Passing the Torch: New coaches step in as legends retire in Texas high school football

Roger Olivas doesn’t need you to tell him where to sit, thank you very much. He’s been coming here, to the coaches office at Eagle Pass High School, for more than a quarter-century, when he became an assistant coach in 1997.

No, wait, back up — he’s known this coaches office since he was an all-district star for the Eagles from 1984 to 1986. He’s well-aware of the floor plan — the head coach’s office flanking the bunker of desks reserved for assistants.