Caney Creek High School has six new faces standing in the sidelines.

Those new faces are those of the coaches : Dustin Simpson as assistant football and baseball coach, Jomar Cauley as powerlifting’s head coach and a football assistant coach, Jason Banes as assistant football and soccer coach, Courtney Taylor as assistant coach for softball and volleyball, and Joshua Culp as head coach for softball.

Dustin Simpson

Coach Dustin Simpson previously coached and taught for four years in Anderson High School, Magnolia West High School and Teague High School. At a young age, Simpson grew up with a passion of sports ultimately driving him to decide to coach football and baseball.

“Playing sports at a young age, being around it watching game with my dad, grandpas, uncle, friends all contributed to me having an interest at a young age,” Simpson said.

By helping achieve their goals Simpson wants to to assist athletes to get better. Simpson wants to be a motivational coach and built the self-esteem in the young men he is coaching and teach them to “fight through adversity.”

Simpson is trying to get better at perfecting the art of coaching and form motivating players. He’s helping athletes become mentally and physically tough by putting them in the right position.

Simpson thinks putting away individual wants and desires will have athletes be committed and “believe that they are part of a family through the positive and negatives.”

Simpson teaches world history and world geography outside of athletics.

Jomar Cauley

This would be Jomar Cauleys first year teaching and coaching in the high school level.

He previously coached football and track in Peet Junior High school for the past four years. Cauleys aspirations are to build and establish trust with his defensive linemen and powerlifters, add value through his personal experiences to the staff and grow personally within his new coaching roles and academic content.

“(I hope) to improve as a coach,” Cauley said it takes many of the same attributes to improve as a player.”

Cauley said love is the most important aspect of a championship team.

“If you love a person more than you love yourself, for them you will find that you are capable of more than you ever imagined,” he said. “Once you tap onto that power, as a team you can be unstoppable.”

Cauley plans on being dedicated, patient, hardworking and steadily increase his knowledge of the game so he can “lead these young men and women to success.”

In addition to coaching, Cauley also teaches health.

Jason Banes

Coach Jason Banes previously coached and taught high school track and soccer at Mount Carmel High school since the spring of 2006 and also coached at Moorhead Junior High school for four years.

Banes said “The love for each one of those sports” drove him to decide to coach football and soccer.

Banes would like to develop young players by making sure the student athletes work on their basics and learn to become committed to their respective team.

“I’m definitely trying to bring motivation and passion to the teams I am coaching,” Banes said. “I would like students and athletes to grow into young men and women.”

Banes believes a championship team plays for each other, having responsibility and trust between one another to be the traits to help them get the job done.

“When one player raises their level of competition on a team like that the rest of the team follows,” Jason Banes said.
Banes also teaches world geography.

Courtney Taylor

This will be coach Courtney Taylor’s first year coaching softball and volleyball and teaching.

“I want to show that love of volleyball in to the younger players and in to younger generations,” Taylor said. “I think coaching softball would be a good challenge and something different.”

Taylor’s goal for the season is to teach her players about having the right mindset as to be a growing and successful athlete.

“Players will never grow as individuals or athletes if they do not have the mindset of pushing themselves to be better than everyone,” Taylor said “This is not something that players automatically have its something they learn.”

When Taylor is coaching, she tries to have obtainable goals that her players can reach, she said. They start with the basics and once that goal is reached a slightly tougher goal is given.

“I keep giving the team harder goals until they are the best team possible,” Taylor said

Taylor said the most important aspect of a championship team was the players mindset

“The players have to have the correct mindset and enough discipline to push themselves to be the best possible player,” Taylor said. “If the players do not have the right mindset, they will never push themselves.”

Outside of coaching, Taylor is a support facilitator.

Joshua Culp

Coach Joshua Culp has been coaching for 10 years and took over the softball coaching job this year.

He has previously coached as head baseball coach at Eisenhower High School for seven years. He’s also been an athletic director and head football coach last year in Sanderson, Texas.

“I’ve always been involved in sports,” he said. “Once I got out of college and stopped playing pro ball overseas, I had to find something to do and I wanted it to be something I enjoyed.”

Culp’s personal goal is to get his foot in the door and receive his Ph.D. He finished getting his masters degree this past school year.
His seasonal goal for softball is to be able to go and compete and get the maximum out of the athletes. Culp plans to use his past experiences from coaching these past 10 years and playing baseball into softball. Even though there are differences between the two sports, he says a lot of it carries over.

“Hopefully my dedication and drive will help influence the girls to give it all they can in the field,” he said

Culp says the most important aspect of a championship team is discipline athletes that do the right things without having to be watched over.

“As long as we are getting the max out, i think we are going to be successful at the end of the year,” Culp said.