Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. In 2018, Kyler Murray, a highly recruited transfer from Texas A&M, stepped in for Mayfield and earned his own Heisman and playoff appearance. In the beginning, it was because he was the only guy that was around to watch film with me.. Muleshoe's Daniel Sianez (21) runs the ball against Jim Ned during the UIL 3A-D1 Area Playoff game on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, at PlainsCapital Park-Lowrey Field in Lubbock, Texas. Find Us . We have to put things together, do it again. Richards went on to lead. Georgia was one of them. Everyone knows everyone, especially the Muleshoe native whose hiring as OUs coach created shockwaves throughout the college football world. 2023 www.lubbockonline.com. You can also view his personality page at newsok.com/berrytramel. Here are five things every fan should know about the Trojans' new coach. But like L.A., they have complete faith now that Lincoln Riley will deliver. But its what hes always wanted and anticipated. Really? "He knew all the progressions. Now that Riley is a head coach, it probably is harder. Muletrain, it should be noted, actually has been around since the late 1950s as a radio offering on a station that beamed it in from Clovis, N.M., 30 miles away. "But he had a really good memory, was really good at math and he was very competitive. A high school portrait of USC football coach Lincoln Riley hangs on the wall of his parents home in Muleshoe, Texas, on Thursday, June 25, 2015. Muleshoe Football History Previous Seasons All-Time Roster 2022-23 ( 36 players) Head Coach: Reyes, Nic ( Sr.) Martens, Nathan ( So.) Who can help student-athletes cash in? Riley is a quarterback whisperer, and Southern California is a five-star quarterback assembly line. Coaches came and went. High, a West Texas town of 5,000. "Last year's team had a lot of success and that was great. That, of course, changed when Lincoln Riley went to Texas Tech, tried out for the football team and Mike Leach almost immediately recognized Riley's intelligence and told him to turn in his shoulder pads and become a student coach. According to a press release, while serving as offensive coordinator, Richards football program had a 51-21 record, including three regional semi-final appearances and two area championship appearances. And sometimes he'd double back and explain to me what I was missing.". "I guess probably once I started to think about going to college, I enjoyed the game so much in high school that I felt it would be part of my life some way, some how. "School was not his primary motivation," Marilyn Riley said. Muleshoe will always be my special village. But as the conversation continues, even hes starting to come around to Riley at USC. Donnie always made sure to see them a couple of times a year, said Big 12 associate commissioner John Underwood, a close friend of Duncans. As impressed as Wood was with his Muleshoe quarterback's ability on the field, he was just as amazed by his off-the-field work. He believes Reyes, who will make his varsity debut in the teams season opener at Sundown on Aug. 28, could be one of the best offensive linemen hes ever coached. We're pretty exited around here. Few will ever forget Riley leading the Mules at Texas Stadium. Patience and a well-timed recruiting pitch helped USC lure Lincoln Riley away from Oklahoma, sending shockwaves through the college football world. Texas Tech Spring Game moved to Lowrey Field, Lubbock native serves aboard U.S. Navy floating airport, Bo Bryant is Littlefields Head Football Coach/AD, Meadow looking for a new head football coach, AD. Hes ready to be a part of that city and what comes with it. For the Rileys, its a new lifestyle. But it's not as if Riley graduated at the top of his high school class. He wanted to win in the classroom like he won on the field.". Hard-working. He can be heard Monday through Friday from 4:40-5:20 p.m. on The Sports Animal radio network, including FM-98.1. Everyone's a hero in a small town, Wood said. California? They are high-integrity people who recruit the right way and have a unique ability to work with players on and off the field.. What had been done was history or tradition or how theyd always done it, but it wasnt working. School was. Its something that hes excited about. But by then, the town had already galvanized around its team, and Muleshoe was firmly on the football map. Please subscribe to keep reading. It shaped who I am, Riley says. A Muleshoe Mule is coaching the Sooners. He wasnt afraid to change things up, to do things different from what had been done there. It didn't hurt that Riley had the services of quarterback Baker Mayfield, who won the Heisman Trophy in December. This is a 33-year-old who grew up in a rural west Texas town known for its unique name, faith, family and football. They were married in 2007. All rights reserved. fellow students never quite understood, she said. Riley caught Wood's eye as a seventh-grader. But growing up, he always knew that he would leave. By June, however, coach Mike Leach had seen enough. How USC trainers saved Vincent Iwuchukwu after cardiac arrest, How Lindsay Gottlieb blends family into USCs once-in-a-lifetime season. . He bought us steak knives with Harrell engraved in them, Harrell said. Muleshoe, a 5,000 population town about 68 miles northwest of Lubbock, sits about 17 miles east of the New Mexico line. Mike and Marilyn Riley had to settle for the revelry generated in their hometown. Mike Riley, Lincolns father, was a Mules quarterback through some of those down years. His youth has been a positive, especially on the recruiting trail. He got an early start, Leach told the Tulsa World last month. Riley, like many young coaches, has grown over the years. Riley is pure Muleshoe. Herald-Times. Riley had instant success at East Carolina, and drew job opportunities from four schools. Who knows what would have become of Riley had he gone to Dartmouth, which seemed most interested, instead of his eventual landing spot at Texas Tech. a job as an assistant coach who worked with receivers. I had to explain everything to him only once. And it's no mirage. Riley, though, doesn't see his biggest 2018 task as replacing a Heisman winner. The Red Raiders beat Michigan State 41-31 on that day. MULESHOE The Muleshoe football team found itself trailing the visiting Brownfield Cubs 23-12 with 22 seconds remaining in the first half when Mules coach Jason Richards thought about taking a . Former Mule Jaxon Lee, an AP all-state first team lineman for the squad, rounds out the new hires as the defensive line coach. Few believed it at first. That number barely fields a varsity team. He was a walk-on quarterback at Texas Tech in the spring and summer of 2003 before starting his coaching career as a student assistant there under head coach Mike Leach for three seasons (2003-05), working with the offense. Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley, center, talks with quarterback Caleb Williams (13) and quarterback Spencer Rattler (7) before a game against Iowa State on Nov. 20. This is a compilation of Muleshoe high school football coach history. Still, the savvy proprietor of the town's only cable station can't possibly know what stories might fall into her lap for the three times a week Muletrain report on her family-operated Channel 6. Two years into that gig, Riley found himself promoted to head coach when Stoops unexpectedly retired in June of 2017. Each of the thousands of bales waiting to be loaded and shipped off weighs up to 500 pounds. 2003. COURTESY/Riley family. Ive always carried that with me., USC coach Lincoln Riley on what he learned from high school coach David Wood, There was backlash to his new, strict approach at first, too. One is USC head coach. 12 and led the Mules to a state semifinal finish his senior season. Before joining the Times in May 2018, he was a projects reporter at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and a 2017 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. "Everybody knew everybody. Its something that weve both always wanted, Caitlin Riley said. filled out recruiting questionnaires, his SAT and ACT scores made more impact with some coaches than his measurable football skills. Aaron Simon, an Angelo State University graduate whos been coaching with Richards for the past nine years, will be the Mules offensive line and associate head coach, while Portales, New Mexico native Chris Mosier the step-brother of former Mule standout receiver Kyle Atwood was hired as the offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach. Of course, it will be up to Riley to decide if he wants a fresh start with the Trojans quarterback room. Suddenly Muletrain was competing with SportsCenter for eyeballs. It was a fortuitous first step on a coaching ladder that has led him to. Every time we get steaks and have friends over, they ask, Where did you get these knives? Always my wife will say, The Rileys bought them for us as a wedding gift. He tells me to come and visit him. Mike Riley, Lincoln's father and a lifelong Muleshoe resident, said he didn't even know his son was interested in coaching until his senior year of high school. the after-school healthy snack program would be? We were so close in age, it became a friendship, but he was a friend I respected. With Rileys help, the Sooners have won back-to-back Big 12 championships, have had two Heisman Trophy finalists in Baker Mayfield and Dede Westbrook, and a College Football Playoff appearance. Theirs is one of many businesses in town that have been passed down, then passed down again, lending Muleshoe an ingrained sense of continuity and pride. Mayfield and Murray became the No. Following the 2016 season, he was appointed Bob Stoops' successor, and he guided the team to the 2017 Rose Bowl and a #2 position in the College Football Playoffs. Then cast your vote, Bruce Springsteen adds to mythology with three-hour show at Tulsa's BOK Center, State board approves new academic standards with Ryan Walters' last-minute revisions, More than 800 Oklahoma medical marijuana farms linked to organized crime, drug agency says, Gov. For many coaches, its difficult to turn the football mind off. Riley will have no shortage of talented quarterbacks to evaluate right here in his new backyard. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. A few years later, Leach offered Riley a full-time job as a wide receivers coach. Still, they somehow became aware of each other at basketball games while playing for rival high schools. if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[320,50],'easternnewmexiconews_com-box-2','ezslot_3',128,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-easternnewmexiconews_com-box-2-0'); Oklahoma University head football coach Lincoln Riley raises the Big 12 Championship trophy after the Sooners beat TCU 41-17 in the conference title game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas last December. Patience is the whole key.. After all, Muletrain isn't 60 Minutes. As you might expect, Runnels, who could double as a one-woman Chamber of Commerce, has a special sweet spot for Riley. David Wood was Riley's high school football coach. in 1969, the Mules scored a single touchdown during the entire season. The pride of Muleshoe is the new head coach of Oklahoma football, and to paraphrase a certain Oklahoma humorist, no one ever met a Muleshoe man who didn't like Lincoln Riley. 1. Jeremiah Barron struggled with injuries last season, but also has the potential to be a versatile player for Muleshoe. The Mules only return one all-district player in wide receiver Irvin Torres. He wasnt afraid to change things up, to do things different from what had been done there. Wood said he envisioned his quarterback working someday for NASA. His mind was just brilliant. In West Texas, Muleshoe's team was for decades a source of disappointment. Tech racked up 579 yards of total offense. It didn't take much, however, to get his competitive football juices flowing in Lubbock. Hal Mumme was the head coach at McMurry University in Abilene, which is about three hours from Muleshoe. They want their kids to be successful, not just in athletics, but in anything they do.. You can cancel at any time. Despite Muleshoes noted success, the squad hit a rough patch, winning just six games over the past three years. Lincolns father, Mike, ran the familys cotton compress and warehouse in the nearby town of Sudan, putting Lincoln and his younger brother, Garrett, to work hauling bales of cotton via forklift in the hot Texas sun. But he did go to school there, walked on to the football team there, and when it became evident that he didn't have the skill to play quarterback there, transitioned to student assistant there. Even in the classroom, when the teacher was giving notes, he'd just soak it in. By Gail M. Williams ".. It's been hectic. No matter how Riley and the Sooners fare, the 105-year-old town of Muleshoe will be proud of him. As the young mayor explains, change often comes to town at a particularly cautious pace. 2023 www.oklahoman.com. Its hard to imagine a place any further away from Los Angeles. Youre going to put me on the spot, Mike Riley said with a laugh when asked about cheering for Texas. "He had great math skills, intelligence and a photographic memory, stuff that you just don't see.". But that's not to say Muleshoe is a one-horse town when it comes to college-football loyalty. 877-845-6272. Copyright 2019 KCBD. Although rocket science was not to be, he considered pursuing his mother's dream that he study to become a pharmacist. I just knew there were things I wanted to try to do, he says. When I hired him, Lincoln was the youngest full-time assistant in the country, but he had been with me as a student assistant and a GA for about six years and did a tremendous job, so I had no reservation about hiring him.. he led the Mules of Muleshoe, a town of . He was selling him to me, Stoops said at the time. But Riley is able to handle the job while spending time with his daughters, Sloan and Stella. Instead of bemoaning the fact he may lose his coach, McNeill began talking up his good friend. The first quarterback Riley ever coached was none other than USC offensive coordinator Graham Harrell. Usually, you build those relationships, and youre going to have a successful program., Top Returners: Irvin Torres, Brennen Davis, Zach Hasley, Jacob Reyes, Matt Fabela. Getting Darrell Davis, one of Richards high school football coaches, was something both men have been talking about for 15 years and have made happen. We're very excited, Mike Riley said. , Victor marveled at how much time the older brother spent tutoring elementary school aged Garrett on the football field. "Everybody in town knows him," she said. Has to have shaped him a little bit.. Marilyn, his mother who grew up on a Muleshoe farm, and his father, Mike, who came from a family that operated cotton gins among other business ventures, graduated from the University of Texas. Maybe more frequent trips to Los Angeles planted some seeds that Southern California might be a nice place to raise two young daughters, Sloan and Stella, with wife Caitlin, even though its a much different lifestyle than what theyve known in Norman, Okla. Like most everyone in town, restaurant owner Victor Leal has a favorite story about his favorite college football coach. The gridiron, no. In a ceremony held Jan. 28 in the Muleshoe High School Library, Jason Richards signed on as the new head football coach/athletic director for the Muleshoe Mules. As impressed as Wood was with his Muleshoe quarterbacks ability on the field, he was just as amazed by his off-the-field work. He is the former high school quarterback who wore No. I told someone the other day that Ive always felt a strong sense of anytime I was any part of a team, I didnt want to be the one to let my team down whether as a player or student assistant or (graduate assistant) or coach or coordinator or now as a head coach.. Later, when his younger brother, Garrett, quarterbacked the team, Wood consulted with Lincoln about their offense. Some people dont desire to be a head coach. "Surely not an everyday event in these parts.". The Rennels' house on West 3rd Street is conveniently located just down from Muleshoe High, whose Friday night football games the station videotapes for continuous airings on Saturdays and Sundays. Its because he has an exceptional memory a photographic memory. He has two daughters Sloan and Stella with Caitlin, the love of his life. Muleshoe Mules Varsity Boys Football Muleshoe, TX FOLLOW TEAM 22-23 V. Football Home Schedule Roster Stats Standings Rankings Photos Videos News More / Muleshoe High School Football Muleshoe Football OVERALL 8-4 0.67 Win % DISTRICT 2-2 3rd in District HOME5-0 AWAY3-3 NEUTRAL0-1 PF318 PA345 STREAK1L Contribute to the Team Complete the Schedule In each of his first three seasons at Oklahoma, Riley led the Sooners to a 12-1 regular season, only to lose in the College Football Playoff semifinals to Georgia, Alabama and LSU of the Southeastern Conference. A decade later, Lincoln Riley's new contract at Oklahoma calls for a guaranteed $3.1 million a year for five years. He could think on the field unlike anybody else, Wood said. The new coach inherited around two dozen players, barely enough to field a full team, and the program was plagued by a lack of discipline. His grandfather Claude Riley, who is 97 and lives at the nursing home with his wife, Evelyn, 89, was a quarterback there, as well. When Wood talks about Riley, it sounded like Lou Holtz, who a couple of months ago came through Oklahoma City and noted his innate ability to immediately see and comprehend the intricacies of football. Duncan was receiving a National Football Foundation Legacy Award in New York City at the same time and Riley wanted to be by his mentors side instead. The Muleshoe, Texas, city limit sign is seen in the hometown of new USC coach Lincoln Riley in 2015. Riley was three months shy of his 34th birthday when promoted to replace the retiring Bob Stoops. Thats coming from a program last year (where) we had a sophomore that just got offers from OU, OSU and Texas A&M, Richards said of Flour Bluff offensive guard Johnny Dickson. Life is too short, so dont be afraid to go for it.. With a coach of Rileys pedigree now leading the Trojans, the Pac-12 is unquestionably now USCs for the taking in the coming years. Hes well-versed on David Woods success with the Mules, which included a 2008 state championship. Questions? Conventional wisdom would say that you guys have been smallish-town people. But Muleshoe wanted discipline, he said. Lincoln has a photographic memory, and when I say that, I really mean it.. Gonzalez, Donavan ( Jr.) Vasquez, Uriel ( Sr.) Morales, Aaron ( So.) Yet, with the aplomb of a seasoned coaching veteran, he guided Oklahoma to a Big 12 championship and a spot in the College Football Playoff. Learn how your comment data is processed. New USC football coach Lincoln Riley grew up in Muleshoe, Texas. Not only did they know him, he would take the time and just visit with those small kids and the junior high kids. There was a problem saving your notification. He has learned from experience. Annie Rice/Avalanche-Journal Muleshoe's head football coach Jason Richards reacts to water being poured on him after the team's win against Brownfield in a bi-district playoff football. Muleshoe residents gather for a livestock auction featuring sheep, hogs and goats. But as much as he relished playing the game, Riley suspected his playing days were over when he passed on small school college football to attend Texas Tech. He brought a program and a culture to Muleshoe that hadnt been there, Riley said. Eight years later, on the brink of that state championship, Riley returned to Muleshoe High for a pep rally. How did Lincoln Riley zoom from Muleshoe High School to the Sooners new head coach? "As long as I could have kids like Lincoln, I knew I could compete.". The Mules won one game in Wood's first season, then five the next, giving Muleshoe its first. Evaluate Jason Florez's football recruiting profile. And I think the value of honesty from my parents and in the community, those were things that people expected of you and took pride in. How could she possibly have known nefarious souls would steal the portable, outdoor air-conditioning system down at the nursing home necessitating an emergency fundraiser; or just how. (Reyes) is a stud. Cheerleading Sponsor Cheyanne Cage. He can be heard Monday through Friday from 4:40-5:20 p.m. on The Sports Animal radio network, including FM-98.1. Learn how this Muleshoe High School student is connecting with coaches in TX and nationwide. Under Walkers leadership, the Mules went 1-19 over the two seasons. Watch the latest highlight videos for the Muleshoe Varsity Football team I am a Haskell Indian Nations University graduate. Riley is a Muleshoe native who played quarterback and defensive end for the Mules football team in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He was a defensive end as a sophomore, but took over the offense in his final two seasons which included one state semifinal finish. Notice something in common about the starting quarterbacks for Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Georgia entering this year? Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley answers a question during a news conference in August. The Mules won one game in Woods first season, then five the next, giving Muleshoe its first non-losing season in two decades. Wood began with a program that fielded 22 players in a school of about 450 students. New WIC On Wheels set to travel to Bailey, other counties, Republican candidate for District 19 primary has clear leadership goals. Get the latest D-FW sports news, analysis, scores and more. ", 521 Pile StreetClovis, NM 88102Ph: (575) 763-3431, Powered by ROAR Online Publication Software from Lions Light Corporation Family roots run generations deep in Muleshoe, making it sometimes feel like time is standing still. But I have to also understand that my expectations of simply doing the best I can for this program, thats going to be higher than anyone else can place on me or this program. There are many friendship threads in Rileys small hometown of nearly 6,000. Maybe even a national title. Continue reading to hear more about OU's youthful coach. Los Angeles, on the other hand that felt like a world apart from Muleshoe. Hes got size, hes got a great family.. He just knew the game. Everybody in Muleshoe's been real supportive. From what I understand, Graves says, he wants to build his own program.. Muleshoe's high-powered offense is led by junior running back Daniel Sianez (579 yards, 6 TD) and the senior wide receiver duo of Ivan Torres (27 receptions, 293 yards, 2 TD) and Eliasar . After coaching for 14 years, the Clovis native got his dream job and was named the Mules head football coach and athletic director in February. 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