Meet Our Coaches

Kyra Bauer - Girls Head Track Coach

Coach Bauer is spirit fully tackling her third year at Cedar Ridge as the Head Women's Track Coach and varsity basketball assistant. Coach Bauer has six years of head coaching experience, starting her career off in PFISD coaching volleyball, basketball and track.

Francis Jones - Boys Head Track Coach

Coach Jones enters his 5th year at Cedar Ridge. He has 30+ years of experience with coaching stops in Abilene, Odessa, Sul Ross State University, Houston, Dallas, Austin and McKinney. Graduate of Sul Ross State University with a Bachelors in Accounting and Masters in Education. He will be coaching the running backs and also serve as Boys Head Track Coach.

Chris Capers - Long/Triple Jump

Coach Capers is in his 7th year teaching (1st year at CRHS) and coaching in public schools. He was the head soccer coach for both boys and girls at his prior school in Austin, Texas. Coach Capers is currently an assisting coach for both women's basketball and track. Coach Capers was also in the military where he taught Leadership, History, and Advancement courses. He has been married to his wife Claudia for 26 years and has twin daughters: Audrey and Alexandra both aged 15.

Rashad Grissett - Shot Put

Coach Grissett begins his 8th year of coaching, his 1st at Cedar Ridge. A graduate of University of North Texas, he started his career in Odessa, Texas before moving to the round rock area and serving as the boys athletic coordinator at CD Fulkes MS for 3 years. It is an honor for him to be at CR. He has been married to his lovely wife Lizeth for 2 years and they have a German Shephard named Cornbread.

Taylor Logsdon - Distance

Coach Logsdon begins his 2nd year at Cedar Ridge. He has 11 years of coaching experience with stops at Columbia HS and Leander Glenn HS.Coach Logsdon holds a Bachelors in History and Masters in Education from Texas A&M University. He is also the Head Boys Cross Country Coach. He is married to his wife Jessica and they have 2 sons, Jackson and Cord.

Blaine Sanderson - Long/Triple Jump

Coach Sanderson is in his 15th year in education and this is his 1st year at Cedar Ridge High School. Coach Sanderson is an inclusion teacher and coaches football and track. He is a graduate of Texas State University with a degree in Exercise and Sports Science. He has been certified as a USA Weightlifting and USA Level 1 Track Coach. Coach Sanderson is married to his wife Marlana of 7 years and they have 3 year old twin boys Brees & Braxton.

David Wilson - Hurdles and Sprints

Coach Wilson is in his 22nd year of teaching and coaching. He has coached at Midland Lee, Austin Travis, Paris Chisum, Amarillo Palo Duro, and Cedar Ridge. Coach Wilson has been a head boys basketball coach as well as a head girls track coach. Currently, he is in the middle of his seventh year as an assisting in boys basketball and track at Cedar Ridge High school. Coach Wilson has been married to his wife Erica for 18 years. He has two children: Daryn Wilson (17) and Drew Wilson (5).

Nick Zajicek - Discus Coach

Coach Zajicek begins his 2nd year at Cedar Ridge and 9th year in education. He will be coaching the discus in addition to his duties at the Football offensive coordinator. Coach Zajicek is a native of Cameron, Texas and a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin where he was a member of the Longhorn football team. Additionally, he attended Western Governors University where he received his Masters in Educational Administration. His previous coaching stops include Trinity HS, Cameron Yoe HS where he was a part of two state championships and a state finalist team, Gregory-Portland HS, and Clear Brook HS. Coach Zajicek is married to his beautiful wife Katie and they have a two year old son, Benjamin.