Todd Dodge

Bio

Coach Dodge is entering his 37th year coaching. During his 37 years he has won 7 Football State Championships with a career record of 248-71, and a playoff record of 71-8. Coach Dodge is the only HS coach to have 3 back to back state championships with 2 different programs. Todd Dodge has coached 9 quarterbacks who have been selected as Texas 6A State Offensive Player of the Year. In 2002 Dodge was inducted into the THSCA Hall of Honor followed by being inducted into the TX HS Football Hall of Fame in 2005. Coach Dodge has been named State 6A Coach of the Year 5 times, and National Coach of the Year 4 times. In the 2021 season Dodge led his team to set the record for the highest scoring 6A offense in history with 908 points.

His coaching career started at Rockwall as the QB coach, he was promoted to McKinney as their Offensive Coordinator. From there Coach Dodge went to University of North Texas as the QB Coach. His first Head Coaching position was at Cameron Yoe, from there he went to Newman Smith, and Fossil Ridge before beginning his unforgettable career at Southlake Carroll. Dodge left Southlake Carroll to take on the role of head coach at University of North Texas. From there he traveled to the University of Pittsburgh and became the QB Coach. Coach Dodge left Pittsburgh to return to his home state of Texas and back to high school football where he landed the head coaching positions at Marble Falls and then Westlake, where he repeated his state championship winning program at Southlake.

Coach Dodge’s theory of coaching focuses on these fundamentals:

-Program Objectives
-Player Placement
-Coaches Expectations
-Game Day Expectations
-Goal Boards
-Off Season
-Spring Ball
-Summer
-In Season

Coach Todd Dodge said this after being hired as Lovejoy ISD’s Athletic Director and Head Football Coach:
“This opportunity for Elizabeth and I is absolutely answered prayers. Our five
grandchildren, our children Riley and Molly, and Elizabeth’s mother and sister will all be within 20 miles of us.That is truly a blessing. Thank you to Katie Kordel, her team, and the Lovejoy ISD Board of Trustees for having confidence in me to lead the Lovejoy Athletic Program. I am absolutely ready to pour myself into these student athletes here at Lovejoy. The legacy of excellence has been set. We will do everything to honor those hard working coaches and athletes that have come before us. I have been a fan of Lovejoy Athletics for sometime and to watch this program grow under the leadership of LISD’s former athletic directors was truly amazing. I am very excited to be the Athletic Director and Head Football Coach at Lovejoy ISD.”