
Permian
Denver City
Petersburg
Fort Stockton High
Sul Ross University
San Angelo State University
Gary Gaines named ECISD athletic director to unify coaching on campuses
ECISD announces Gary Gaines as athletic director after leaving college football. He plans to place teacher coaches on the same campus, improve AIL and eligibility, and elevate programs across east and west Odessa, praising staff and stressing a long term2 effort. Odessa High head coach Scott Phillips looks forward to collaboration, calling Gaines a quality person capable of correcting struggles in the athletic program. Gaines, reflecting on 34 years of coaching, says the opportunity aligns with his faith and aims to build a strong district program rather than a short-term fix.
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ECISD
Gary Gaines
Doyle Woodall
West Odessa
Gaines
Woodall
Floy Hinson
Hinson
Randy Rives
AD Mark Anderson
Rives
Sible
Sollis
John Wilkins
Abilene Christian University
Gilbert Vasquez
Vasquez
Abilene Church of Christ
Sharon
Wilkins
Mark Anderson
Wendell Sollis
Trict
Odessa High
Scott Phillips
OHS
Phillips
Army weighs options to sustain all volunteer force overseas
A senior Army official proposes expanding the Army by 30,000 soldiers at a cost of 3 billion dollars a year or loosening guard and reserve limits to extend active duty. With about 135,000 troops in Iraq and Kuwait and four to five years of expected commitment, the service faces a grueling rotation amid missions in Afghanistan and the Balkans. The force has swelled beyond initial Iraq invasion projections, challenging planners who anticipated withdrawals.
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National Guard
Iraq
Kuwait
Korean
Balkans
Afghanistan
Bush
Saddam Hussein
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