Prestidge tapped for head coach position
Eric Bradshaw
In a special Wednesday night meeting of the Mustang Public School Board, the decision was made to promote high school football offensive coordinator Ty Prestidge to the position of head coach and assistant athletic director.
“It was a bit of a whirlwind this morning,” Prestidge said Thursday, after finding out he had procured the position. He said that the team would probably need an additional coach but had not yet thought through it.
The former offensive coordinator of the football team and a close friend of former head coach Todd Dilbeck, Prestidge brings experience and stability to the Mustang Broncos and is well-qualified for the position he will occupy next to current athletic director Mike Clark.
The new head coach has held the position of athletic director at three schools – Purcell, Plainview, and Empire Public Schools – and has led the football program of six schools with a record of 62-95 in his 14 years as a coach. Since he joined Mustang, in the summer of 2002, he has graduated one son Casey, and will soon graduate Cole Prestidge, who blocked for quarterback Matt Edmonds during the team’s state championship run. The senior recently signed with Northeastern A&M in Miami. Casey played running back and outside linebacker for the team.
Prestidge coached the Westmoore Jaguars prior to the Mustang Broncos and led them to a 1996 season in which they were undefeated in their district and a state runner-up in 1991. Prior to the Jaguars, he coached the Plainview Indians into the quarterfinals in 1986 and helped coach the Ringling Blue Devils into the quarterfinals in 1978, 1979, and 1982. With a resume so long and impressive, the coach might have been a top choice even if he was not already a part of the team.
The coach said that his plans are to continue the tradition of the team and hopes to improve a bit on it, even with the loss of 23 seniors this year.
“I like to go by the philosophy that if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” he said. “We do, of course, always hope to improve on it just a bit.”
Eric Bradshaw
In a special Wednesday night meeting of the Mustang Public School Board, the decision was made to promote high school football offensive coordinator Ty Prestidge to the position of head coach and assistant athletic director.
“It was a bit of a whirlwind this morning,” Prestidge said Thursday, after finding out he had procured the position. He said that the team would probably need an additional coach but had not yet thought through it.
The former offensive coordinator of the football team and a close friend of former head coach Todd Dilbeck, Prestidge brings experience and stability to the Mustang Broncos and is well-qualified for the position he will occupy next to current athletic director Mike Clark.
The new head coach has held the position of athletic director at three schools – Purcell, Plainview, and Empire Public Schools – and has led the football program of six schools with a record of 62-95 in his 14 years as a coach. Since he joined Mustang, in the summer of 2002, he has graduated one son Casey, and will soon graduate Cole Prestidge, who blocked for quarterback Matt Edmonds during the team’s state championship run. The senior recently signed with Northeastern A&M in Miami. Casey played running back and outside linebacker for the team.
Prestidge coached the Westmoore Jaguars prior to the Mustang Broncos and led them to a 1996 season in which they were undefeated in their district and a state runner-up in 1991. Prior to the Jaguars, he coached the Plainview Indians into the quarterfinals in 1986 and helped coach the Ringling Blue Devils into the quarterfinals in 1978, 1979, and 1982. With a resume so long and impressive, the coach might have been a top choice even if he was not already a part of the team.
The coach said that his plans are to continue the tradition of the team and hopes to improve a bit on it, even with the loss of 23 seniors this year.
“I like to go by the philosophy that if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” he said. “We do, of course, always hope to improve on it just a bit.”
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