(First in a series of head coaching changes of note)
Former 2014 state champion Ennis Offensive Coordinator Brandon Layne left Ferris earlier this year for the head coach and athletic director position at Redwater in Northeast Texas.
In his five years at Ferris the Yellowjackets went 21-31 (.404). Upon leaving Bricktown, where the football team last won a playoff game in 2000, he improved the program in academics, attendance and discipline as well as qualifying for a playoff berth in each of the last four years.