LaHue joined the Javelina coaching staff in 2020 as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
The 2020 season was delayed due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic as the team took to the field for two games in the spring of 2021. TAMUK dropped both contests, first a 45-34 defeat to Midwestern State on March 6 followed by a loss to UT Permian Basin at home on March 20.
Zadock Dinklemann threw for 316 yards and two touchdowns in the loss to MSU, as Ryan Martinez and Kevin Reynolds each picked up a score in the contest. The three remaining touchdowns in the game came on the ground as Amonte Bowen, Roger Hagan, and Craig Clemons each scampered for one.
The hard-fought loss to UTPB featured 92 passing yards between Dinklemann and Shane Johnson Jr., while 108 yards came on the ground with Christian Anderson picking up the most at 67 followed by another 50 from Bowen.
LaHue, a former member of the Texas A&I football team and a Javelina Hall of Famer inducted in 2011, brings over 35 years of coaching experience to the staff. His most recent stop was at Texas Lutheran University where he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Bulldogs that compiled a 15-5 record over the past two years.
While at TLU following the 2019 season, the program averaged 424.1 yards per game on offense along with a 33.4 scoring average for an 8-2 mark overall after closing the year with a 57-14 win over McMurry on November 16. The 2018 season saw the team go 7-3 during the regular season with a total offense average of 421.7 yards per game while averaging 35.5 points per contest. His time on staff saw 10 student-athletics on the offensive half of the ball named to the All-American Southwest Conference teams, another three land on the D3Football.com All-South Region squads, and one D3Football.com All-American.
Prior to his time in Seguin, Texas, LaHue coached in the prep ranks at Hays High School in Buda, Texas, from 2013 through the 2017 seasons as the head coach. He guided the Rebels to an appearance in the District 25-6A state playoffs in 2017 as well as a 27-4A District Championship and state playoff appearance. He also spent the 2006 through 2012 seasons as the head coach for Roosevelt High School in San Antonio, led the Rough Riders to four District 26-5A state playoff appearances in his last five years at the helm of the program, and was named the Marvin Gustafson Coach of the Year for his efforts following the 2012 season.
LaHue’s collegiate experience also featured a stop at Texas A&M-Kingsville in 2002 where he spent four years alongside Salinas under Richard Cundiff as the offensive coordinator and helped guide the Javelinas to a 30-7 mark from 2002-04, two NCAA Division II National Semifinal appearances, two West Region Championships, and three Lone Star Conference Championships.
Before his return to Kingsville in 2002, LaHue spent time as the Athletic Director and Head Football Coach at Tivy High School in Kerrville, Texas, from 1997 to 2001, eventually named San Angelo Standard Times Coach of the Year in 2000. The Antlers made the playoffs in each of his five years, were a four-time Bi-District finalist, and once made the Regional semifinals in 2000. The team was a District 28-4A and District 27-4A finalist in 1997 and 2000, respectively, finished third in District 28-4A in 1998 and District 27-4A in 2001 and claimed the District 28-4A Championship in 1999.
Another prestigious stop during LaHue’s career in the coaching ranks includes a four-year stint at Westlake High School as an offensive coordinator from 1993-96. The Chaparrals reached the state quarterfinals all four years with him on staff, including a runner-up finish after the 1994 season, and finally reached the pinnacle for the first time in program history in 1996 as the Class 5A Division II Champions. Overall, the team compiled a 56-3-2 record with La Hue on the sidelines, including a perfect 40-0 record in the regular season.
Previous stints among the prep ranks include one year at Seguin High School as an offensive coordinator where LaHue helped the team to a District Championships, as well as two years at Calallen High School in Corpus Christi, Texas, as a wide receivers coach that saw the team reach the state quarterfinals in 1990 and 1991, and two years at Ingleside High School in Ingleside, Texas, in 1988 and 1989.
LaHue’s first coaching stop dates back to 1985 for Texas A&I as he spent three years on the sideline under Ron Harms as the quarterbacks and wide receivers coach that saw the program claim two LSC Championships and a three-year record of 27-5 before graduating with his master’s degree in secondary education in 1987.
A native of Austin, Texas, LaHue was a four-year letter winner from 1981-84 for the Texas A&I football program as he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in physical education and health in 1985. He was a three-time All-LSC honoree and named to the AFCA All-America first team in 1984 as a placekicker for the Javelinas, currently sixth all-time in program history in career PAT kicks made at 109, and fourth in career PAT kick percentage at 94.8% (109-115).
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