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Paetow head football coach/campus athletic coordinator B.J. Gotte is set to be hired for the same roles at Pearland High, pending Pearland ISD board approval later this week.
Sources: Paetow’s Gotte set to be hired as Pearland head football coach
According to multiple sources within the Pearland and Katy independent school districts, Paetow head football coach/campus athletic coordinator B.J. Gotte is set to be hired for the same positions at Pearland High.
Gotte’s hire is pending Pearland ISD board approval at a meeting on Thursday afternoon.
Gotte leaves Paetow after impressively building a program from the ground up to Class 5A, Division I, state champion in five years.
Gotte went 35-13 at the helm of Paetow football. The school opened in the fall of 2017.
Gotte led the Panthers to a 3-7 record in their first varsity season in 2018. From there, they went 8-3, 9-2, and then a remarkable 15-1 last season, earning a share of the District 10-5A, Division I championship before rolling through the postseason.
Gotte’s Panthers produced arguably the most memorable game of the playoffs, topping College Station, 27-24, in overtime on Jacob Brown’s 2-yard rushing score in the state championship game.
Gotte is a winner, having been a part of four state champions: three as an assistant coach and offensive coordinator at Katy (2003, 2012, 2015) and one as offensive coordinator at La Marque (2006).
He played on the offensive line for the legendary Mike Johnston at Katy in the ’90s, graduating in 1997. As a sophomore, Gotte helped the Tigers to the state final against Plano. He also coached under Johnston from 2001-2003 as an assistant offensive line coach and was assistant coach and offensive coordinator under Gary Joseph, who succeeded Johnston in 2004, from 2009-2016 after stints at Deer Park, La Marque, and Flower Mound Marcus.
Gotte replaces Ricky Tullos, who left Pearland after four seasons for Bryan High in mid-January. Tullos went 33-11 at the helm of the Oilers.
DFW Coaching Carousel: 3A
We're inside of 40 days before the start of the 2019 high school football season. Last year led to some pretty exhilarating moments and wonderful, underdog storylines.
And just like the professional and college ranks, success - and failure - breeds the constant revolving door for Texas high school head coaches.
So we're going to look at who's new at which school per classification.
Tracking 3A
In the 3A classification, 10 more schools had to replace coaches whether due to resignations or retirements. The 2018 combined records for these schools was 41-67 - an average of 4.1 wins to 6.7 losses - and a state championship.
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