Longtime RGV Head Coach Steps Down

Hidalgo head coach Monty Stumbaugh announced to his team on Tuesday that he was stepping down as head football coach after leading the Pirates program for the past six seasons and bringing stability to a program that had lacked for years.

“I’ve been driving from Laguna Vista which is about 73 miles one way for six years and it started to just wear on me,” said the 44-year veteran of coaching. In his six years at Hidalgo he posted a 22-34 overall record, but that includes a 2-18 mark in his first two seasons.