My own kind of hat: Colby Carthel, who wore maroon for seven years as defensive coordinator at West Texas A&M, puts on a blue Texas A&M University-Commerce cap at the annoucement of his hiring as the schools' new head football coach on Tuesday.
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Colby Carthel's parents, Cindy and Don Carthel, center and center right, watch their son address Texas A&M University-Commerce football supporters at the announcement of his hiring as head coach. Don Carthel is head football coach at West Texas A&M.
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Colby Carthel, center, was named the new head football coach at Texas A&M University-Commerce at a news conference hosted by university president Dan Jones, left, and athletic director Ryan Ivey at the Sam Rayburn Student Center on Tuesday.
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New A&M-Commerce head football coach Colby Carthel, left, speaks with university alumnus Bedford Page following the annoucement of Carthel's hiring on Tuesday.
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Colby Carthel, newly hired as Texas A&M University-Commerce's head football coach, addresses a press conference on campus Tuesday. Carthel had spent the last seven seasons as the defensive coordinator at West Texas A&M.
A&M-Commerce announced the hiring of Colby Carthel as new head football coach on Tuesday. Carthel had spent the last seven seasons as the defensive coordinator at West Texas A&M, where his father, Don Carthel, is head football coach.
At a campus press conference Tuesday morning, Colby Carthel emphasized recruiting as a central priority in reviving the fortunes of the A&M-Commerce football team, which finished with 1-9 records in 2012 and 2011.
Charles S. “Charlie” Chitwood of Jefferson, Texas was named KETR’s new play-by-play voice for Texas A&M University-Commerce Lions football on Friday and will be on the air Sept. 1 when the Lions open their 2012 season at home against Southeastern Oklahoma State University.