Podcasts about McKinney High School

Paying it Forward: Interview with Former Arkansas DL Marcus ShaversMarcus Shavers is the Head Football Coach and Campus Athletic Coordinator at McKinney High School.  Marcus grew up in Allen, Texas and graduated from Allen High School.But his journey just to just staying in Allen was a not easy. Thanks to the good heart of his friend, Tylar Fransisco's dad, Larry Fransisco who took him into his home so he could continue to stay at Allen HS. The only thing Mr. Fransisco wanted was that when given the chance, Marcus should pay it forward.Excelling in football, he was highly recruited and accepted an offer to the University of Arkansas where he played D line.After graduation, Marcus found a job coaching high school football and did pay it forward by taking in his younger brother. He knew how important stability is for children.YouTube Video of his story:(351) The Process: Episode 11 - YouTubeTwitter:(19) 〽️arcus Shavers (@Coach_Shavers) / TwitterEmail:mshavers@mckinneyisd.netEric Reyes: Host of Hey Coach! Podcastemail:eric@heycoachreyes.comLinkedIn:Eric Reyes | LinkedInFacebook:(1) Hey Coach | FacebookFacebook Group:(2) Hey Coach! Sports,Life and Business | FacebookInstagram :Hey Coach Podcast (@theheycoachpodcast) • Instagram photos and videos

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Part 2 of interview with Head Football Coach Marcus Shavers of McKinney High School. Talking about his 1st Head Coaching job at Lubbock Estacado, power of networking, getting job at McKinney HS, recapping this past season, coaching advice, and definition of team and faith. Support The Show via Cashapp $dthomp91 Website Link: https://www.bs3network.com/hoodscout Roku TV Link: https://channelstore.roku.com/details/50396aa458af418b425da8af37884908/bs3-tv

Talking with Head Football Coach Marcus Shavers of McKinney High School about his background growing up in Texas, High School and College Years, NIL deal and transfer portal, and first two coaching jobs. Support The Show via Cashapp $dthomp91

This week on Inside the Headset we are featuring Verrado High School (AZ) Head Coach, Shawn Copeland. Coach Copeland shares the reasons why he coaches, discusses the value of his inspirational curriculum, and illustrates his goal of creating a life-changing impact for high school athletes. Shawn Copeland was named head coach at Verrado High School in 2019. Prior to taking over at Verrado, Copeland was the head coach at Kellis High School (AZ) from 2014 to 2017. He led the rebuild of Kellis' program, concluding his time there with a 19-12 overall record. His last two years there were his most successful as he led the Cougars to 9-2 and 7-3 records in the 2016 and 2017 seasons, respectively. Copeland coached at McKinney High School in the Dallas, Texas area before he moved to the Valley in 2014. [0:30] Start of interview [0:58] Reasons for coaching [1:57] Creating an inspiring football curriculum [3:35] Developing grade-specific topics [5:10] Transforming the curriculum to fit all sports [6:18] High School sport psychology [7:47] Impacting athletes' lives [13:23] Importance of team chemistry

Be sure to follow Coach Bryant on Twitter @CoachNine7 and let him know you heard him on KYPD!  Follow our show as well @KYPDPODCAST for outstanding defensive line content all week long, and  give Coach Taylor a follow @CoachTaylor53 Want more KYPD? Subscribe to our YouTube channel here!

Mr. Shiree Williams is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Wind Conducting at The University of Texas at Austin, under the tutelage of Professor Jerry Junkin. Prior to his enrollment, Mr. Williams served as Director of Bands at Faubion Middle School and the Associate Director of Bands at McKinney High School. A native of south Georgia, Mr. Williams holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree cum laude from Valdosta State University and a Master of Music in Conducting (Wind Emphasis) degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where he was the conducting student of Dr. Glenn Price. Regarded to be an effective educator and conductor, Mr. Williams receives opportunities to teach and conduct in many settings. He is a frequent guest clinician for concert and marching bands and has guest conducted various middle school, high school, collegiate, and professional ensembles. Mr. Williams has also had the great fortune to work with and learn from masterful conducting teachers in H. Robert Reynolds, Craig Kirchoff, Richard Floyd, Mallory Thompson, Rodney Dorsey, Kevin Sedatole, Donald Schleicher, Mark Scatterday, Jamie Nix, and Colonel Timothy Holton. Mr. Williams's professional affiliations include Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity, the National Band Association, College Band Directors National Association, World Association of Bands and Wind Ensembles, Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmaster’s Association, National Association for Music Educators, and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sketchbookpodcast/message

This episode's guest Katy Blakey, weekend morning anchor and a reporter during the week at NBC 5 News. Born and raised in McKinney, Katy is a proud graduate of McKinney High School and Southern Methodist University. She graduated president of her class with a BA in journalism and political science. Katy is an Emmy Award-winning reporter, and her work has also been honored with Lone Star Emmy nominations, including Best News Anchor, and was recognized by the Oklahoma Associated Press. Katy began her career as a reporter and anchor for KTEN-TV in Denison, Texas, where her investigative reports into private jail funding led to resignations and changes in local law enforcement. Later, Katy co-anchored the weekday morning news and reported for KOCO in Oklahoma City, OK. The first reporter on the scene of a deadly medical helicopter crash, her reporting also included a hostage situation ending with the rescue of a six-year-old girl, devastating wildfires and severe storms. She tracked rare twin tornadoes, covered multiple tornado outbreaks, reported on the wide-scale destruction and heroic rescue operations left by a massive EF5 tornado in Moore, Oklahoma and President Obama's tour of damaged communities. No stranger to breaking news or severe weather, Katy solo-anchored live coverage of the early morning attack on Dallas Police Headquarters and hours-long stand-off. She covered the national outpouring of support for five DPD officers killed while protecting a peaceful protest in downtown Dallas and traveled to Houston for President George H. W. Bush’s memorial services. On the coast as Hurricane Harvey made landfall, she provided extensive coverage of rescue and relief operations as the storm caused catastrophic flooding in the Houston area. From endearing "Texas Connects Us" stories to following a young cancer patient bringing smiles, hope and congressional attention to much needed funding for childhood cancer research to reporting from the mass shooting tragedies in Orlando and Las Vegas, Katy understands the privilege of reporting local and national news to her hometown community. During my conversation with Katy, we discuss what it takes to be a journalist, some of the impactful stories in her career, chasing tornadoes, and so much more on episode number 44, of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned... If you enjoyed the episode, head over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave us a rating, a review, and subscribe! You can also subscribe via Stitcher, Spotify, TuneIn or Google Play. Follow us via Facebook and Twitter. Visit our website. Click here to take our listener survey! We now have Avert Your Eyes Podcast merchandise! Check it out here!

Alyssa Boehringer entered the yearbook advising world with a bang. Her first year as adviser at McKinney High School in McKinney, Texas, -- after taking over from the very adviser who'd taught her in high school - The Lion yearbook won a CSPA Silver Crown award. Alyssa and Jim chat about the incredible work she and her students have done, how she manages to excel with less than three years of experience, and the incredible marketing videos she creates with her staff. You can learn more about Alyssa in Walsworth's Adviser of Note blog post, available at walsworthyearbooks.com/blog. There, you'll also find bonus interview footage, images of her yearbook, and those awesome marketing videos. Please send any questions or comments to podcasts@walsworth.com

Cleve Whitener, CEO and Lauren Engineers & Constructors. Since 1984, Lauren Engineers & Constructors has been designing and constructing highly specialized facilities in the chemicals and polymers, power, oil and gas, and refining industries. Cleve has over 44 years of experience in ownership and management of engineering, procurement and construction companies. He took his B.A. at Southern Methodist in Mechanical Engineering and did graduate coursework in business administration at University of Texas at Arlington as well as Dallas Theological Seminary. In our conversation today we discuss building power plants, hunting dogs, and the problems with 5 year plans. We hope you enjoy the conversation.| Transcription |Interviewer: So how long have you been in Abilene? Cleve: Let's see, 24 years. Interviewer: And you grew up in Dallas, is that correct? Cleve: Yes. Interviewer: Tell us a little bit about your family like, what did your father do? Cleve: Well, my dad was an attorney and my mom was a stay-at-home mom. We grew up in the '50s and '60s so that was a different time. We, you know, moved to Lake Collins when I was eight years old. We'd lived down the coast for a little while and then we lived another close by Lake Collins, but Lake Collins was a new school. It was part of Richardson Schools, and we moved out there, we all moved there in the third grade, or before the third grade. So my mom still is lives in the same house that was, you know, 60 years ago. And dad lived there until he passed away three years ago. Interviewer: So, that's kind of like typical post-war boom area, right? New developments, new schools, expanding neighborhoods eras, is that right then? Cleve: Yeah. Very much middle class, you know, neighborhood. Difficult house was, you know, three-bedroom, 2,000 square foot, two bath-house I think, probably every house in the street was… while, they were individually built and custom homes, I think they were all just about the same. In our house, I have four brothers or, you know, four brothers and sisters. Two brothers, two sisters and for a long time my grandad, because my grandma died when we were… I guess was about 12, and my grandad came to live with us. So, in one room, I had two brothers and grandad that shared a fairly small bedroom. Interviewer: All right. Cleve: That was a different time in the US. You know, certainly we always have fine memories of childhood but I actually think that was the best time for America. Interviewer: Do you remember learning anything from having your grandad live with you? Cleve: Well, all of us learned patience. I mean, grandads, you know, especially then they were, you know, you had to be patient with him, all three of us. Interviewer: There was something about intergenerational living that I find fascinating, that, it seems as though, our culture has gotten a little bit away from these days. And sometimes I mourn that we don't do that that often. Cleve: Yeah. Well, you know, my grandparents were… my grandad was a farmer. And so, he lived on the farm, and me and my dad grew up on a farm which is pretty typical especially in Texas. You know, back in the '30s that's what people did was they farm, and so my brothers and I we spent every summer on the farm until grandad moved in with us. Interviewer: And where was the farm? Cleve: It was near Waco, Texas, you know, small farm but we didn't recognize that as kids. We had a great time. Yeah, we worked and, of course, played, and we were already used to my grandad and that we spent the summers with him and, of course, my grandma until she passed. Interviewer: Yeah. So then, did your dad farm as well or what did he do for a living? Cleve: No, he was an attorney. He went to Baylor and got his law degree and that's where I was born while he was still in law school. I don't remember that part, of course, because I was just small. I started to remember the farm well, there was a lot of fine memories of, you know, doing stuff with granddad and working. And they had a garden that was just really for their use, but it was large enough where they had a lot of extra produce. And so, we'd take it to town nearby, which is this town called Mart. We'd sell it, you know, behind the pickup, just drive around the streets selling it, and we got to keep some of the money and go get an ice cream or something, so. Interviewer: Do you think spending time on the farm as a child gave you kind of a primer for wanting to understand how things work, and like the mechanical nature of things? Cleve: Well, certainly it helped, you know, because the farm, you have to do everything. Interviewer: Right. Cleve: So, if the tractor needed fixing, you didn't call mechanic, you'd fixed it. You know, if a fence was broken you fix it, and certainly. So it was a… it's very much manual labor so you learned a lot about manual labor. So, yeah, I'd say that it certainly was a good experience from that standpoint. Interviewer: And you got to keep a little bit of the money of the produce that you sold, so you learned how to enjoy the spoils of your labor. Cleve: Yep, yeah. It wasn't much, but, yeah, you know. Interviewer: What do you think your… what was your favorite job on the farm when you were a kid? Cleve: Driving the tractor. I'd tell you the worst, a lot of times you remember the worst job. The worst job was picking cotton. You had a lot of… you gain a lot of respect for the man and woman who came to pick cotton because that was a terrible job. You know, you got your hands bloody, and we weren't very good at it compared to them. Of course, they got paid by the tow sack full of what they picked. And so, they were, you know, much better at it, but, yeah. The best job was driving the tractor either plowing or bailing hay. As a kid, you know, that was a pretty nice job. Interviewer: You ended up going onto be an athlete. So, my guess is you were built strong and able to handle the manual labors, is that right? Cleve: Yes. Interviewer: About how tall and what was your weight when you were at your peak playing days? Cleve: Well, I'm 5'11 and I weighed about 210. So, I was small for a linebacker, large for a free safety, so I played both positions. And about the same weight. I didn't put on a lot of weight when moved to linebacker. Interviewer: Were you fast? Cleve: Well, for that day in time, you know. It's a whole different game now than it was in the '60s and '70s, but... Interviewer: How did you get started in football? Do you remember your very first time playing? Cleve: Oh, sure, you know, I love athletics from the time I can remember. I had a football when I was probably four or five years old, and carried it around, and started playing organized football at about seven. You know, I played baseball too and basketball. So, you know, I mean, athletics was a big part of our growing up, there's no doubt about that. Interviewer: And did your dad encourage that? Did your dad play with you? Cleve: Oh, yeah, he was our little league coach, and then, of course, he played, you know, catch with us and he was a good athlete himself. He had gone to a school on a football scholarship at Howard Payne but the work came along and so that cuts short, because he was only there a year and then when off to Europe, got wounded and came back, and went to school and got a law degree. Interviewer: Do you have kids? And did they play any sports? Cleve: Well, I have a daughter. When she was in high school she ran track and played basketball, but she was also a cheer leader. Her talent and passion is more on the art side. She sang jazz for a good while because she was really quite good at it, but we just have one child. Interviewer: Do you have like an incredibly memorably game from high school football where you were the star or something big happened? Cleve: Yeah, we…you know, unfortunately it didn't work out well for us, but the game I remember most, we had a good team, I was a quarter back, I was the free safety. We actually went undefeated, but we didn't get out of our district because our big rivalry was McKinney High School. And we tied them six to six, we played in this terrible weather, it was muddy, kind of snow storm so neither one of us really had much offense, but we tied six to six, and, you know, there was some kind of rules back then where, you know, the winner of the district went out. And they eventually got beaten by the State champion late in a playoff. So, that game was probably the most memorable just because it was my senior year. Also played basketball, and we did win the State basketball that year so that was a pretty big deal, and along went baseball too. So, you know, Lake Collins was kind of a new school and lot of kids moved in, and so we had good athletic teams. Interviewer: One of those power house up and coming schools at the time. And then a really good history and tradition since then, right? I mean, I looked at the notable alumni, and it seems there a handful of very successful football players that had been out of there. Cleve: Yeah, no question. I think, they still do well, not quite as well as they did. Even after I left they actually did even better, won several State championships and all...

Pratt served for seven years (1993-2000) at Slaughter Middle School and McKinney High School as a history teacher, football coach, basketball coach, and track coach before opening McKinney North High School as the head football coach and athletic coordinator. He remained at North until 2008, when he took on his new role as MISD Director of Athletics. Pratt received his Bachelor of Science in History at Texas A&M University-Commerce in 1993 and his Masters of Education in Educational Administration from Texas A&M-Commerce in 2003. Pratt is a member of the Texas High School Coaches Association, Texas High School Athletic Director’s Association, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Coaches Outreach, and the McKinney Education Foundation.

I chat with the 2017 Broadcast Adviser of the Year, Alyssa Boehringer from McKinney High School. We talk all things broadcast and taking on new challenges. 

PBR National Scout Jason Key catches up with 2018 Quincy Noble of McKinney High School at the 2015 Allen Lady Eagle Hoopfest