KEVIN NARRO | Staff Writer
HARLINGEN — The Harlingen CISD search for a new athletic director is now over.
The district decided on Robert Davies, whose hiring was approved at a HCISD school board during a meeting Tuesday night.
Davies will be replacing long time athletic director Randy Cretors who retired last winter.
Davies, who is a native of Owasso, Oklahoma, brings 28 years of experience under his belt and is eager to get to work in Harlingen.
“Harlingen has a great history of success,” Davies said. “The people there are very passionate about their athletics and Dr. Cavazos does a great job and has a great reputation across the state. My wife and I are at a time where our kids are all grown and we wanted to try and do something different so I applied and I was fortunate enough to be selected.”
Davies has a bachelor’s degree of science from Missouri Southern State University and also has a master’s degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Texas A&M Commerce.
His previous stop was at East View High School in Georgetown, where he was the campus coordinator and served as the head football coach before taking a position as the assistant athletic coordinator.
Davies began his coaching career in 1991, where he was a coach at North Eastern Oklahoma A&M junior college and then took a job in Owasso, Oklahoma, where he coached from 1993-2000.
In 2001 Davies began coaching at South Grande Prairie High School. In 2011, he helped open Georgetown High School and was the program’s first head football coach and campus coordinator.
“I have been to the (Rio Grande Valley) before, I’ve never lived here, but I have friends who are from the Valley and they speak highly of the Valley and love it there,” Davies said. “From the initial moment I got here, I had a really good feeling and met some really great people. What I’m most excited about are the people I will be able to work with and be around.”