From MLB to TXHSFB: Colleyville Covenant hires former American League All-Star as head football coach

Talk about a home-run hire: Colleyville Covenant Christian announced Tuesday that is has hired three-time American League All-Star outfielder Vernon Wells as its new head football coach.

Wells has been a mainstay at CCA for more than a decade, coaching the baseball team and spending the last six seasons as the Cougars' associate head football coach under coach Phil Towe, whose move to athletic director opened up the head coaching vacancy. During that six-year span on the football staff, the Cougars won a pair of TAPPS Division III state championships and made two other semifinal appearances.