Duncanville running backs coach takes over football program at alma mater Eastern Hills
The Fort Worth school district announced Devvin Anderson as the new head football coach at Eastern Hills on Wednesday, replacing Tracy Simien who stepped down from his post in March.
Anderson graduated from Eastern Hills in 1998.
He was the running backs coach at Duncanville last season.
While at Eastern Hills, Anderson was an all-district defensive back as a junior and a senior and also earned second-team all-district honors as a point guard on the basketball team. He went on to play at Hardin-Simmons.
Anderson helped coach Duncanville this past season to a 10-2 record and an appearance in the Class 6A Division 1 state semifinals before losing to Southlake Carroll, 34-27.
The Panthers averaged 45 points per game.
Simien, a former TCU and NFL linebacker, led the Highlanders for the past nine seasons and posted a 31-58 record. Eastern Hills went 3-5 in 2020-21 with two wins over Diamond Hill-Jarvis and another against Carter-Riverside.
The Highlanders reached the playoffs in 2018, snapping a nine-year drought.
Other coaching changes in Fort Worth area:
Arlington Bowie: Danny DeArman out, Joseph Sam in
Arlington Lamar: Laban DeLay out, Billy Skinner in
LD Bell: Mike Glaze out, TJ Dibble in
South Grand Prairie: Brent Whitson out, Laban DeLay in
Mansfield Legacy: Chris Melson out
Waxahachie: Todd Alexander out, Shane Tolleson in
Weatherford: Billy Mathis out, Aubrey Sims in
Eastern Hills: Tracy Simien out, Devvin Anderson in
Joshua: Gary Robinson out, Danny DeArman in
Brock: Chad Worrell out, Billy Mathis in