GREG LUCA | STAFF WRITER
McAllen Rowe head football coach and boys athletic coordinator Paul Reyes tendered his resignation on Tuesday effective at the end of the 2015 football season and said the decision to resign was made for him.
“It was in the back of my mind that it was going to happen if things didn’t turn out the way they wanted it to be,” Reyes said. “And I guess somebody made that decision.”
McAllen ISD Athletic Director Paula Gonzalez referred request for comment to Mark May, the district’s public information officer. May confirmed Reyes’ resignation but offered no further details.
A longtime assistant before taking his first head coaching job at Rowe in 2010, Reyes has posted a career record of 25-34. He qualified for the playoffs in 2010 and 2012, losing in the first round each time.
Rowe is 2-5 overall and 1-3 in District 30-6A coming off last week’s 55-31 loss against La Joya Palmview. Despite being on a three-game losing streak, the Warriors still have a shot at the playoffs if they can defeat Mission High and La Joya High in the season’s final two games.
Reyes said he addressed his coaching status with Rowe’s players during Tuesday’s practice.
“I was hoping to keep them out of it,” Reyes said. “I was with the understanding that it was going to be announced at the end of the season, so it could be less of a distraction to the kids and they could focus on this, but obviously that changed.”
Reyes said he was unsure why his impending resignation came to light Tuesday rather than at the end of the year.
He said he would consider taking a different coaching position at another school for the 2016 season.
“Obviously, coaching is something I love to do,” Reyes said. “So obviously when the time comes, if something presents itself, God has a plan for me. If that’s me going somewhere else and finding a different position anywhere else, that’s what I’ll do if it’s the best situation for me.”