Coaches
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Mike DarbyCross Country Head Coach (2005-present)
Coach Darby has been coaching at Pine Tree for 37 years. He is our head cross-country boys/girls coach and the HS track coordinator. Coach Darby has been married for 37 years to Karen Darby, who has taught for 22 years at PT Junior High. They have three children who have all graduated from Pine Tree, Drew (34), Jay (32), and Sarah (30). Coach Darby is a 1976 graduate of Vidor High School and East Texas Baptist College in 1981. |
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Karen DarbyHigh School Boys and Girls Assistant Coach
Coach Karen Darby is our HS cross country assistant. She has taught for 25 years and currently teaching 8th grade Science at PT Junior High where she had earned Teacher of the Year honors. Coach Darby is married to Mike Darby and has assisted him for 13 years coaching cross country. They have 3 children who are all Pine Tree graduates, Drew (34), Jay (32), and Sarah (30). |
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Austin WootenJr. High Cross Country Coach
Coach Wooten is from Longview, Texas and is a graduate of Pine Tree High School. He attended Abilene Christian University, where he was a pole vaulter for the Wildcats. He transferred to Stephen F. Austin State University where he received a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology. Coach Wooten is the new JH cross country coach and will also be coaching JH basketball, and track and field. Coach Wooten will also be teaching Texas History at PT Junior High. He and his wife, Erika, have been married 2 years. |
