About Coach Dale
Coach Dale is a retired US ARMY 1SG who moved to the Ft Hood area in 2008. Coach Dale has his Master's Degrees in Sport Management (Interscholastic Administration) and Public Administration (Non-Profit Management), and a Bachelor's Degree in Intelligence Operational Management (Spanish), and a Graduate Certificate in Homeland Security Operations Management.
Coach Dale is a National Interscholastic Athletic Administrator Association (NIAAA) Certified Athletic Administrator and a current member of the National Federation of High Schools (NFHS) & Texas High School Athletic Directors Association (THSADA). He is also USA Football and Positive Coaching Alliance Dual Coach certified.
Coach Dale attended school in Kansas City, KS until his Senior year when his family moved to Midwest City, OK. He graduated from Midwest City High School in 1983 and was a member of the National Honor Society. As a youth he competed in football, basketball, volleyball, baseball, bowling and cross-country. Coach Dale played in a traveling competitive fastpitch softball league in Oklahoma for two years prior to joining the Army in 1985.
During his military career, Coach Dale played in various intramural sports leagues such as softball, basketball, flag football, volleyball, bowling and golf. He also was a member of the All-Fort Bragg traveling softball team for six years and the Ft Huachuca Post Softball and Flag Football teams for three years.
Coach Dale has been involved in coaching youth football, baseball, basketball, bowling, volleyball, and soccer for the last 35 years. Coach Dale has coached and organized youth sports programs in Fayetteville, NC - Harnett County, NC - Sierra Vista, AZ - Charlottesville, VA - El Paso, TX - San Antonio, TX - Guantanamo Bay, CU and Fort Hood TX. Coach Dale has worked as a volunteer Defensive Backs and Wide Receivers coach for high school teams in NC and AZ while also organizing Punt, Pass and Kick competitions at Ft Bragg, NC, Ft Huachuca, AZ, and Ft Hood, TX.
Coach Dale has coached youth championship teams in soccer, bowling, Little League Baseball and Flag / Tackle Football. Coach Dale started in TYFA with the Live Oak Jaguars in 2004 prior to retiring and moving to the Fort Hood area. Coach Dale co-founded the Killeen Destroyers in 2009 as the Head Flag Football Coach and Football Director. They transitioned to the Killeen-Cove Chiefs in 2012 and changed the name to CTX Chiefs in 2024. Coach Dale has been vital to the growth of youth sports programs in the Fort Hood area since arriving in 2008.
Coach Dale & CTXYSA have a simple coaching philosophy of hard work - pays off and builds teams based on discipline, determination, commitment, respect and TEAM FIRST.
NO ONE PERSON IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE ORGANIZATION "ONE TRIBE - ONE GOAL"
