May 24, 2007

GCISD Trustees approve Colleyville Heritage High head football coach

The Grapevine-Colleyville ISD Board of Trustees formally approved Mike Fuller of Coppell ISD as the Colleyville Heritage High School head football coach. The action was approved during Monday’s regularly-scheduled monthly meeting. Fuller’s contract takes effect July 1.

Fuller, 37, joins GCISD from Coppell High School, where he has served as the head football coach/boys athletic coordinator for the past seven years. He has compiled an overall record of 49-30 and a district record of 31-14. His teams have advanced to playoffs in five of his seven years as head coach and have won two district championships.

Fuller takes over for coach Chris Cunningham, who is leaving GCISD after the current school year for a position as director of athletics with Prestonwood Christian Academy in Plano.

Before becoming head coach in Coppell, Fuller served as the offensive coordinator from 1997-1999. He has also coached at Irving MacArthur High School, Conroe High School and Harlingen High School. He is a graduate of Arlington High School and Abilene Christian University, where he competed in both football and baseball. He earned a Bachelor of Science in 1993 and holds a teaching certificate in Social Studies.

Fuller and his wife, Holly, have two children.