But it was no mirage. "I get back as often as I can," Riley said via cellphone after a morning practice last week in Norman, Okla. "It always will be a special place I carry with me," he said. Berry Tramel: Berry can be reached at (405) 760-8080 or at btramel@oklahoman.com. Honest, hard-working people. Weve been busy, but weve enjoyed every day., I cover the University of Oklahoma football and mens basketball teams. No one in Muleshoe was more thrilled with Riley as Oklahomas coach than Graves, who served as the voice of Muleshoe football broadcasts and has been a Sooner fan since 1947. A Texas map on the wall of Muleshoe, Texas head football coach David Wood's office marks the location of their West Texas opponents, Tuesday, August 1, 2017. His family has always been a great part of the community.. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Theres something about being raised in a small town, said his wife, Caitlin Riley. Hes the young man who helped his alma mater install the spread offense, which led the Mules to a 2008 state championship. Its hard to imagine a place any further away from Los Angeles. Muleshoe, which would become the seat of Bailey County, then was just a few houses, a school and a cemetery. I had to explain everything to him only once. He was just more of a kid that soaked it all in. After watching Riley try to make it as a walk-on quarterback, the coach offered Riley a student assistant coaching job. Coaches came and went. In years past, he has made it back to Muleshoe every summer. Im sure hes got a pretty nice home now, making what hes making., Its possible that Riley has been keeping up with USC from afar given his affinity for Harrell. McNeill, who accepted the head coaching position at East Carolina, hired Riley to be his offensive coordinator. Jason Richards grew up in Clovis, New Mexico knowing about Muleshoe, which was only about 30 miles from his hometown. Hes going to play receiver, hes going to play corner, hes going to return kicks for us. But that's not to say Muleshoe is a one-horse town when it comes to college-football loyalty. He doubled that win total in his first . He has two daughters Sloan and Stella with Caitlin, the love of his life. Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley answers a question during a news conference in August. David Wood was Rileys high school football coach. And Muleshoe, its a town that backs people from the community. Tech racked up 579 yards of total offense. Though Riley had a coach's mind, Wood never saw him going into that profession, thinking that mind might be too good for coaching. He wanted to win in the classroom like he won on the field.". Head Cross Country/Head Girls Powerlifting Coach . While its Richards hope he can turn that around, hes made it a point to implement a program that doesnt discuss wins, but rather make sure the Mules master the things that take no talent., Having a great attitude, having great energy, being where your feet are, doing the best, he explained. "Small town, very tight-knit community. Riley still has an itch to scratch when it comes to winning at the highest level of the sport and must feel he can reach the summit more easily from USC. "Everybody in town knows him," she said. When OU was searching for a new offensive coordinator in 2015, Stoops called McNeill for permission to speak to Riley. Conventional wisdom would say that you guys have been smallish-town people. He can be heard Monday through Friday from 4:40-5:20 p.m. on The Sports Animal radio network, including FM-98.1. A high school portrait of USC football coach Lincoln Riley hangs on the wall of his parents home in Muleshoe, Texas, on Thursday, June 25, 2015. Still, the savvy proprietor of the town's only cable station can't possibly know what stories might fall into her lap for the three times a week Muletrain report on her family-operated Channel 6. For years, Magann's favorite Muletrain story focused on a local who grew tulip bulbs in a cotton field and shipped them to the Netherlands. Mules, just as his father Mike had done three decades earlier. After two seasons as the Head Football Coach/Athletic Director at Muleshoe High School, Lee Walker has been reassigned. Wood began with a program that fielded 22 players in a school of about 450 students. Head Boys Powerlifting Coach Jaxon Lee. Im fired up. His mind was just brilliant. Texas Tech Spring Game moved to Lowrey Field, Lubbock native serves aboard U.S. Navy floating airport, Bo Bryant is Littlefields Head Football Coach/AD, Meadow looking for a new head football coach, AD. But truth be told, Horsley never really was an integral thread in the town's fabric. filled out recruiting questionnaires, his SAT and ACT scores made more impact with some coaches than his measurable football skills. That notion crossed his mind the last Sunday morning in November, as he decided within a few hours to leave the comfort of Oklahoma for the uncertainty of USC. Here in Muleshoe, the stunning news of Rileys sudden departure to USC late last month was greeted mostly with sideways glances. In a ceremony held Jan. 28 in the Muleshoe High School Library, Jason Richards signed on as the new head football coach/athletic director for the Muleshoe Mules. Riley was on the football and track teams at Muleshoe (Tex.) Riley will have no shortage of talented quarterbacks to evaluate right here in his new backyard. By Gail M. Williams Theres an intense sense of pride. Anyhow, Riley wanted to be a college quarterback, but a shoulder dislocation kept him from reaching that potential. He could think on the field unlike anybody else. We still attended all the games. (An even smaller coincidence my step dad and Riley are apparently distant, distant cousins). And maybe after a few recruiting classes keeping Southern California talent at home Riley will be in a better position to take down the goliaths of the SEC by facing them in the playoff rather than tussling with them during the entire regular season. How can a West Texas boy go to L.A.? asked David Wood, who coached Riley at Muleshoe High. His immediate retirement plan is . "As long as I could have kids like Lincoln, I knew I could compete.". He was selling him to me, Stoops said at the time. Muleshoe dropped a 28-27 decision to Merkel in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs last weekend. Ive never been afraid to go against the grain if I felt like it was the best thing for the team, for the program. Heres little po-dunk Muleshoe playing in the [Dallas] Cowboys stadium, said Wood, whos now retired. Richards comes to Muleshoe from Flour Bluff High School in Corpus Christi, where he served as offensive coordinator. Really? We make it a point to, at least at some point during the day, see him face to face. Oklahoma cap at lunch alongside Marilyn on Muleshoe's main drag. Hidden facts about Muleshoe, the best restaurants discovered while recruiting and plenty more fun with Coach Riley on this week's Fifth Quarter! It attracted 10,000 souls. It was kind of fun to be there at the beginning.". Hes got size, hes got a great family.. The Sooners lost their CFP semifinal to Georgia, 54-48 in double overtime at the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day, but Riley had led them to a 12-2 record 8-1 against Big 12 teams in just his first season as Stoops' replacement. But it has come at a price. Riley was three months shy of his 34th birthday when promoted to replace the retiring Bob Stoops. Learn how your comment data is processed. People know each other. And I think the value of honesty from my parents and in the community, those were things that people expected of you and took pride in. Texas Tech coach Mike Leach saw enough in him to recruit him as a walk on, but it wasnt too long during his time in Lubbock before Riley moved into a student assistant role. Lincoln Riley isnt surprised by the towns confusion. But as he and his wife considered the idea, Riley thought of his daughters. I am a Haskell Indian Nations University graduate. 877-845-6272. Oklahoma football head coach Lincoln Riley hugs quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) after the Sooners won the Big 12 title last December in Arlington, Texas. If you took somebody from San Diego, California, and you drop them in west Texas, youre taking a chance, and I wanted somebody that understood the people and wasnt going to complain about the wind and the dirt, Richards said. Oklahomas issue during those seasons was its porous defense, but, during the last two years, its offense sputtered (at least living up to its ridiculous standards), as Riley struggled to work his magic on five-star quarterback prospects Spencer Rattler and Caleb Williams Jr. Look, when 10-2 is your down year, youre doing pretty well. If youre at home, youre trying to be the best son, daughter. Success on the intramural field, spurred him to attempt to walk on to the Tech team in the spring of his freshman season. But by then, the town had already galvanized around its team, and Muleshoe was firmly on the football map. School was. Wes Wood, the coachs son who led the Mules to a state title as quarterback in 2008, said that season cemented Riley as his childhood hero. Most recently, he attended a Garth Brooks concert in Kansas City. One newcomer Richards is excited about is Nic Reyes, a 5-foot-11, 275-pound sophomore offensive lineman. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft during back-to-back seasons. Muleshoe Sports Net Retweeted. When Leach abruptly lost his job before the 2009 season ended, Riley was asked to call plays in the Alamo Bowl against Michigan State by Red Raiders interim head coach Ruffin McNeill. Muleshoe will always be my special village. But I think its a wonderful move.. Thats something they never felt in Norman, where fans would recognize Rileys wife, Caitlin, at the grocery store and knew their daughters names. I said, Ruffin, Ive read all about him. But thats the kind of guy that Ruffin is. He was only a year or two older than me, but he knew the offense. Some were convinced hed leave for Louisiana State. Young kids look up to the varsity kids. Going [to USC], hes obviously ready for that challenge. The run still resonates here. A Muleshoe Mule is coaching the Sooners. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), AgTexas Farm Credit awards $9,000 in local scholarships Muleshoe Journal | Intl' Scholarship News, AgTexas Farm Credit awards $9,000 in local scholarships. Muleshoe residents gather for a livestock auction featuring sheep, hogs and goats. Muleshoe always supports their own.. He just had a knack for developing plays and running the team the thing I remember most was his ability to understand the game and how its played.. "Each year presents new challenges, but there are parts of the job and all the things that come with it that I'm a little more settled in with for sure.". Life is too short, so dont be afraid to go for it., USC coach Lincoln Riley on leaving his small hometown of Muleshoe, Texas. Hed recently been elevated to receivers coach at Texas Tech after years spent endearing himself to then-coach Mike Leach as a student and grad assistant. he led the Mules of Muleshoe, a town of . The Wallace Theatre sits on Muleshoes Main Street. As the young mayor explains, change often comes to town at a particularly cautious pace. Ask anyone in Muleshoe about Lincoln, whose first name is enough around these parts, and they swell with pride. Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley watches the Sooners play Iowa State on Nov. 20. It can be backbreaking work. USC won 11 national titles under icons Howard Jones, John McKay, John Robinson and Pete Carroll. Ellis is the third generation to run the funeral home, which his grandfather opened in 1959. "Yeah, I think that's fair to say," he said. Riley already has plenty of quality head-coaching experience behind him, plus a hefty new contract approved by the school last month. We have to put things together, do it again. The town would never forget. And, of course, who knows when those smitten might get engaged or married or when babies will be born? Riley is pure Muleshoe. Every time we get steaks and have friends over, they ask, Where did you get these knives? Always my wife will say, The Rileys bought them for us as a wedding gift. He tells me to come and visit him. "He had great math skills, intelligence and a photographic memory, stuff that you just don't see.". It has been assumed Harrell would move on next season, but, with the hire of his friend, it will certainly be interesting to see if Harrell remains a part of Rileys USC staff. But when they worked there during high school, the boys learned valuable life lessons such as time management and the importance of every worker in the chain. The hustle and bustle is happening at the livestock auction down the highway, where sheep and hogs and goats are being sold at a breakneck pace. "A really exciting time," Rennels called the high-adrenaline week that followed Riley's ascension from offensive coordinator. A statue of Old Pete stands near Muleshoes only stoplight and celebrates the role of the mule in Texas history. "He wasn't a blue-chip athlete," Wood said. "We'll see," Riley said. Riley was on the football and track teams at Muleshoe (Tex.) Head Boys Track Coach Aaron Simon. For the Rileys, its a new lifestyle. ", Riley was named the offensive coordinator at Oklahoma in 2015 after prepping for the position at East Carolina, , his first stop away from Texas Tech, his high school math teacher Debbie Conner told, In Mrs. Conner's honors math class, Riley, routinely dissected problems using shortcuts she never considered and. They were married in 2007. Wes Wood has hit the ground running, already meeting with the coaching staff and some of his new players. As a freshman, he had a team-leading 221 receiving yards with a touchdown and will be expected to stay on the field for as long as he can to play on offense, defense and special teams. But in high school, there were only a few shotgun sets, and the Mules ran a Power-I attack. When Lincoln attended Texas Tech, about 70 miles northwest of their home, the Rileys cheered for the Red Raiders. Questions? He wasnt afraid to change things up, to do things different from what had been done there. Junior High Coordinator Ross Johnson. Hes a great, great dad, Caitlin Riley said. He got an early start, Leach told the Tulsa World last month. Later, when his younger brother, Garrett, quarterbacked the team, Wood consulted with Lincoln about their offense. You are the OC (offensive coordinator).. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman. Like most everyone in town, restaurant owner Victor Leal has a favorite story about his favorite college football coach. sternly in a slow West Texas drawl, leaving no doubt that there would be nothing further from him on the topic. Richards also knows the talent that has come out of the program, like Riley brothers Lincoln and Garrett. HomeDirectoryPhotosAboutContactAdvertise. In addition to coaching the Mules to their only state championship in 2008, David Wood put up a. Even a few weeks ago, he says, if you wouldve told me I was living in L.A., I dont know that I wouldve believed you.. You can also view his personality page at newsok.com/berrytramel View Comments How did Lincoln Riley zoom from Muleshoe High School to the Sooners new head coach? quarterback, led the Mules 400 miles to a Class 3A state semifinal game at Texas Stadium in Irving. It wasnt until Wood came to town in the spring of 1996 that the teams fortunes started to turn around. Wood said he has no plans to coach in the future. In 1999, with Riley as a sophomore lineman, Wood began tinkering with a shotgun offense that called for more passing and demanded a quick-thinking triggerman. Following the 2009 season, he left his position as the Red Raiders wide receivers coach to become offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at East Carolina under head coach Ruffin McNeill. One asset he had last year that he is without this season is Mayfield, who was selected No. Good call. He spent a couple of days in Muleshoe and wrote about his drover days. The pride of Muleshoe is the new head coach of Oklahoma football, and to paraphrase a certain Oklahoma humorist, no one ever met a Muleshoe man who didn't like Lincoln Riley. Just do what got you here, Riley said. "Now we are Oklahoma fans because Lincoln is closer. Some folks waited afterward to get his autograph. Mike Riley, Lincoln's father and a lifelong Muleshoe resident, said he didn't even know his son was interested in coaching until his senior year of high school. In Texas, playing football is practically a birthright. But as much as he relished playing the game, Riley suspected his playing days were over when he passed on small school college football to attend Texas Tech. Will Oklahoma fare better or worse in 2017 season? So when they hear insults hurled his way from Oklahoma, where the pettiness extended this week all the way to the state Senate, they spring quickly to his defense. He was a computer on legs. A decade later, Lincoln Riley's new contract at Oklahoma calls for a guaranteed $3.1 million a year for five years. Clovis was district and state champion in 2001. As noted in a 2019 Times profile of Riley, Like most boys in West Texas, Riley grew up wanting to be the QB1, not coach him. Rileys coaching success has been anchored by a spread-it-out, fast-paced attack. The Muleshoe, Texas, city limit sign is seen in the hometown of new USC coach Lincoln Riley in 2015. He was a walk-on quarterback at Texas Tech in the spring and summer of 2003 before starting his coaching career as a student assistant there under head coach Mike Leach for three seasons (2003-05), working with the offense. If you did they all hail from the Southland then Lincoln Riley probably did, too (and that list doesnt even include Mississippis Matt Corral, who is a possible Heisman Trophy finalist along with Alabamas Bryce Young and Ohio States CJ Stroud.). Once he sees something, hell never forget it.. When he'd watch film he'd just remember defenses and what not. Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley stands on the sidelines during a game against Baylor on Nov. 13. "One of the greatest assets our town has is its name," Rennels said. It wont be long, Wood assures. Please subscribe to keep reading. Football offered a nice escape. The only time they were away was when they attended the University of Texas. On his 27th birthday, Riley called plays in a thrilling season-opening 51-49 win over Tulsa in 2010. The Pecos and Northern Texas Railway companies laid the track here in 1913, cutting through this swath of Bailey County ranchland to connect the growing town of Lubbock to the border of New Mexico. He believes Reyes, who will make his varsity debut in the teams season opener at Sundown on Aug. 28, could be one of the best offensive linemen hes ever coached. Thats a whole nother world than what he grew up in, said Alice Liles, who taught Rileys advanced English class and authored a book on the town. The people in Muleshoe say they didn't know Riley was headed for gridiron greatness. We were on the way to San Antonio and the bowl game and we were obviously thinking we were going to have our normal role at that Alamo Bowl game, said Simmons, who coached wide receivers at the time. Richards comes to Muleshoe from Flour Bluff High School in Corpus Christi, where he served as offensive coordinator. Years later, when asked what hed learned from Wood, Riley wouldnt hesitate to draw parallels to the situation he now steps into at USC. But I have to also understand that my expectations of simply doing the best I can for this program, thats going to be higher than anyone else can place on me or this program. 1 overall by the Cleveland Browns in last April's NFL Draft. Call. How USC trainers saved Vincent Iwuchukwu after cardiac arrest, How Lindsay Gottlieb blends family into USCs once-in-a-lifetime season. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Duncan was receiving a National Football Foundation Legacy Award in New York City at the same time and Riley wanted to be by his mentors side instead. 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Registration is at 7:15 to 8:00 at the football field first session is for incoming . blockbuster came in June when Muleshoe's own Lincoln Riley, whose parents Mike and Marilyn still live in Rennels' neighborhood, was named the football coach at the University of Oklahoma soon after the unexpected resignation of Bob Stoops. 2023 www.lubbockonline.com. But its what hes always wanted and anticipated. Despite Muleshoes noted success, the squad hit a rough patch, winning just six games over the past three years. . Muleshoe coach Jason Richards discusses the touchdown run that sparked the Mules 39-37 comeback win over Brownfield on Friday night. The only passing reference to L.A. found here comes from a novelty Rodeo Drive sign behind the bar at Rodeo, Muleshoes lone watering hole. But the worst of times came decades later, just as his oldest son was learning to love football. "I thought he was more in the realm of NASA or something like that," Wood said. Kids just loved him, said David Wood, Muleshoe High School's football coach since spring 1996, when Riley was in sixth grade. That will never change.. "I think we've got enough to do some great things, but a lot's gotta happen between now and then. All rights reserved. And it's no mirage. It was so sudden, Graves says. Thats what you grew up in, thats what your daughters are used to, Riley says. The next year he was hired on at Oklahoma as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under the nationally-renowned Bob Stoops. "He was a coach on the field for us. We're pretty exited around here. Ive got to do my best to take advantage of the situation the continuity that was kept on so many different levels: players, staff, so many different people, with how this (coaching transition) went down, Riley said. 4:13. Great, great people. Former Mule Jaxon Lee, an AP all-state first team lineman for the squad, rounds out the new hires as the defensive line coach. Annie Rice/Avalanche-Journal Muleshoe's head football coach Jason Richards reacts to water being poured on him after the team's win against Brownfield in a bi-district playoff football. No matter how savvy the journalist, the decision to eliminate one of the town's two traffic lights has a newsy shelf life. He was all for it.. He once played quarterback for the Muleshoe. Muleshoe football, as Riley remembers, was "one of the worst programs in the entire state of Texas for a long time." Mike Riley, Lincoln's father, was a Mules quarterback through some of those down years. When I hired him, Lincoln was the youngest full-time assistant in the country, but he had been with me as a student assistant and a GA for about six years and did a tremendous job, so I had no reservation about hiring him.. Muletrain, it should be noted, actually has been around since the late 1950s as a radio offering on a station that beamed it in from Clovis, N.M., 30 miles away. only a means to a football end. Suddenly Muletrain was competing with SportsCenter for eyeballs. It's also home to two of the greatest offensive minds in college football. So how'd he end up as Oklahoma's headcoach? Two years into that gig, Riley found himself promoted to head coach when Stoops unexpectedly retired in June of 2017. Conventional wisdom might tell you to stay in that, thats what you do, and I certainly think that wouldve turned out just fine. Every Friday night that season, Muleshoe shut down. Lincoln and I had many thoughts he prepared us that way. 3 games every Oklahoma fan should circle on the calendar; full season predictions for 2017. "Didn't see eye-to-eye with the coach," Mike Riley said. Just like he isnt shocked by the anger in Oklahoma. At USC, expectations are already soaring. The Riley family came before most other fixtures in Muleshoe, settling in town in the 1930s, not long after the town was incorporated. Cattle ranching, dairy farming, wheat, cotton. 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