Chris Ross announces departure from Red Oak, is named new Lovejoy football coach - The Dallas Morning News

Chris Ross said Tuesday morning that he has stepped down as Red Oak’s football coach after two highly successful seasons and has accepted a job as Lovejoy’s new football coach.

Ross was approved as the Lovejoy coach at a school board meeting Tuesday night.

“We are thrilled to have Coach Ross in Lovejoy,” Lovejoy ISD athletic director Jim Bob Puckett said in a press release. ”Coach Ross stood out in our pool of applicants for his unwavering dedication to service, academics, and competitive excellence.”

Red Oak ISD intends to offer current assistant coach Michael Quintero the new Red Oak head coaching position, the school district said in a press release.

“We thank Coach Ross for his service to the Hawk Family over the past two years,” Red Oak ISD athletic director Chris Anderson said in the press release. “We look forward to continuing the success of the program with our outstanding student-athletes and staff under the leadership of Coach Q. Consistency will be important as we go forward.”

Red Oak was 11-2 this season, winning the District 6-5A Division II title and reaching the third round of the playoffs, where it lost 34-14 to state champion Aledo. Red Oak finished 9-2 in 2018, losing to Midlothian in the first round of the playoffs.

At Lovejoy, Ross replaces Todd Ford, who stepped down in January to pursue new opportunities. Ford was 24-20 in four seasons at Lovejoy, and the team was 7-4 this season, losing to Royse City in the first round of the playoffs.

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Ross served as the director of program development at Boise State in 2016 and 2017. He coached at Wichita Falls from 2001 to 2004, was the coach at Cedar Park from 2005 to 2011, worked as the athletic director at Leander from 2012 to 2014 and was Prosper’s head coach in 2015.

Ross’ most successful season was in 2010, when Cedar Park was 13-1 and lost to state champion Austin Lake Travis in a regional final. Ross was 57-25 at Cedar Park, and his 2011 team finished 11-3. He was 6-5 in his only season at Prosper.

Matt Stepp from Dave Campbell’s Texas Football was the first to report the news of Ross’ decision.

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