KEITH KNOWLES 

Campus Athletic Coordinator / Head Football Coach / Offensive Line

Coach Knowles is expecting great things from the Clements Rangers this season. 

His motto is:  “Life is too short to be unhappy.”

  - Coach Poulter (My Freshman Football Coach)

Experience: 7th year at Clements and 13th year coaching overall.  Previously coached at Kingwood and Beaumont Kelly High Schools and Liberty Hill Middle School.   Coach Knowles was the Defensive Coordinator for Clements in 2007 when the Rangers advanced to the State Quarterfinals and in 2006, when Clements won the District Championship.

Coaching Achievements: Defensive Coordinator for CHS - State Quarterfinalists in ’07 and District Champions in ’06

Education: Lamar University, B.S. in Kinesiology

Wife: Andrea                 

Children: Kallen and Michaela

BEN DUHON

Defensive Coordinator / Varsity Quarterbacks and Linebackers

Coach Duhon’s motto is if you give 100% of your focus and effort to the task at hand,  100% of the time, you cannot fail.

Experience: 5^th year at Clements and 11^th year coaching overall. Previously coached two years at Hightower High School and one year at Sulphur and three years at Iowa High Schools in Louisiana.

Coaching Achievements: CHS State Quarterfinalists in ’07 and District Champions in ’06; helped coach two other district champions in football and two in baseball

Offseason: Track Assistant Coach

Education: Coach Duhon is a graduate of McNeese State University.  Coach Duhon was a four-year letterman in Football at McNeese State University and an Academic All-American Linebacker.   His degree is in secondary math education with a minor in social studies.  Coach Duhon previously coached at Hightower High School, Suphur High School, and Iowa High School in Louisiana.  Coach Duhon was part of the coaching staff that helped the Rangers advanced to the State Quarterfinals in 2007 and in 2006, when Clements won the District Championship.

Wife: Virginia              

Children: Davis, Aislyn, and Dean

KEVIN BYRD

Offensive Coordinator / Varsity Offensive Line and Defensive Ends

Coach Byrd’s motto is:

Experience: This is Coach Byrd’s 4^th year at Clements High School and 11^th year coaching overall.  Previously coached three years at Giddings, one year at Seguin and two years at Spring High Schools.

Coaching Achievements: Coach Byrd has coached teams to the State Quarterfinals in 2007, 2006, and 2005 and was a member of the coaching staff in the 2001 Blue Chip All-Star Game.

Offseason:  Girls Track Head Coach

Education: Coach Byrd is a graduate of Hardin-Simmons University and has a degree in History and Education.  He was a 4 year letterman in football at Hardin-Simmons and was an Academic All-American Lineman.

Wife: Nicole             

Children: Bailee and Shelby

CHRIS FISHER

Varsity Running Backs and Safeties

Coach Fisher’s Motto is:
"Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around."
 - Henry David Thoreau

Offseason: Boys Track Head Coach

Experience: 7^th year at Clements and 10^th year coaching overall. Previously coached for three years at Fort Settlement Middle School.

Achievement: Played on the 1992 Texas State 4A Football Championship Team from Waxahachie High School.

College: University of Texas at Austin, B.S. Kinesiology, Minor in Biology  

Wife: Tobi                   

Son: Jack

BOBBY DARNELL

Varsity Wide Receivers and Cornerbacks

Coach Darnell ‘s motto is:
"Don’t let someone else out work YOU!!"

Experience: 3^rd year at Clements and 7^th year coaching overall.  Previously coached four years at Bush High School.

Coaching Achievements: Regional Qualifiers in Track at Bush.

Offseason: JV Basketball Coach

Education: Baylor University, M.S. in Education/Sports Management, B.A. in Telecommunications, four year letterman in football from ’98 – ’02 as a receiver.

Clements Connection: CHS graduate, class of 1997. Three-year starter in football. All District 1^st Team selection in “96 and ’95. Holds numerous school records in football including longest TD reception (96 yards). He was a four-year letterman in Track. Lettered in Basketball as well.

Wife: Carly                   
Children: Micah, Marcus and Maddox

Aaron Macik

JV Receivers and Secondary

Coach Macik's motto is:
“Hard work beats talent, when talent does not work hard.”

Offseason: Freshman Basketball Coach

Experience: 1^st year at Clements  and 7^th year coaching overall.  Previously, Coach Macik coached at Dulles High School for three years and Dulles Middle School for three years.  He was a two year letterman at LBJ High School where he played Football, Wrestling, and Baseball.

Education: University of Houston and he has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Kinesiology.

CHRIS CARREJO

JV Assistant Football Coach / Backs / Linebackers

Coach Carrejo's motto is:

“Americans play to win at all times. “ - George S. Patton

Experience: 3rd year at Clements and 6 years of overall coaching experience. Previously coached 3 years at George Bush HS (2005-2008).  Three-year letterman in baseball at Leander HS.

Coaching Achievements: 2008 HABCA All-Star Coach (baseball)

Offseason: JV Baseball

Education: University of Texas at Austin, B.A. in Government

Wife: Tanya

Children: Sarah Marie and Cole James

ISREAL DE LOS SANTOS

Head Freshman Football Coach / Running Backs /
Defensive Backs

Coach De Los Santos’ Motto is:
“The ballplayer who loses his head, who can’t keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all.”  - Lou Gehrig

Experience: Ninth year at Clements. Previously coached at Deer Park and Tomball High Schools.

Offseason: Varsity Baseball Head Coach

Education: Houston Baptist University, B.S. in History, Kinesiology and Secondary Education

Wife: Courtney            

Children: Brianna, Alyssa, Trey, Brooks and Ryan

Clements Connection:  Courtney is a graduate of Clements.

JV Assistant Football Coach / Receivers / Defensive Line

Coach Grimm's motto is:
“Success is peace of mind which is a direct result in knowing you made the effort to become the best you are capable of becoming.”  - John Wooden

Offseason: Varsity Baseball Assistant Coach

Experience: 4^th year coaching at Clements. Previously was head baseball coach at New Philadelphia HS in Ohio for 10 years; junior high and freshman football coach in New Philadelphia, Ohio, for 6 years; junior high basketball coach there for 5 years.

Coaching Achievements: Eastern District Coach of the Year in 2000 and 2003, in Ohio.

Education: Bachelor's degree in Political Science at Allegheny College.  Played four years of baseball at Indiana University and Allegheny College.

High School: Four-year letterman in baseball, three-year letterman in basketball at Jefferson Union HS.

Clements Connection: First teaching position was at CHS in 1997.  Three nieces attended CHS.

Wife: Karen.  Married 18 years.                   
Children: Conner, Tyler and Jenna

GLEN "DOC" STROECH

Head Athletic Trainer

Experience: Fourth year at Clements and thirty-fourth year coaching. Most recently was Head Trainer at Katy Morton Ranch High School for two years; Calallen High School for twenty-three years and Georgetown High School for five years.             

Achievements: Head Athletic Trainer for four State Championship Teams and one State Quarterfinalist Team (Clements)

Education: Texas A & M University, M.Ed., B.S.; Student Athletic Trainer at TAMU and at Blinn Junior College.

Wife: Dorothy               
Children: Megan