Mike Mullins Resigns at Harker Heights, Headed to Navasota

[HEMOTOXIC]

http://www.kbtx.com/sports/headlines/Mike-Mullins-Resigns-at-Harker-Heights-Headed-to-Navasota-212044041.html

Mike Mullins resigned as head football coach at Harker Heights on Tuesday. Mullins has accepted the offensive coordinator position under Lee Fedora at Navasota. Mullins resignation is effective on June 30.

Fedora said, "That's a wow hire. I'm excited to have him as part of the staff."

Mullins went 4-7 this past season, leading the Knights back to the postseason for the first time since 2005. Harker Heights fell to No. 1 DeSoto in the 5A bi-district round 62-15. Mullins went 14-27 in his four years at the school.

Prior to coaching at Harker Heights, Mullins served as head coach at Cameron Yoe from 2003-2009.

His coaching record is 95-86-1 and his teams have reached the playoffs 11 times.

[Yoe_09]

Mullins is a good offensive coordinator. He was the OC in Cameron for a few years before getting the AD position. Before that he was the head coach at Gilmer. Great hire.

[navscanmaster]

Wow, Fedora has been reeling in former 5A assistants, now a 5A former HC? The man has some credibility, no joke.

[Yoe_09]

Interesting read: http://kdhnews.com/opinion/columns/down_the_line/mullins-surprising-departure-is-not-so-shocking/article_2ace565c-dbc1-11e2-aad4-0019bb30f31a.html

[regaleagle]

Since Navasota seems to "reload" more often than "rebuild", chances are that Fedora may be offered a position in the near future he won't be able to pass up. I reckon he and Mullins may have discussed this very real possibility before Mullins took the job. Mullins may take a financial hit for a year or two, but it seems he is positioned for the future in a better situation than he was able stomach over at Harker Heights. Sometimes, taking a step back can be a good thing.

[Aesculus gilmus]

Interesting read: http://kdhnews.com/opinion/columns/down_the_line/mullins-surprising-departure-is-not-so-shocking/article_2ace565c-dbc1-11e2-aad4-0019bb30f31a.html

"(R)eally the truth is that in his three years at Harker Heights, things just never clicked."

Nothing against this fine man personally, but that was true in Gilmer as well.

In retrospect, except for the two years in the mid=1990s when Gilmer was the smallest (or close to it) school in 4A, it is hard to believe that Gilmer spent about a decade in the 3A football wilderness before Jeff Traylor got here. The talent has always been here.