Arlington Lamar football coach stays in district, returns to South Grand Prairie
Arlington Lamar is the latest school searching for a new head football coach in 2021 after Laban DeLay was hired by South Grand Prairie on Tuesday.
DeLay was 46-23 in six seasons with the Vikings, including 4-6 in 2020-21.
He replaces former colleague Brent Whitson, who took over Denison in February. Whitson had been at SGP since 2011. DeLay was an assistant for Whitson, having been at SGP from 2007-14.
Lamar and SGP are grouped in District 8-6A. SGP beat Lamar last season, 21-19.
Under DeLay, Lamar went to the playoffs five of six times and won at least one playoff game four times. The Vikings posted an 11-2 record with trips to the regional round twice (2015, 2018).
The Vikings also went 10-2 in 2019 and beat Euless Trinity in the bi-district round.
Other coaching changes in Fort Worth area:
Arlington Bowie: Danny DeArman out, Joseph Sam in
LD Bell: Mike Glaze out, TJ Dibble in
Waxahachie: Todd Alexander out, Shane Tolleson in
Weatherford: Billy Mathis out, Aubrey Sims in
Joshua: Gary Robinson out, Danny DeArman in
FW Eastern Hills: Tracey Simien out
Brock: Chad Worrell out, Billy Mathis in
This story was originally published April 6, 2021 at 4:06 PM.
