KaRon Coleman Sr.’s path to becoming Spring High School’s new head football coach was anything but traditional.
KaRon Coleman Sr. was announced as Spring’s new head football coach on Monday.
Coleman, who officially announced his new position at Spring on Monday, played three seasons with the Denver Broncos from 2000 to 2002.
After hanging up his cleats in 2005, he went back to school and ended up graduating from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. By 2011, he was planting a church in Denver.
Football, though, was never far behind.
“As a football coach, [your players are] the congregation,” Coleman said. “I have an opportunity to impact young people, and really, that’s the platform God has given me.”
In addition to his pastoral duties in Colorado, Coleman also created a nonprofit youth football league and grew that organization to over 200 kids.
“I believe football is a bridge. It is a tool,” Coleman said. “I believe we can develop the student-athlete, develop their character, but also believe we can develop performance.”
So even as Coleman continued to preach, he also coached. In Alabama, while pastoring a church, he was the offensive coordinator and then head coach at Greene County High School.
Upon returning to Texas in 2019, he spent one year as the offensive coordinator at Lone Oak, another season as the athletic director at A.C. New Middle School in Mesquite, and the past five years as the offensive coordinator at Fort Bend Hightower.
Coleman spent the last five years as Fort Bend Hightower’s offensive coordinator.
During his time at Hightower, the Hurricanes made the playoffs and averaged at least 28 points per game every season.
Now, he makes the jump to a head football coach in Texas for the first time, but it’s not a move solely for career advancement.
“The overwhelming feeling that I have is not about me, but it’s about the opportunity that I have for so many others,” Coleman said. “It excites me that I’m able to give other coaches the opportunity to have roles and opportunities, the same that was given to me.”
On the field, Spring is coming off its worst season in 12 years. The Lions finished 2-8, but they did rely on several underclassmen in key areas.
“I think they learned a lot last year. It’s tough to take losses, but like [Hightower head coach Cornelious] Anthony always said, ‘We don’t take losses, we learned the lessons,'” Coleman said. “I don’t want them to be down on what that experience was this past year. We’re going to learn, and we’re going to be better from it.”
Coleman believes Spring has the facilities to compete both in the Houston area and beyond. He also recognizes the Lions have had a lot of success, including eight straight playoff berths from 2014-2021.
But after four consecutive losing seasons the past four years, Coleman knows it’s going to take hard work from everyone involved to get Spring back on the prowl.
“They’re not going to hear promises. They’re not going to hear hype. We don’t chase noise,” Coleman said. “We rule our territory, and, when it’s time, we hunt. That’s my expectation.”
