DANNY YOUNGS NAMED BRENHAM ISD’S NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, HEAD FOOTBALL COACH

  

Brenham ISD has chosen its next Athletic Director and Head Football Coach.

Danny Youngs was introduced Thursday night as the new leader of Brenham ISD athletics, after the Brenham School Board voted unanimously to approve his hiring.

Youngs most recently served as Head Football Coach at Brazoswood High School and has coached for 24 years, including eight years as Athletic Coordinator and Head Football Coach.  His wife, Mindy, is currently the Dean of Instruction at Brazoswood High School.  Youngs will start his new position next week, filling the role formerly held by Eliot Allen, who accepted the Athletic Director position in Bastrop ISD in January.

Youngs said being able to coach in Brenham is a special opportunity.

 

Prior to his time at Brazoswood High School, Youngs coached at Wichita Falls Hirschi, where he turned a 0-10 football program in 2015 into a state quarterfinalist in 2017 with an 11-3 record, followed by a 10-3 record and an appearance as regional finalist in 2018.

Youngs said the tradition of Brenham is what excites him the most about this position.

 

Youngs plans to make physicality a big part of Brenham Cub football.

 

Superintendent Dr. Tylor Chaplin said Brenham ISD is excited to have Youngs to “lead our athletic programs into the future,” and believes he will help the district “continue the success that Brenham is used to.”

Also at Thursday’s meeting, the board unanimously voted to hire Thad Lasater as the district’s new Chief Financial Officer.  Lasater currently serves as the Director of Business Services in College Station ISD, and has over 12 years of school district office experience.  He will assume the new leadership role in mid-March.

Full press release from Brenham ISD on hiring of Danny Youngs:

Tonight, the Brenham ISD Board of Trustees approved the hiring of Mr. Danny Youngs as the next Athletic Director and Head Football Coach for the Brenham Independent School District. Coach Youngs will assume the new leadership role next week. 

“Coach Youngs impressed the committee with his emphasis on the whole athletic program, discipline, and character. One committee member described him as a kid magnet that will build relationships with families and community members to bring students into all of the athletic programs. Coach Youngs stressed the importance of working with local youth groups and students at the junior high level to ensure the athletic program has a strong foundation and continued success. We are excited to have Coach Youngs join Cub Nation and lead our athletic programs into the future,” said Dr. Tylor Chaplin, Superintendent of Brenham ISD.

Coach Youngs has been in the coaching profession for 24 years with eight of them as Athletic Coordinator and Head Football Coach. He played baseball in college at Ranger College and Howard Payne University and later received his Bachelor's Degree from Tarleton State University. He has been married to his wife Mindy for 9 years. Mindy is currently the Dean of Instruction at Brazoswood High School and a former head girls basketball coach. They have a seven year old daughter.

Coach Youngs had success at Wichita Falls Hirschi where he turned an 0-10 football program in 2015 into State Quarter-finalist in 2017 (11-3) and Regional Finalist (10-3) appearance in 2018. Most recently Coach Youngs has been the Head Football Coach at Brazoswood High School where he was changing the culture of a program.

“It’s an honor and blessing to be able to bring my family to be a part of this community, ISD, and athletics. We are so excited to be here and be a part of Cub nation. We have entered the Pride Lands,” said Danny Youngs.

Full press release from Brenham ISD on hiring of Thad Lasater:

Tonight, the Brenham ISD Board of Trustees approved the hiring of Thad Lasater as the new Chief Financial Officer for the District. Mr. Lasater will assume the new leadership role in mid-March.

"Mr. Lasater brings with him to Brenham ISD over 12 years of school district business office experience. He impressed us with his knowledge of school finance, his experience in leading multiple departments across a school district, and his record of developing processes and procedures to ensure efficiencies. We are excited to welcome Mr. Lasater to Brenham ISD," said Dr. Tylor Chaplin, Superintendent of Brenham ISD.

Mr. Lasater is currently serving as the Director of Business Services in College Station ISD. Prior to College Station ISD, Mr. Lasater has served as a Director of Finance, a Chief Financial Officer, and as an auditor.  His wife is a secondary English teacher in Bryan ISD. Together they have two children. A son who is an Engineer Major at Texas A&M, a daughter who is an English teacher, and a son-in-law who is an Ag Science teacher with Goose Creek CISD. They also have two grandchildren.

"I am humbled and honored to be selected as the Chief Financial Officer of Brenham ISD. My thanks to Dr. Chaplin and the Board of Trustees in their vote of confidence in me and for allowing me the opportunity to lead the Business & Finance team of a district with such a history of excellence as Brenham ISD. I am blessed for the opportunity, excited to get started, and equally excited to be a Brenham Cub,” said Thad Lasater.