KFDM COOP Posted July 4, 2008 Report Posted July 4, 2008 Foreman back home with Mustangs as QBs’ coach Gabriel Pruett The Orange Leader WEST ORANGE — Toby Foreman knows the system and knows what it takes to be a West Orange-Stark Mustang. Foreman is back at West Orange-Stark High School as quarterbacks’ coach and head track/cross country coach. Foreman was at Baytown Lee High School last season and worked under Dick Olin. When an opening came up back at WO-S, Mustangs Athletic Director Dan Hooks did not have to twist Foreman’s arm too hard to fill it. “I gladly came back,†Foreman said. “Coach Hooks and I stayed in contact throughout the year I was gone. There was a two month period when I was interviewing for a few other jobs but then when I realized Coach Hooks had a spot, I told the other places where I would be this year and in the future. This past year while I was gone, there is no telling how many phone calls I got wondering when I was coming back. “This is my home. My dad (Mark) coached here and I grew up in the blue and silver.†Foreman is returning to a team which went 11-2 a year ago and lost in the regional semi-finals to Waco La Vega, a game in which Foreman was on the sidelines to take in the action. The Mustangs are the heavy favorites in District 21-3A this season and bring back six starters on offense, including senior quarterback Ortavious Hypolite. “I had a chance to work with Hypo on the junior varsity level,†Foreman said. “We have a good relationship already. He has great leadership and I look forward to being his mentor. Also there is Reggie Garrett a sophomore and I’ll be around him for the next three years. Trey Franks is our other backup so you can’t go wrong with those three guys.†Foreman also takes great pride in the Mustangs track program. “When I went to school, we won the district all four years,†he added. “Track can sometimes be overlooked. My expectations are always high for our track program. This should be a real special group of kids and we want to bring the whole thing home.†Now that Foreman is back, do not expect him to go anywhere anytime soon if is plan for the future stays on the right path. “In the long run when Dan and Cornell (Thompson) move on, there needs to be someone to keep the program going like it has for so long,†Foreman said. “I have been around this place as a ballboy, a player and now as a coach. I know the process and I want to keep it moving in the direction it is. I don’t plan on going anywhere. This is where I want to retire because I want to be head coach one day. I know the ends and outs and I have seen it from every angle.†Foreman credits Hooks, his father Mark, Thompson, Barry Norton and Jasper’s Thomas Brooks as his mentors in the coaching business. WO-S opens the season Aug. 29 with a road trip to face the Nederland Bulldogs. The Mustangs start district play Oct. 10 against the Silsbee Tigers.
stangchain Posted July 4, 2008 Report Posted July 4, 2008 Congrats, Toby and best wishes during this next football season.
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