The Richland Springs football team, which has been without a coach since February, brought back a familiar face with winning experience to lead the program.
James McIntyre Jr., who was the defensive coordinator during the 2023 season, was announced and hired Monday to lead the Coyotes. In his last stint, Richland Springs finished with a 13-1 record and a state semifinal appearance.
“Me and my family couldn’t be more excited to come back home to Richland Springs ISD,” McIntyre wrote in a post on the Richland Springs Coyote Booster Club Facebook page. “We are so grateful for the warm welcome the community of Richland Springs has shown throughout this process.
“Thank you to Superintendent Fryar, Principal Roesler, and Coach Jerry Burkhart for believing in me and giving me this opportunity. I’m excited to get to work and bring home State Championship #10.”
After leaving Richland Springs, McIntyre was an assistant at Class 4A Pearsall before spending the last year heading Rocksprings. As the head football coach and athletic director, McIntyre guided the Angoras to a 5-4 mark in the program’s first year of six-man football.
Now, McIntyre inherits a Richland Springs program which returns three players — offensive lineman Brice Roesler, defensive lineman Layne Ward and kicker Evan Deeds — who experienced a postseason run to the Class 1A Division II state championship. The Coyotes were runner-ups after dropping the contest 99-54 to Jayton.
Richland Springs’ nine state titles are the most of any six-man program in Texas, but the Coyotes haven’t won the crown since 2019. Back in February, Richland Springs parted ways with former head coach Harley Ethridge.
McIntyre and his wife, Terryn, have three children: Aaliyah, Amiyah and Josiah.
This article originally appeared on San Angelo Standard-Times: James McIntyre Jr. returns to lead Richland Springs football team
