ONE YARD SHORT OF A STATE TITLE.
THE 2017 LOSS TO HIGHLAND PARK WAS DEVASTATING FOR MANVEL AND IN THE LAST 5 YEARS, THE MAVS HAVEN’T BEEN BACK TO AT&T STADIUM. AND THE HEAD COACH OF THAT TEAM MOVED ON TO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. BUT AFTER STOPS AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY AND COLLEYVILLE HERITAGE, COACH KIRK MARTIN IS BACK ON THE MAVERICK SIDELINES. RETURNING TO THE SCHOOL HE HELPED OPEN BACK IN 2006.
TO SAY MARTIN’S FIRST RUN AT MANVEL WAS SUCCESSFUL WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT. HE LED THE MAVS TO A 108 AND 25 RECORD HIS FIRST STINT AS HEAD COACH WHICH INCLUDED TWO TRIPS TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. DURING HIS TIME AWAY, MARTIN GAINED SOME EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL, THAT HE AIMS TO BRING BACK TO MANVEL
COACH MARTIN TAKES OVER A TEAM WITH VETERAN LEADERSHIP ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL. THE MAVERICKS HAVE 8 RETURNING STARTERS ON THAT SIDE OF THE BALL AND THEY ARE ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED GROUPS IN CLASS 5-A
MARTIN’S GOAL FOR HIS FIRST SEASON BACK BESIDES WINNING GAMES, IS TO GET BACK TO THE TRADITIONS HE INSTALLED DURING HIS FIRST RUN AS HEAD COACH. AS HE WANTS HIS PLAYERS TO EMBRACE THE JOY OF PLAYING FOR THIS MANVEL COMMUNITY
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