As noted in a 2019 Times profile of Riley, Like most boys in West Texas, Riley grew up wanting to be the QB1, not coach him. Questions? Instead of bemoaning the fact he may lose his coach, McNeill began talking up his good friend. "We had great success there throughout our years. The Mules are set to kickoff the 2021 football team on Friday night by hosting Sundown. 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. The day he interviewed, Wood recalls, there were three fights in the schools halls. Sure, maybe they wouldnt have chosen California as their favorite sons next step. 12 and led the Mules to a state semifinal finish his senior season. New USC football coach Lincoln Riley grew up in Muleshoe, Texas. Others speculate he wanted nothing to do with 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. Riley shadowed Leach, a noted night owl, as much as he could. We were so close in age, it became a friendship, but he was a friend I respected. Lincoln, theyll tell you, couldve been anything. Last year, Muleshoe named its football field after the longtime coach. He joined The Times after six years with the Southern California News Group. According to the Dallas Morning News, the Mules scored just one touchdown during the entire 1969 season. 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. They are high-integrity people who recruit the right way and have a unique ability to work with players on and off the field.. Life is too short, so dont be afraid to go for it.. Muleshoe dropped a 28-27 decision to Merkel in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs last weekend. If youre at football practice, youre trying to be the best football player you can be, and if youre in the classroom, youre trying to be the best student. Though Riley had a coach's mind, Wood never saw him going into that profession, thinking that mind might be too good for coaching. Its because he has an exceptional memory a photographic memory. 866-495-5172 Already a member? Muleshoe Sports Net Retweeted. He bought us steak knives with Harrell engraved in them, Harrell said. 1. Hes just an athletic big kid. Ellis is the third generation to run the funeral home, which his grandfather opened in 1959. There are high expectations. 2023 www.lubbockonline.com. His youth has been a positive, especially on the recruiting trail. Back in the early 1980s, Horsley starred on television as Texas oilman Matt Houston, who doubled as a private investigator. 0:46 The Muleshoe Mules had a combined 1-20 record in the two years preceding the hiring of head football coach and athletic director Jason Richards in January 2020. Hed recently been elevated to receivers coach at Texas Tech after years spent endearing himself to then-coach Mike Leach as a student and grad assistant. No one thought it was possible, Riley remembers. Muleshoe Football History Previous Seasons All-Time Roster 2022-23 ( 36 players) Head Coach: Reyes, Nic ( Sr.) Martens, Nathan ( So.) 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. Muleshoe football, as Riley remembers, was "one of the worst programs in the entire state of Texas for a long time." Mike Riley, Lincoln's father, was a Mules quarterback through some of those down years. Despite Muleshoes noted success, the squad hit a rough patch, winning just six games over the past three years. blockbuster came in June when Muleshoe's own Lincoln Riley, whose parents Mike and Marilyn still live in Rennels' neighborhood, was named the football coach at the University of Oklahoma soon after the unexpected resignation of Bob Stoops. Things always change year to year in college football and that's one of the things we enjoy. "Weather here is always important because this is an agricultural community," said Rennels, 74, sounding every bit a schoolmarm lecturing a student just off the turnip truck. "He wasn't a blue-chip athlete," Wood said. 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. He'd dissect defenses really quickly. Riley isn't coaching at the nearby college -- Texas Tech -- long-favored by most of his hometown folks, is an inconvenient truth. The next year, with Mike settling in as quarterback, the Mules won three games. "I really . Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Phone: 918-581-8391. By Gail M. Williams LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - After two seasons as the Head Football Coach/Athletic Director at Muleshoe High School, Lee Walker has been reassigned. Conventional wisdom might tell you to stay in that, thats what you do, and I certainly think that wouldve turned out just fine. Oklahoma cap at lunch alongside Marilyn on Muleshoe's main drag. On his 27th birthday, Riley called plays in a thrilling season-opening 51-49 win over Tulsa in 2010. 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. Muleshoe Mules Class: 3A Division I DCTF High School Ranking: NR Location: Muleshoe, Texas 2022 District 2-3A Division I Standings Team District Record Overall Record Next Opponent Shallowater Mustangs 4 - 0 10 - 2 Idle Bushland Falcons 3 - 1 11 - 2 Idle Muleshoe Mules 2 - 2 8 - 4 Idle Dalhart Wolves 1 - 3 5 - 6 Idle Fortunately, there is a simple, dependable, go-to staple for slow news cycles at Channel 6. "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. But Riley is still so young in the profession, and the longer he stayed in Norman, the more he risked the fan bases appreciation of him running dry. Wood said he has no plans to coach in the future. This is a 33-year-old who grew up in a rural west Texas town known for its unique name, faith, family and football. Clovis was district and state champion in 2001. 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District 514 W. Ave G Muleshoe, Texas . 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. "One of the greatest assets our town has is its name," Rennels said. Riley is pure Muleshoe. Head Boys Track Coach Aaron Simon. Mules, just as his father Mike had done three decades earlier. Two decades later, folks in town are still happy to relive that run through the state playoffs. The Sooners lost their CFP semifinal to Georgia, 54-48 in double overtime at the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day, but Riley had led them to a 12-2 record 8-1 against Big 12 teams in just his first season as Stoops' replacement. 877-845-6272. 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. Muleshoe coach Jason Richards discusses the touchdown run that sparked the Mules 39-37 comeback win over Brownfield on Friday night. quarterback, led the Mules 400 miles to a Class 3A state semifinal game at Texas Stadium in Irving. Momentum was building, and at quarterback, the attention turned to Riley, who Wood says was set to take the reins as a sophomore. The two weeks since that decision have been a whirlwind in both Los Angeles and Muleshoe, even if the definition differs in both places. As the young mayor explains, change often comes to town at a particularly cautious pace. So when they hear insults hurled his way from Oklahoma, where the pettiness extended this week all the way to the state Senate, they spring quickly to his defense. "Everybody in town knows him," she said. And perhaps, 2018 will bring another run to the College Football Playoff. 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. Hard-working. Riley isnt known only as the OU head coach. David Wood was Rileys high school football coach. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. We're very excited, Mike Riley said. He brought belief and hope. "But he had a really good memory, was really good at math and he was very competitive. A humorist and actor and political pundit and newspaper columnist. Everybody in Muleshoe's been real supportive. Coaches came and went. 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. 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. 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. A lot of the values I hope I still carry today were carried from my parents and people in that town. Muleshoe rolled through four playoff games on their way to the Class 3A state semifinals, including a rare win over Friona that inspired Riley and three teammates the next summer to climb the rival towns water tower and spray paint the winning score, 23-13, for all to see. Did Riley envision himself as a future coach? Lincoln has a photographic memory, and when I say that, I really mean it., David Wood, Lincoln Rileys football coach at Muleshoe High. Former Mules quarterback Lincoln Riley . And then theres the part about replacing Bob Stoops. Has to have shaped him a little bit.. (Staff / The Dallas Morning News, courtesy), Are these Rangers good? Seems that back when Riley. Stoops said he wouldnt have retired this offseason if not for his confidence in Riley. The Red Raiders beat Michigan State 41-31 on that day. 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. Thats something they never felt in Norman, where fans would recognize Rileys wife, Caitlin, at the grocery store and knew their daughters names. Oklahoma, where Memorial Stadium could hold 17 times the population of Muleshoe. No new houses, he says, have been built in 15 years. Muleshoe residents gather for a livestock auction featuring sheep, hogs and goats. Jeremiah Barron struggled with injuries last season, but also has the potential to be a versatile player for Muleshoe. Overnight, the youngest head coach in major college football hailed from the West Texas speck on the map that fell into Channel 6's market. Born in Muleshoe, he was raised and schooled primarily in Colorado. A Muleshoe Mule is coaching the Sooners. But Muleshoe wanted discipline, he said. Both sides of the family were rooted in the farming business. As of September 2019, Harrell and Riley kept in touch often via text message. They just didnt know how to do it.. This is a compilation of Muleshoe high school football coach history. Richards grew up in Clovis, where he was quarterback/defensive back for the high school from 1999-2001. Los Angeles, on the other hand that felt like a world apart from Muleshoe. Deep on the dusty plains of West Texas, where grain silos line the sparse landscape and a dry breeze blows loose tufts of cotton across U.S. Route 84, a stretch of railroad runs along a lonely highway. The hustle and bustle is happening at the livestock auction down the highway, where sheep and hogs and goats are being sold at a breakneck pace. I havent been following them as much since the boys got bigger and went to different schools. Note: Lincoln Riley turns 35 years old today. In Muleshoe, no one needs any convincing. It's also home to two of the greatest offensive minds in college football. And maybe after a few recruiting classes keeping Southern California talent at home Riley will be in a better position to take down the goliaths of the SEC by facing them in the playoff rather than tussling with them during the entire regular season. Find Us . The Pecos and Northern Texas Railway companies laid the track here in 1913, cutting through this swath of Bailey County ranchland to connect the growing town of Lubbock to the border of New Mexico. They say you are raised by a village. But the last 103 years havent been all wins and Roses. Muleshoe ultimately fell short in the state semifinals, losing handily to Forney High, a much larger school, 41-17. His coaching career would soon take off into the stratosphere, leading him to East Carolina, then Oklahoma and now USC, but Riley was already a star in Muleshoe. A Michigan native and University of Michigan graduate, Kartje previously wrote for Fox Sports Wisconsin and the Bloomington (Ind.) "School was not his primary motivation," Marilyn Riley said. Although rocket science was not to be, he considered pursuing his mother's dream that he study to become a pharmacist. Riley will have no shortage of talented quarterbacks to evaluate right here in his new backyard. He once played quarterback for the Muleshoe. I think you always have a chance at Oklahoma, but a lot of things have got to go well.". But I think we saw this move as potentially a chance for them to experience new things, and when they get out in the real world which will come way too quick I want them to have been exposed to different things and different areas and different kinds of people. "I thought he was more in the realm of NASA or something like that," Wood said. Some were convinced hed leave for Louisiana State. First-year coach Lincoln Riley and quarterback Baker Mayfield took center stage Monday, as Oklahoma had its turn at Big 12 Media Days in Frisc. Each of the thousands of bales waiting to be loaded and shipped off weighs up to 500 pounds. While Riley stayed loyal to McNeill, he also wanted to make sure his next jump was the proper one. Get the latest D-FW sports news, analysis, scores and more. Texas Tech coach Mike Leach saw enough in him to recruit him as a walk on, but it wasnt too long during his time in Lubbock before Riley moved into a student assistant role. I said, Ruffin, Ive read all about him. But thats the kind of guy that Ruffin is. The rapid rise of Lincoln Riley, from small-town quarterback to one of the most promising football minds in America, is rooted deep in this arid soil. Everybody is just so proud.". Theres something about being raised in a small town, said his wife, Caitlin Riley. Everybody is so supportive. He was a sponge. 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. He was a young man who could create plays, said Black, the longtime mayor. Riley is a fierce competitor, but it would be naive to think that Oklahomas upcoming move to the SEC where the Sooners will be one of six programs which expect to annually compete for national championships wasnt something he weighed in making this shocking move west. No telling if the city founders had any inkling the name might itself become a celebrity of sorts. He was telling me about some other opportunities that were in the foresight of his career. He just had a knack for developing plays and running the team the thing I remember most was his ability to understand the game and how its played.. And Muleshoe, its a town that backs people from the community. Growing up here, Ellis says, it often felt like you were insulated from the ails of the outside world. Learn how your comment data is processed. "To see him grow and develop into what he's become, it's pretty remarkable. Weve been busy, but weve enjoyed every day., I cover the University of Oklahoma football and mens basketball teams. Berry Tramel: Berry can be reached at (405) 760-8080 or at btramel@oklahoman.com. sternly in a slow West Texas drawl, leaving no doubt that there would be nothing further from him on the topic. (Reyes) is a stud. Its like Christmas Eve and Im 6 years old. "Everybody loves him. 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. "Yeah, I think that's fair to say," he said. But its also a dream come true. Former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach saw that same attribute in Riley. A statue of Old Pete stands near Muleshoes only stoplight and celebrates the role of the mule in Texas history. In years past, he has made it back to Muleshoe every summer. Their hearts belonged to the Longhorns until sons Lincoln and Garrett went off to college at Texas Tech. We were on the way to San Antonio and the bowl game and we were obviously thinking we were going to have our normal role at that Alamo Bowl game, said Simmons, who coached wide receivers at the time. He looks back fondly on his upbringing in West Texas and the lessons it taught him. With a coach of Rileys pedigree now leading the Trojans, the Pac-12 is unquestionably now USCs for the taking in the coming years. USC coach Lincoln Riley remains a celebrated figure in the Muleshoe High football program. He has two daughters Sloan and Stella with Caitlin, the love of his life. Will fame (and the fortune of a new $3.1 million annual contract) change Riley? We just saw even at a young age he was pretty special for a 3A school, Wood said. That will never change.. Roster last updated on Nov 14, 2022 @ 4:14pm (GMT) Print Roster Correction All-Time Roster. But he chose football, and his immediate success with three College Football Playoff semifinal appearances in his first three years as head coach at Oklahoma has become an inextricable part of the towns story, one theyre more than happy to share, even if most cant quite reckon with the latest twist. "We'll see," Riley said. That notion crossed his mind the last Sunday morning in November, as he decided within a few hours to leave the comfort of Oklahoma for the uncertainty of USC. Muleshoe will be Richards first athletic director and head football coaching position. Pride Football camp starts Monday morning. He was a defensive end as a sophomore, but took over the offense in his final two seasons which included one state semifinal finish. Some folks waited afterward to get his autograph. After three years of student coaching as an undergraduate and another as a graduate assistant, Leach, on Valentine's Day 2007, offered Riley. 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. While other small Texas towns have faded off the map, the dairy business has kept Muleshoes population hovering steadily around 5,000. Lo and behold, we get there in the team meeting and Lincoln was told, Coach (Leach) isnt coaching this game and guess what? He can be heard Monday through Friday from 4:40-5:20 p.m. on The Sports Animal radio network, including FM-98.1. The expectations for a quick rebuild will be ever-present, trumping any old loyalties. Muleshoe (locals pronounce it mule-SHOE), named in honor of a nearby ranch and developed in 1913 to take advantage of commerce sure to come with newly laid railroad tracks linking Lubbock to New Mexico, was back on the map. I knew he'd be the best next coach at a major Division I school. He has deep roots here. Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley watches the Sooners play Iowa State on Nov. 20. Mike Leach and his Texas Tech Red Raiders were only an hour away, and Lincoln had already traded his helmet for a coaching whistle as a GA by the time Garrett was ready to be the starting quarterback back home. But in high school, there were only a few shotgun sets, and the Mules ran a Power-I attack. Were not allowed to talk about the wind in my program. "Small town, very tight-knit community. A few years later, Leach offered Riley a full-time job as a wide receivers coach. The theories are numerous, but some here who know the Rileys wonder if the sprawl of Los Angeles might offer a semblance of anonymity. How the deluge of 1938 changed Los Angeles and its river, The chance of a lifetime: Five friends ski the tallest mountain in Los Angeles. Oklahoma football head coach Lincoln Riley hugs quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) after the Sooners won the Big 12 title last December in Arlington, Texas. That part has always been important to me.. He doubled that win total in his first . Hidden facts about Muleshoe, the best restaurants discovered while recruiting and plenty more fun with Coach Riley on this week's Fifth Quarter! J. Brady McCollough is a sports enterprise reporter for the Los Angeles Times, focusing on national college football and basketball topics. The biggest story in town history, she said, has to be the dedication of the National Mule Memorial, constructed in homage to the animal that was once farming's beast of burden. Richards noted the juniors ability to play wide receiver, running back and quarterback on offense as well as defensive back on defense. I cannot wait to get this thing going. He introduced his fianc, the head softball coach at Flour Bluff. Riley played quarterback and defensive end for Muleshoe High School before graduating in 2002. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. He told his assistants, "We've got to keep him around. And sometimes he'd double back and explain to me what I was missing.". 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. The streak ends this year. 866-495-5172 Already a member? So how'd he end up as Oklahoma's headcoach? 1. All rights reserved. Wood began with a program that fielded 22 players in a school of about 450 students. And these former Longhorns fans are now supporters of the crimson and cream, as well as the University of Kansas, where their youngest son, Garrett, is the quarterbacks coach. But when they worked there during high school, the boys learned valuable life lessons such as time management and the importance of every worker in the chain. If youre at home, youre trying to be the best son, daughter. "He loved the job and was used to working for nothing.". Call. When Riley was a freshman, the Mules won 10, including a playoff game. Mike Riley, Lincolns father, was a Mules quarterback through some of those down years. Editor's note: This story was originally published on August 10, 2017. Head Cross Country/Head Girls Powerlifting Coach . But that was 1965, 15 years before the birth of Channel 6. One person he depended on during this time was the late Donnie Duncan, a former Oklahoma athletic director. We're pretty exited around here. 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. 4 min read. 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