James Boxley is now not the pinnacle baseball coach at Tyler Legacy Excessive Faculty, Tyler ISD athletic director Greg Priest confirmed on Thursday morning.
Tyler ISD assistant athletic director Sam Gillispie will coach the workforce the rest of the season.
Boxley was employed by the varsity district in 2015 and was in his seventh season as the pinnacle baseball coach of the Purple Raiders.
Boxley started his teaching profession at Palestine and coached at Royse Metropolis, Terrell, Forney, Garland and Stephenville earlier than coming to Tyler.
Boxley picked up his four-hundredth profession victory on March 7, 2021. The Purple Raiders had made the postseason 14 consecutive seasons earlier than Boxley’s arrival and made the playoffs 4 occasions below Boxley. There was no postseason in 2020 on account of COVID-19, and the 2022 season remains to be in progress. In 2019, the Purple Raiders received their first postseason sequence for the reason that 2010 regional semifinalist workforce.
Legacy is at present 3-8-1 with three consecutive shutout losses to New Caney Porter (1-0), Lufkin Hudson (13-0) and Allen (4-0).
Boxley’s ultimate sport was Saturday’s sport in opposition to Lufkin Hudson on the Integra Basic in Lufkin.
Gillispie started teaching the workforce for Tuesday’s sport at Allen.
Gillispie has made a number of stops in his teaching profession, together with being a baseball coach throughout Forney’s 4 consecutive journeys to the state event from 1999-2002. He’s additionally labored at Burleson and was additionally the pinnacle softball coach at Shallowater Excessive Faculty. He additionally was the pinnacle soccer coach and athletic director at West ISD and Moody ISD.
Legacy will host Allen at 6 p.m. Friday. It will likely be the Purple Raiders’ first residence sport since going through Forney on Feb. 25 within the Rose Metropolis Basic. The Purple Raiders will start District 10-6A play in opposition to Dallas Skyline at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Mike Carter Discipline.