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Malakoff head football coach Jamie Driskell is the Texas Sports Writers Association Class 3A Coach of the Year after winning the 2023 state championship.

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Malakoff senior football player Chauncey Hogg makes first-team All-State as a defensive back after being named District 8-3A’s Most Valuable Player. 

MALAKOFF–Malakoff head football coach Jamie Driskell is the Class 3A Coach of the Year, according to the Texas Sports Writers Association All-State Football Class 3A list, released Feb. 13.
Driskell, who has been the Malakoff head coach since 2009, led his team to its first-ever football state title Dec. 14 with a 14-7 victory over two-time defending champion Franklin, capping off an undefeated 16-win season.
Six Malakoff players also received All-State recognition. Tiger senior Chauncey Hogg is first-team All-State in the secondary, joining players from Grandview, Hooks and Tidehaven.
Mason Logan, another Malakoff senior, is the second-team center on the sportswriters’ list of offensive honors. Junior signal-caller Mike Jones tied for third-team All-State quarterback with players from Edna and Jacksboro.
Doc Renberg, another senior, is on the third-team defense, starring alongside players from Quitman, Wall and Yoakum. Sophomore Jerrion Hall is third-team All-State on offense as a running back, joining players from Bells and Jacksboro. In addition, Tiger senior Josh Garcia is the third-team All-State utility player, according to the Texas Sports Writers Association.
Those honors come after Malakoff released its list of players who were All-District for 8-3A Division 1, for which Hogg was named Most Valuable Player. Jones was the district’s Offensive MVP, while Renberg received recognition as 8-3A’s Defensive MVP.
Hall was the district’s Offensive Newcomer of the Year, Logan was named the Offensive Lineman of the Year and senior Jalen Smith was honored as the Defensive Lineman of the Year. In addition, the district’s coaches voted Malakoff as having the Staff of the Year.
On the first-team All-District offense, Malakoff placed junior receiver Evan Loper and junior lineman Shawn Meadows, as well as two other linemen, juniors Hunter Reeves and Jamyron Walker.
For the first-team All-District defense, Malakoff players from its front line include Garcia and junior Michael Elliott, along with linebackers Parker Poteete and James Studley, both of whom are juniors.
In addition, seniors Bubba Hicks and Kayland Davis are Malakoff defensive backs making first-team All-District.
Malakoff second-team All-District performers on offense are Hicks at running back, along with wide receivers Ja’Kerry Smallwood (a senior) and Renberg. Andrew Adams, a junior, made the second team as a lineman, while Malakoff kickers Landen Boswell (a junior) and sophomore Jacob Padron also made the second-team offense.
Second-team Tigers on defense feature lineman Daniel Norrell (a sophomore), Hall at linebacker, junior Jack Hustead as a defensive back and Garcia as a punter. Moreover, honorable mention for the All-District list are Malakoff players Dalton Lyles and Judson McNaughton, both seniors.