A DFW legend gets his chance to be a head coach as Dallas Gateway Charter Academy, located in Oak Cliff on the southern edge of the Dallas city limits, promoted assistant coach Byron Eaton to lead the struggling Gators football program.
Eaton, who spent 2024 on staff at Gateway, is a legend in Dallas having led Dallas Lincoln to a state championship game appearance in football in 2004 and as a freshman was part of Lincoln’s mythical national championship basketball team.