High School
The Blueprint: Ray Gates' Journey to North Crowley Glory
Ray Gates' coaching journey to North Crowley is built on faith, resilience and perfect timing, building the Panthers into one of Texas high school football's elite programs.
Ray Gates’s most prized possession is not North Crowley’s 2024 Class 6A DI State Championship trophy, nor the district titles his program has earned in each of his first three seasons as the head coach.
It’s a piece of wall art that hangs to the left of his desk. Six horizontal planks represent each stop of his coaching career. His wife, Sam, had it custom-made.
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