DANNY YOUNGS NAMED BRENHAM ISD’S NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, HEAD FOOTBALL COACH
THAD LASATER SELECTED AS NEW CFO
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.
Mr. Ehlert in part you may be right about the Daddy Ball thing but from what I know the kids I’ve been around that have had to play for their dads were the ones putting in 2 to 3 times more work than the kids that only worried about their sport after they signed up for the season and it was about to be tryout time. Also with travel ball opportunities now that the kids have I would definitely say it is the culture created by whomever is supposed to be “leading” these young men and women!
Maybe he’ll make some coaching changes in the other sports. I’ve seen a lot of kids play various sports growing up only to get into high school and quit because of the coaches.
3reds you’re right that does happen fairly often. The reason it does happen is their daddy was their coach before they got to high school and made think they were great even when they’re not. “Daddy Ball”.
Kids quit playing for different reasons, but I also know of more than a couple that have quit their respective sport because of the childish environment created by the coaching staff! Kids need leaders not coaches that create a popularity contest within the locker room where there is supposed to be a “Team culture”!
Lots off kids quit because they get burned out doing the sport. they being doing it so long as a kid with select ball and all the other programs out there
Not EVERY student athlete has a “daddy” coach! The main problem with BISD athletics is pathetic conservative coaching along with inexperienced and unproven novice coaches with no idea how to coach. Coaching used to be a respectable profession but now is just an outlet for lazy college graduates who were mediocre athletes themselves, all looking for an easy paycheck. Coaches used to develop a team mentality with an emphasis on developing character and morals. Parents are now left to enroll their student athletes in expensive summer camps and training programs that DO DEVELOP skills way beyond what local ineffective coaching is able to produce. There is a talent pool to pull from; but, way too often this talent is not utilized to maximum greatness. What state title has BISD athletics won lately? What coach concerned about their resume and reputation would want to coach in Brenham? And that is the rest of the story!