COACHING STAFF

Gary Gaines is in his second tenure as Permian head coach. Gaines previously coached the Panthers from 1986 to 1989, compiling a 46-7-1 record and winning a 5A state championship and mythical national championship in 1989. He left Permian after the 1989 season to become linebackers coach at Texas Tech. He was hired as Abilene Christian University's head coach in 2000, coaching for five seasons and compiling a 21-30 record. Gaines returned in 2005 to become athletic director in Odessa, and then accepted a similar position for the Lubbock ISD in 2007. But the urge to coach and teach young people never faded, and so he returned to lead the Permian Panthers in 2009.

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GARY GAINES

GARY GAINES

HEAD COACH - ATHLETIC COORDINATOR

Coach David Jones begins his 18th year in coaching, and his third at Permian. Previous coaching stops include Denton Guyer as assistant head coach, and Brownwood as defensive coordinator. Jones is a graduate of Brownwood High School and Abilene Christian University.

DAVID JONES

ASSISTANT HC - DBs

ROBBY CLARK

ASSOCIATE HC - OC

Coach Robby Clark comes to Permian to take over as offensive coordinator after four years as the head coach at Midlothian. Clark is in his 16th year of coaching football. Previous coaching stops for Clark include Rockdale (head coach), Burnet, Cedar Hill, and Brownwood.

Coach Jeff Howard is beginning his fourth season at Permian High School. Howard played football at Eastern New Mexico University, where he earned 1st Team AFCA All American honors in 2004. His jersey was retired the following year. Howard teaches Chemistry at Permian.

JEFF HOWARD

DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR - ILB

MIKE BALLEW

WIDE RECEIVERS

Coach Mike Ballew is beginning his 10th year of coaching, and his fourth at Permian. Ballew is a 1997 graduate of Permian and has a BS in History from Southern Nazarene University. Previous coaching stops include Argyle and Temple.

Coach Brent Brevard begins his 20th year in coaching, and second at Permian. Brevard comes to Permian from Ballinger, where he served as head coach and athletic director. Previous coaching stops include Abilene Cooper, Highland Park, and Daingerfield.

BRENT BREVARD

RUNNING BACKS

MIKE CONNELLY

DEFENSIVE LINE

Coach Mike Connelly is beginning his eighth year in coaching, and first at Permian. Connelly served as defensive coordinator at Portales, NM High School, as well as stops at Amarillo Tascosa and Midland Lee. Connelly was a four year letterman at Eastern New Mexico University.

ZACK LINSCOMB

TIGHT ENDS - OFF. LINE

Coach Zack Linscomb starts his first season at Permian, and eighth overall, after coaching at Midlothian High School. Previous stops include Burnet, Rockdale, Midlothian, and Rio Vista High Schools. Linscomb earned a degree in kinesiology from the University of North Texas.

Coach Zach Quisenberry earned his BS degree from Sul Ross State then worked as a graduate assistant at Eastern New Mexico University, coaching the running backs and defensive backs. He is beginning his second year at Permian.

ZACH QUISENBERRY

OLB - SPECIAL TEAMS

MORGAN ROBINSON

OFFENSIVE LINE

Coach Morgan Robinson is beginning his eighth year of coaching, and second at Permian after coaching at Bonham Junior High the previous six years. A graduate of Permian High School, Robinson played baseball at Wayland Baptist University and earned a degree in chemistry.

Coach Marteis Rogers is beginning his ninth year in coaching, and second at Permian. Rogers played football at Permian, graduating in 1997. He earned a degree from North Texas. Previous coaching stops include Bonham Junior High and Rockwall High School.

MARTEIS ROGERS

CORNERBACKS