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CHRISTOPHER DABE: PN-G's Burnett happy these days? Ask him By CHRISTOPHER DABE December, 20, 2008 Matt Burnett gives what he insists is an honest reply to the most common question he hears these days. "Am I happy? That's what I get from most people who care about me," said Burnett, who spent 15 seasons as the Port Neches-Groves head football coach and boys athletic director before a school board reassignment Nov. 25 put him in a less glamorous position. Next football season, Burnett will be the school's outdoor athletic complex coordinator and the student attendance officer. In other words, he'll be the guy everyone turns to if the Jumbotron replay screen in the school's $10.2 million stadium isn't working, and he'll also have to make sure kids go to class regularly. So, once again, coach Burnett: Are you happy? "Most people - a lot of old-timers - ask me that, and I say, 'Yes, I'm happy,'" Burnett added when reached by phone Saturday as he vacationed in the Texas Hill Country. "And when I say that, the whole conversation turns to 'great,' as in, 'You had a great career.'" All told, Burnett spent the last 15 of his 22 seasons coaching at PN-G as the man in charge. He began at PN-G as an assistant coach and got the head job as a 36-year old. Now 51, Burnett looks back on a coaching run that included a Class 4A state runner-up finish in 1999 and five district championships. He claims to have never cut a player because of athletic performance and regrets only two things during his coaching career. One, Burnett wishes he coached a state championship team. The closest he came at PN-G was that 1999 squad that suffered a 28-18 loss to Stephenville in the Class 4A Division II state championship game. Burnett recalled that six-game playoff run as one that included four games at the Astrodome. He remembered many of the more than 39,000 fans who filed into the Eighth Wonder of the World for the state final. "I remember that because the fans really kind of rejuvenated what was here in the 1970s," said Burnett, an all-state defensive end for PN-G in 1974. "It was neat to reignite that feeling of Purple Pride and for all those people to get on I-10 and go to Houston." Burnett's other regret is that he was unable to give all team members equal playing time. He would like to have given every player the same chance he had as a PN-G student, which was to fully experience what he calls "something magical" about playing at the school. "I think about the (players) over the years that weren't quite talented enough to beat somebody else (for playing time) but they did everything we asked them to do," Burnett said. "I wish we could have played every one, but it all goes back to winning." Which is something Burnett's final PN-G team didn't do much of. The Indians won two non-district games in the final minutes, but then a long layoff because of Hurricane Ike and a seven-game district season that yielded only one victory followed. Burnett looks at his final season as one that included a few too many bad breaks. There was an overtime loss to Lumberton and late-game heartbreaks against Vidor and Ozen. "In other years, the magic happened, and in any one of those games, we got the right break and we won," Burnett said. "That didn't happen this season." Burnett said he decided after the season to step away from coaching. He talked with the school board about other opportunities within the athletic department, and that's what put him in the dual role of overseeing a stadium and students, he said. Burnett toured Houston-area high school stadiums during the playoffs, and even attended Central's fourth-round loss to Friendswood at the glitzy Woodforest Bank Stadium in The Woodlands. Ask Burnett about Central's running game or Friendswood's passing attack, and he'll tell you more about ticket takers, scoreboard operators, ushers and security guards. "I never looked into the stands when I was coaching because I was always looking at the field," said Burnett, who will oversee everything that happens off the field during PN-G football games next season. So, yes, Burnett says he's happy. You believe him because he says it so often. He's satisfied with being in what he called a "support role" at PN-G. "I'm happy with that ⦠for now," Burnett said. "Right now, I have no plans to coach, but that doesn't mean it won't change."

I read yesterday that Burnett left at his own request. Take it for what its worth.

Yes it certainly does

Same here

Great first half Dayton take it to em in the second and win STATE

Danaher makes 99,000

I dont think he will be leaving CC Calallen just looks like you would be asking Coach Hooks or Barbay to leave and Coach half A state away.

Phil Danaher From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Phil Danaher Born November 23, 1948 (1948-11-23) (age 60) Place of birth Saint Joseph, MO Annual salary $ 99,083 per year[1] Career highlights Overall 344-88-4 Playing career 1968-1970 Angelo State Position QB Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1974-1977 1978-1983 1984-present Dilley HS Hamshire-Fannett HS Calallen HS Philip C. Danaher (born November 23, 1948 in Saint Joseph, Missouri) is an American football coach. He is the current head coach at Calallen High School in Corpus Christi, Texas. Danaher is one of only four Texas high school football coaches to reach 300 career wins. Danaher was born in Missouri but shortly afterwards his family moved to south Texas. He played high school football at Harlingen High School, graduated in 1967 and received a football scholarship from Angelo State University. Danaher received his Bachelor of Science in physical education in August 1971. He then became assistant coach at 5A Edison High School in San Antonio. In 1974 Danaher got his first head coaching job in Dilley, Texas, a class 2A school. During his first year, the Wolves won their first district championship in more than a decade and were named regional co-champions. Danaher left Dilley with a 25-15-2 record after four seasons for the head coaching position at Hamshire-Fannett High School, a 3A school. Danaher guided the Hamshire-Fannett Longhorns to a 43-22 record in six years, winning three district championships and advancing to the regional finals twice along the way. Danaher's next stop was 4A Calallen High School. He basically turned around a football program that had not reached the playoffs for 28 years, by leading them to seven the state semi-finals appearances since. Beginning in 1988, Calallen had a state record 16 consecutive seasons with ten or more wins — twice as much as the previous record established by Yates High School from Houston, Texas in the 1960s. In 2004 Danaher won his 300th high school game, making him only one of four coaches in Texas high school football history to achieve that. As of the end of 2006 season, Danaher ranks 3rd in Texas all-time HS wins as a coach, behind G. A. Moore (Pilot Point High School, 408 wins) and Gordon Wood (Brownwood High School, 395 wins).[2] [edit] Personal Danaher's son Wes played [[running back]. At Calallen from 1992-95 and ranks 2nd in Texas HS football career rushing yards with 8,855 yards, behind Ken Hall.[3] His other son Cody played quarterback at Calallen and went on to play at Texas 1993-96, where he backed up Shea Morenz and James Brown. [edit] References

Danaher is a Texas coaching legend. I would love to have him. Why would he leave the Calallen school. He has 23 playoff apperances in 24 seasons there. This does not make much sense. He did coach at Hampshire Fannett a long time ago. This would be nice but Im not sure that it would happen. Good Luck Indians

Can I get back to you when PN-G hires one?

Nice

Best of luck this weekend Dayton I hope you guys win it all.

I hope it does I can only trust the board. Best of luck to our Indians!

LOL

They said the Masters thing may change

And possibly Andy Evans of Tatum

Does coach alverez have a masters Rumor is he may have applied yesterday?

Me to

We can were name tags with our screen names on them LOL

I was told (though it could be misinformation) that LCM's posting states that a Masteres is preferred not required. Please correct me if you know different.

I think we already new this one.

Im not shocked by this.

Best of luck this weekend and congrats on your trip to state. Bring home the title.

I ead on a web site (I sure another rumor) It would be 85,ooo take it for what its worth.