Post by Clemensbuff on Jan 9, 2012 9:13:33 GMT -6
Jinks has applied for the opening at Judson.
www.kens5.com/sports/headlines/Steele-football-coach-Jinks-will-pursue-head-coaching-job-at-Judson-136901303.html
by David Flores / Kens5.com
Steele High School football coach Mike Jinks, who guided the Knights to the Class 5A Division II state championship in 2010 and the state final last season, said Saturday night he plans to apply for the Judson head coaching job.
A 1990 Judson graduate, Jinks played quarterback for three seasons on the Judson varsity under hall of fame coach D.W. Rutledge and was on Rutledge’s coaching staff during the 1997-98 school year.
Speculation linking Jinks to the Judson job started almost immediately after longtime Rockets coach Jim Rackley announced his retirement last week.
Defensive coordinator Mark Soto, a 1991 Judson graduate and former teammate of Jinks, was named interim head coach. Soto, who has been on the Rockets' coaching staff since 2005, also said he plans to apply for the job.
“After talking things over with my wife and thinking on it for a few days, I feel like I owe it to myself and my family to pursue it and go through the process at Judson,” Jinks said. “The last few days have been tough. It’s not a decision I take lightly.
“I love my players and coaching staff at Steele. I’m proud of the things we’ve been able to accomplish in such short a time. But Judson holds a special place in my heart, too. I don’t want to have regrets 10-15 years down the road that I didn’t at least look into the job.”
Jinks, who turns 40 next month, said he told Robert Lehnhoff, athletic director of the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District, and his players on Friday about his decision to go after the Judson position.
Given his success and deep ties to Judson, Jinks would have to be considered the front-runner to succeed Rackley, who went 101-37 and led the Rockets to a state title in 11 seasons. Judson lost a 25-24 heartbreaker to Madison in the first round of the playoffs in 2011, finishing 8-3.
Jinks has 63-16 record at Steele
Steele and Judson have played against each other in District 25-5A the past two seasons, with the Knights winning both meetings.
“I have tremendous respect and admiration for Coach Rackley,” Jinks said. “When you played his teams, you knew you were going to have to fight to the end.”
Jinks has been head coach at Steele since the Cibolo school opened in 2005. The Knights are 63-16 in six varsity seasons and 59-10 since going 4-6 in 2006.
Steele went 14-2 in capturing the 2010 5A Division II state title, winning 13 consecutive games after stumbling to a 1-2 start.
Jinks made history as the first African American coach to lead a San Antonio area football team to a University Interscholastic League state championship.
The Knights were expected to slip a little in 2011 after losing five seniors to Football Subdivision schools, including All-American running back Malcolm Brown, but they went 15-0 before falling to Spring Dekaney 27-14 in the state final last month.
The loss snapped Steele’s 28-game winning streak, tied for the longest in San Antonio area history with Judson. But the Rockets’ streak, which spanned the 1988 and 1989 seasons, comes with an asterisk because it includes a victory by forfeit.
Dallas Carter beat Judson 31-14 for the 5A state title in 1988, but was later stripped of the crown when the UIL ruled a Cowboys player ineligible. Judson was awarded the victory and the championship, the second of six in the school’s history.
Ironically, Jinks was the Rockets' quarterback during their victory streak.
Jinks: Judson special place, community
Jinks was head coach at Burbank for one season before moving to Steele. While he said Steele would forge its own identity, Jinks used the same blueprint for success he followed as a Judson player and coach.
“Judson is a special place, a special community,” Jinks said. “There’s no doubt that what I learned as a student and an athlete at Judson has shaped much of my life as an adult.”
Jinks alternated at quarterback as a sophomore and junior at Judson before handling the duties alone during his senior season in 1989. The Rockets went 37-4-1 during those three seasons, advancing to the 5A state final in Jinks’ junior year and the state semifinals when he was a senior.
An Angelo State graduate, Jinks was the Rams’ starting quarterback as a junior and senior.
Jinks began his coaching career in 1995 at Killeen Ellison under current East Central coach Robert Walker, whom he met while waiting tables at a Mexican restaurant in San Angelo during a coaches’ clinic. Jinks coached at Ellison for two years before moving to Judson in 1997.
Ellison lost in the second round of the playoffs in 1995, and fell to Lewisville in the 1996 Division I state semifinals. The Eagles would have played Judson in the title game if they had beaten Lewisville.
Jinks coached at Judson for only one season before moving on to stints as an assistant at Austin Crockett, Galena Park and Lee, and taking his first head-coaching job at Burbank in 2004
www.kens5.com/sports/headlines/Steele-football-coach-Jinks-will-pursue-head-coaching-job-at-Judson-136901303.html
by David Flores / Kens5.com
Steele High School football coach Mike Jinks, who guided the Knights to the Class 5A Division II state championship in 2010 and the state final last season, said Saturday night he plans to apply for the Judson head coaching job.
A 1990 Judson graduate, Jinks played quarterback for three seasons on the Judson varsity under hall of fame coach D.W. Rutledge and was on Rutledge’s coaching staff during the 1997-98 school year.
Speculation linking Jinks to the Judson job started almost immediately after longtime Rockets coach Jim Rackley announced his retirement last week.
Defensive coordinator Mark Soto, a 1991 Judson graduate and former teammate of Jinks, was named interim head coach. Soto, who has been on the Rockets' coaching staff since 2005, also said he plans to apply for the job.
“After talking things over with my wife and thinking on it for a few days, I feel like I owe it to myself and my family to pursue it and go through the process at Judson,” Jinks said. “The last few days have been tough. It’s not a decision I take lightly.
“I love my players and coaching staff at Steele. I’m proud of the things we’ve been able to accomplish in such short a time. But Judson holds a special place in my heart, too. I don’t want to have regrets 10-15 years down the road that I didn’t at least look into the job.”
Jinks, who turns 40 next month, said he told Robert Lehnhoff, athletic director of the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District, and his players on Friday about his decision to go after the Judson position.
Given his success and deep ties to Judson, Jinks would have to be considered the front-runner to succeed Rackley, who went 101-37 and led the Rockets to a state title in 11 seasons. Judson lost a 25-24 heartbreaker to Madison in the first round of the playoffs in 2011, finishing 8-3.
Jinks has 63-16 record at Steele
Steele and Judson have played against each other in District 25-5A the past two seasons, with the Knights winning both meetings.
“I have tremendous respect and admiration for Coach Rackley,” Jinks said. “When you played his teams, you knew you were going to have to fight to the end.”
Jinks has been head coach at Steele since the Cibolo school opened in 2005. The Knights are 63-16 in six varsity seasons and 59-10 since going 4-6 in 2006.
Steele went 14-2 in capturing the 2010 5A Division II state title, winning 13 consecutive games after stumbling to a 1-2 start.
Jinks made history as the first African American coach to lead a San Antonio area football team to a University Interscholastic League state championship.
The Knights were expected to slip a little in 2011 after losing five seniors to Football Subdivision schools, including All-American running back Malcolm Brown, but they went 15-0 before falling to Spring Dekaney 27-14 in the state final last month.
The loss snapped Steele’s 28-game winning streak, tied for the longest in San Antonio area history with Judson. But the Rockets’ streak, which spanned the 1988 and 1989 seasons, comes with an asterisk because it includes a victory by forfeit.
Dallas Carter beat Judson 31-14 for the 5A state title in 1988, but was later stripped of the crown when the UIL ruled a Cowboys player ineligible. Judson was awarded the victory and the championship, the second of six in the school’s history.
Ironically, Jinks was the Rockets' quarterback during their victory streak.
Jinks: Judson special place, community
Jinks was head coach at Burbank for one season before moving to Steele. While he said Steele would forge its own identity, Jinks used the same blueprint for success he followed as a Judson player and coach.
“Judson is a special place, a special community,” Jinks said. “There’s no doubt that what I learned as a student and an athlete at Judson has shaped much of my life as an adult.”
Jinks alternated at quarterback as a sophomore and junior at Judson before handling the duties alone during his senior season in 1989. The Rockets went 37-4-1 during those three seasons, advancing to the 5A state final in Jinks’ junior year and the state semifinals when he was a senior.
An Angelo State graduate, Jinks was the Rams’ starting quarterback as a junior and senior.
Jinks began his coaching career in 1995 at Killeen Ellison under current East Central coach Robert Walker, whom he met while waiting tables at a Mexican restaurant in San Angelo during a coaches’ clinic. Jinks coached at Ellison for two years before moving to Judson in 1997.
Ellison lost in the second round of the playoffs in 1995, and fell to Lewisville in the 1996 Division I state semifinals. The Eagles would have played Judson in the title game if they had beaten Lewisville.
Jinks coached at Judson for only one season before moving on to stints as an assistant at Austin Crockett, Galena Park and Lee, and taking his first head-coaching job at Burbank in 2004