{"id":417983,"date":"2024-08-19T15:00:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T15:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=417983"},"modified":"2024-08-19T15:05:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T15:05:59","slug":"duncanville-head-coach-reginald-samples-isnt-focused-on-texas-football-three-peat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=417983","title":{"rendered":"Duncanville head coach Reginald Samples isn't focused on Texas football three-peat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reginald Samples<\/a> is not focused on winning another 6A Division I state championship in Texas. That, the high school football head coach said, would be a distraction.<\/p>\n

It has been consecutive state championships for Samples and his Duncanville (Duncanville, Texas) program (ranked seventh in the nation in the USA TODAY Sports preseason Super 25 football rankings<\/a>). Last year’s run to a historic title has Duncanville being talked about as among the best programs in not only Texas, but the nation.<\/p>\n

And for Samples, this is potentially dangerous talk. In an interview with Bally Sports, he said the focus can’t be on three-in-a-row.<\/p>\n

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“It would be historic,” Samples told Bally Sports.<\/p>\n

“You look around the state of Texas, a great football state – there’s some great coaches, some great programs. When you start winning three championships, it starts putting you closer to the elite program…but it’s not something I want to think about. Because when you’re thinking about those type of things, you forget about what it takes to get there.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Duncanville finished last season 14-1. They are led by quarterback Keelon Russell, an Alabama commit who is a five-star recruit and the tenth-ranked player in the nation according to 247Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n