Rio Grande Valley Sports Hall of Famer set to take over at Port Isabel

Point Isabel ISD named Tony Villarreal, III the next head football coach and athletic director at Port Isabel High School on Wednesday, replacing Jason Strunk who resigned after two seasons to take an athletic director role in his native Pennsylvania.

Villarreal, a 2018 inductee to the Rio Grande Valley Sports Hall of Fame and one of the forefathers of the Slot-T offense, returns to Port Isabel where he coached from 1990-1995 rolling up an impressive 59-13-4 record and leading the Tarpons to the Class 3A state semifinals in 1994. That season is considered one of the most memorable in the history of the Rio Grande Valley.