Zack Hood was officially named the new head football coach at El Dorado High School after the recommendation of hire was accepted Wednesday night by the USD 490 Board of Education.
Hood is a former Kansas Jayhawks long-snapper and will be coming to El Dorado from Nevada, Texas, where he was a special teams coordinator, offensive line coach and history teacher at the Texas Class 3A school.
He will replace Bruce Graber, who gave his resignation after the 2009 season. The Wildcats finished 0-9 in that campaign.
“When I had a chance to interview and look at the facilities and the town of El Dorado, I got excited and had goosebumps,” Hood said. “I fell in love with it at first sight. I thought if I got offered the job here, I’m going to take it by the horns and go with it.”
It will be the first head coaching position for Hood, who received his bachelors degree in history at Kansas in 2007, and earned his masters degree in 2008 in from the University of South Dakota in 2008. Hood’s other coaching experience has been offensive quality control coordinator at Marshall University, graduate assistant/running backs coach at South Dakota, and student assistant/special teams quality control, compliance intern and athletic department intern with the Jayhawks.
The Iowa native’s wife is from Wichita, so one reason why he was looking for a coaching position back in the Sunflower state.
“The first thing that pulled me to El Dorado is that it is closer to home,” Hood said. “My wife is from Wichita and it’s a chance to get closer to friends and family.”
Hood said he wants to get more student athletes out for football and also wants to start a weight training program for all of the student athletes once he arrives for good in June.
“I think in El Dorado, there are some athletes there who can contribute,” Hood said. “I have to recruit in the hallways and recruit the town.”
Hood said he has his preferences on what kind of offense and defense he likes to run, but knows he’s going to have to be flexable for the Wildcats to be successful.
“A coach is worth his weight in that he is going to have to work with what you have,” Hood said. “I promise everyone in El Dorado that I will work with what we have and not try to ‘put that square peg in a round hole.’Zack Hood was officially named the new head football coach at El Dorado High School after the recommendation of hire was accepted Wednesday night by the USD 490 Board of Education.
Hood is a former Kansas Jayhawks long-snapper and will be coming to El Dorado from Nevada, Texas, where he was a special teams coordinator, offensive line coach and history teacher at the Texas Class 3A school.
He will replace Bruce Graber, who gave his resignation after the 2009 season. The Wildcats finished 0-9 in that campaign.
“When I had a chance to interview and look at the facilities and the town of El Dorado, I got excited and had goosebumps,” Hood said. “I fell in love with it at first sight. I thought if I got offered the job here, I’m going to take it by the horns and go with it.”
It will be the first head coaching position for Hood, who received his bachelors degree in history at Kansas in 2007, and earned his masters degree in 2008 in from the University of South Dakota in 2008. Hood’s other coaching experience has been offensive quality control coordinator at Marshall University, graduate assistant/running backs coach at South Dakota, and student assistant/special teams quality control, compliance intern and athletic department intern with the Jayhawks.
The Iowa native’s wife is from Wichita, so one reason why he was looking for a coaching position back in the Sunflower state.
“The first thing that pulled me to El Dorado is that it is closer to home,” Hood said. “My wife is from Wichita and it’s a chance to get closer to friends and family.”
Hood said he wants to get more student athletes out for football and also wants to start a weight training program for all of the student athletes once he arrives for good in June.
“I think in El Dorado, there are some athletes there who can contribute,” Hood said. “I have to recruit in the hallways and recruit the town.”
Hood said he has his preferences on what kind of offense and defense he likes to run, but knows he’s going to have to be flexable for the Wildcats to be successful.
“A coach is worth his weight in that he is going to have to work with what you have,” Hood said. “I promise everyone in El Dorado that I will work with what we have and not try to ‘put that square peg in a round hole.’
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Zack Hood was officially named the new head football coach at El Dorado High School after the recommendation of hire was accepted Wednesday night by the USD 490 Board of Education.
Hood is a former Kansas Jayhawks long-snapper and will be coming to El Dorado from Nevada, Texas, where he was a special teams coordinator, offensive line coach and history teacher at the Texas Class 3A school.
He will replace Bruce Graber, who gave his resignation after the 2009 season. The Wildcats finished 0-9 in that campaign.
“When I had a chance to interview and look at the facilities and the town of El Dorado, I got excited and had goosebumps,” Hood said. “I fell in love with it at first sight. I thought if I got offered the job here, I’m going to take it by the horns and go with it.”
It will be the first head coaching position for Hood, who received his bachelors degree in history at Kansas in 2007, and earned his masters degree in 2008 in from the University of South Dakota in 2008. Hood’s other coaching experience has been offensive quality control coordinator at Marshall University, graduate assistant/running backs coach at South Dakota, and student assistant/special teams quality control, compliance intern and athletic department intern with the Jayhawks.
The Iowa native’s wife is from Wichita, so one reason why he was looking for a coaching position back in the Sunflower state.
“The first thing that pulled me to El Dorado is that it is closer to home,” Hood said. “My wife is from Wichita and it’s a chance to get closer to friends and family.”
Hood said he wants to get more student athletes out for football and also wants to start a weight training program for all of the student athletes once he arrives for good in June.
“I think in El Dorado, there are some athletes there who can contribute,” Hood said. “I have to recruit in the hallways and recruit the town.”
Hood said he has his preferences on what kind of offense and defense he likes to run, but knows he’s going to have to be flexable for the Wildcats to be successful.
“A coach is worth his weight in that he is going to have to work with what you have,” Hood said. “I promise everyone in El Dorado that I will work with what we have and not try to ‘put that square peg in a round hole.’Zack Hood was officially named the new head football coach at El Dorado High School after the recommendation of hire was accepted Wednesday night by the USD 490 Board of Education.
Hood is a former Kansas Jayhawks long-snapper and will be coming to El Dorado from Nevada, Texas, where he was a special teams coordinator, offensive line coach and history teacher at the Texas Class 3A school.
He will replace Bruce Graber, who gave his resignation after the 2009 season. The Wildcats finished 0-9 in that campaign.
“When I had a chance to interview and look at the facilities and the town of El Dorado, I got excited and had goosebumps,” Hood said. “I fell in love with it at first sight. I thought if I got offered the job here, I’m going to take it by the horns and go with it.”
It will be the first head coaching position for Hood, who received his bachelors degree in history at Kansas in 2007, and earned his masters degree in 2008 in from the University of South Dakota in 2008. Hood’s other coaching experience has been offensive quality control coordinator at Marshall University, graduate assistant/running backs coach at South Dakota, and student assistant/special teams quality control, compliance intern and athletic department intern with the Jayhawks.
The Iowa native’s wife is from Wichita, so one reason why he was looking for a coaching position back in the Sunflower state.
“The first thing that pulled me to El Dorado is that it is closer to home,” Hood said. “My wife is from Wichita and it’s a chance to get closer to friends and family.”
Hood said he wants to get more student athletes out for football and also wants to start a weight training program for all of the student athletes once he arrives for good in June.
“I think in El Dorado, there are some athletes there who can contribute,” Hood said. “I have to recruit in the hallways and recruit the town.”
Hood said he has his preferences on what kind of offense and defense he likes to run, but knows he’s going to have to be flexable for the Wildcats to be successful.
“A coach is worth his weight in that he is going to have to work with what you have,” Hood said. “I promise everyone in El Dorado that I will work with what we have and not try to ‘put that square peg in a round hole.’
