Cy-Fair ISD on Monday announced the hiring of Clear Lake head coach Donald Lawrence as the second ever head football coach at Cy Park High School, replacing Greg Rogers.

Lawrence is no stranger to Cy-Fair ISD as he’s had three separate coaching stints at Langham Creek High School, where he served as offensive coordinator, strength and conditioning coordinator and head track coach (2009-2011, 2012-2019 and 2022-2023). Coach Lawrence has also been an assistant coach at Brownsville Porter, College Station A&M Consolidated and Pearland, before being named the head football coach/campus coordinator at Clear Lake in 2023.

In two seasons leading the Falcons Coach Lawrence posted a 7-13 overall record and both seasons he had the Falcons right in playoff contention until the final week of the regular season.

“We are excited to have Coach Donald Lawrence serve as campus athletic coordinator and head football coach at Cypress Park High School,” said Virginia Flores, Cy-Fair ISD athletic director in a district press release. “Beyond his coaching ability, Coach Lawrence deeply impacts the athletes and coaches he serves and expressed a complete and exciting vision for the Cypress Park athletic program. As a former CFISD graduate and employee, Coach Lawrence uniquely understands the importance of community schools and the positive impact athletics serves in growing community engagement. We are proud to have Coach Lawrence and his family rejoin the CFISD athletics family.”

Coach Lawrence is a graduate of Jersey Village High School and earned his bachelor’s degree from Texas Lutheran.

“It is a blessing to be named the campus athletic coordinator and head football coach at Cypress Park High School,” Lawrence said per the Cy-Fair ISD release. “I am honored to work with Dr. Mike Contreras and look forward to reaching his campus vision through a first-class athletic program. Coach Flores and her team are the standard in athletic administration. Their support is second to none. Most importantly, I am excited to work with the student athletes at Cypress Park. I look forward to the work and commitment required to help them grow and excel in athletics and in life. My family and I could not be prouder to be the newest additions to the Tiger community.”

Lawrence will embark on one of the state’s toughest rebuilding jobs as Cy Park is currently mired in a 30-game losing streak that goes back to the bi-district round of the 2021 playoffs. Lawrence’s departure now leaves an opening at Clear Lake and with the late timing of the hire it will be very interesting to see the direction Clear Creek ISD goes with the search.