Bill Jehling was hired Monday night during the school board meeting to take over as Howe’s new head football coach and athletic director. Jehling, a former Marine, was hired after spending the last two seasons as the head coach of the Class 4A Hamshire-Fannett Longhorns. Jehling is a native of San Antonio, but his father was transferred to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After attending a small private school there, he played football and baseball at Duquesne University, earning a bachelor’s and master’s degree. Following a short stint teaching in Pittsburgh, Jehling served in the United States Marine Corps from 1997 to 2005 including a tour of duty in Iraq.
Prior to taking the Hamshire-Fannet job, Jehling was at Lumberton where he served as the defensive coordinator. He previously was the head coach at Cushing High School for the 2013 and 2014 seasons. Prior to taking the Cushing job, Jehling held the posts of strength and conditioning coach, powerlifting coach, and assistant baseball coach at Richardson JJ Pearce. He has also worked as a middle school coordinator in Frisco and taught in Mesquite.
Howe Head Coaches:
| 1935 | Barnes Milam |
| 1936-1937 | L.B. Morris |
| 1938-1939 | Leslie Walden |
| 1940 | Wesley Cox |
| 1941 | H.A. McDonald |
| 1942 | no coach |
| 1943-1944 | Alfred Clayton |
| 1945 | John B. Lair |
| 1946-1947 | Jack Osborn |
| 1948 | George Matlock |
| 1958-1959 | Arthur Boyle |
| 1960-1961 | Curtis Christian |
| 1962-1963 | Eldon Ray |
| 1964-1975 | Norman Dickey |
| 1976-1979 | James Wade |
| 1980-1984 | John Smith |
| 1985-1989 | Jim Fryar |
| 1990-1992 | Joey McQueen |
| 1993-1995 | Terry Davis |
| 1996-2000 | Davey DuBose |
| 2001-2002 | Larry McFarlin |
| 2003-2005 | Norwood Martin |
| 2006-2009 | Stony Coffman |
| 2010 | Cory Crane |
| 2011-2012 | Joe Watson |
| 2013-2017 | Zack Hudson |
| 2018 | Bill Jehling |
