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Kris McCullough

In his first year as head coach (2023), McCullough led the Falcons to their first ever Lone Star Conference Championship, finishing the regular season with a program best 10-1 overall record - defeating all DII Texas schools in the conference, a first for the football program, and finishing with a perfect LSC record of 8-0 another first. The success he had in the regular season resulted in the Falcons hosting the first round of the NCAA Championships, for the first time in program history. Three players earned six All-American honors - most All-American honors earned in a single season - while 24 players earned LSC All-Conference awards. McCullough was named LSC Coach of The Year, The College Football Network D2 Coach the Year and All-Texas Non-FBS Coach of The Year. Success on the football isn't the only thing that McCullough stressed in year one, as he had 50 student-athletes earn 3.0 GPA's and had the only football player in the LSC to earn Scholar-Athlete honors.

McCullough led the Tigers to a 9-3 record in the difficult Great American Conference that culminated in a victory over Texas A&M – Kingsville in the Fun Town RV Heritage Bowl.  Three players would go on to earn All-Super Region Three honors while 16 were named to the All-GAC Team.  Linebacker Devon Roush was named GAC Defensive Player of the Year on a defense that forced 28 turnovers and led the nation in turnover differential.

He started at East Central in 2018 as the team's Special Team Coordinator and Quarterbacks coach before getting promoted to Offensive Coordinator in 2020 and Assistant Head Coach in 2021.  His first two seasons in Ada saw the team go 3-8 before his promotion.  Since then the Tigers went 19-7, including an upset of former Lone Star Conference rival and now Division I school Tarleton State.

Prior to his success in Ada, McCullough was the Running Backs Coach and Assistant Special Teams Coordinator at Fairmont State from 2017-18.  There he helped develop Terrell Charles, who finished top-10 in Fairmont State history in rushing yards and touchdowns.  In the spring and summer of 2017 he was the Offensive Quality Control Analyst and Assistant Quarterbacks Coach at Old Dominion.

McCullough got his start in coaching at his alma mater, Henderson State, as a student assistant working all over the offensive side for three seasons.  In 2015 he helped Henderson State win their first NCAA Division II Playoff game after winning the GAC.

Jake Shaw

Jake Shaw was named Defensive Coordinator at the University of Texas Permian Basin in December of 2023.Prior to this, Shaw was the Defensive Coordinator / Inside Linebackers Coach at East Central University (DII) in Ada, OK. During the 2023 season, he coached 4 All-Conference players (Devon Roush, Darian Williams, Jimmy Pitts, and Gio Waller). He spent 5 years with the program.
During the 2022 season, Shaw was named the Special Teams Coordinator for the Tigers. Shaw helped lead the Tigers to a Heritage Bowl Championship and a 9-3 season. Shaw also helped coach All-American Devon Roush who also earned 1st Team All-Conference in the GAC and GAC Defensive Player of the Year. During the 2021 season, Shaw led RJ Williams to earn 2nd team All-Conference. In 2020, he was promoted to full time Inside Linebackers Coach while also gaining the title of the Camp Director. The Hudson, WI native graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 2018 with bachelor’s in psychology and history. In the fall of 2020, Shaw graduated with a Master’s degree in Sports Administration from East Central University. Shaw is currently lives in Odessa, TX with his wife (Michelle) and son (Mickey).