Board Hires New Principal, Coaches
GCISD’s Board of Trustees hired Brad Jones to be the new elementary school principal at a salary of $50,000. Jones was the junior high principal at Coahoma from 1999-2000, and the assistant elementary principal there the previous year. From 1994 to 1998, he was a principal intern and social studies teacher at Lakeview High School. Jones and his wife, Stacy, have one-month-old twins, a boy and a girl, named Allie and Ethan.
The board hired Brent Kirkland as head girls’ basketball coach and teacher. From 1997-2000, Brent was the head girls’ basketball coach at Lubbock Cooper High School, from 1994 to 1997 was head girls’ basketball coach at Anton, during 1993-1994 was head girls’ basketball coach at Rotan, and during 1992-1993 was varsity assistant at Calallen ISD. He was voted Coach of the Year in Lubbock 2000, and was voted 3-A All-South Plains Coach of the Year. He has a degree in biology and physical education from Texas Tech University.
Shana Kirkland was also hired as a coach and math teacher. She was the assistant girls’ basketball coach and track coach at Lubbock Cooper High School from 1998-2000 and assistant girls’ basketball coach at Roosevelt High School in 1997-1998. She has a degree in math and physical education from Texas Tech University. The Kirklands have a son, Kellan, who is 4 years old.