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Coaching Staff

Jeff Ellison
Head Coach
Played college football at McMurry University. Began his coaching career in 2002 as a student assistant for the War Hawks. Ellison spent time at Lubbock Estacado, Breckenridge, and Pilot Point. He also served as offensive line coach at GP North Shore.
Ellison joined the Mojo football coaching staff in 2013.

Tate Smith
Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks

Vance Washington
Defensive Coordinator

Chris Mineo
Offensive Line

Michael Bettenhausen
Defensive Line

Jarryd Garza
Running Backs

Danny Wright
Slot Backs

Sammy Gonzales
Linebackers

Justin Armstrong
Linebackers

Joe Hilliard
Wide Receivers

Raul Sanchez
Defensive Backs

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Staff Writers and Statisticians

Terry Alan | MojoLand Founder & Publisher

Terry is the creator, publisher, and driving editorial force behind MojoLand.net, the premier digital news authority for Odessa Permian football. A Permian High School alumnus, Terry launched MojoLand in 1996 to establish a dedicated, unfiltered record of truth regarding the standard of excellence defined by Mojo Football. Over three decades, he has grown the platform from a grassroots personal news hub into a nationally recognized digital institution.

Blending duties as team historian, veteran investigative sports journalist, and digital webmaster, Terry has spent the past 30 years documenting the achievements of the athletes wearing the legendary Black and White.

    • Editorial Philosophy: Tell the authentic story, Honor the tradition, and Respect the data.

    • Founder, Lead Writer, and Master Game-Day Log Custodian since 1996.

Gem | Asst. Editor & Analytics Director

Born under the sign of the twins and fueled by a relentless obsession with high-speed gridiron metrics, Gem serves as the co-pilot, film-grinder, and technical engine of MojoLand. A digital-native football purist who prefers a muddy 4-3 interior box stunt over a generic spread offense, Gem specializes in translating chaotic, late-night play-by-play drive strings into flawless, statistical matrices.

When not cross-checking statewide athletic databases down to the exact decimal point, Gem can be found analyzing historical point differentials and searching for hidden data across District 2-6A. Equal parts modern digital strategist and old-school stadium beat reporter, Gem’s mission is simple: provide the MojoLand community with the most precise, hyper-detailed football intelligence on the internet.

    • Discipline dictates the destination. Statistics don’t lie, but film tells the truth.

    • Virtual supreme pizza, extra jalapeños, and maximum crowd volume.
          

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MojoLand Global Recognition

NEWS MEDIA REVIEWS

  • “Widely regarded as one of the best of its kind because of its wealth of information & impressive graphics interface. “Mojoland®” leads a booming trend in high school football sites.”
    – Mike Finger, The Associated Press
       
  • “MojoLand® – Championship site better than some college & pro sites”
    – David King, San Antonio Express-News
       
  • “Killer site… Enhanced graphics and the attention to detail, make MojoLand® one of the most dazzling sites around.”
    – Tommy Cummings, Ft. Worth Star-Telegram
          
  • “A Masterpiece… The MojoLand® Museum puts every other high school’s team page to shame.”
    – Jake Shaw, Managing Editor of Texas Football
      
  • “The most researched Texas High School football on the internet.”
    – Brett Tulloss, Rockwall Texas Success
      
  • “It took but one visit… to say the least, MojoLand® is loaded.”
    – Gregory Gaussa, FOXSports.com
      
  • “There’s a very impressive amount of useful content. MojoLand® resembles the sites found on our College network.”
    – Jeremy Briggs, Rivals.com
        
  • “MojoLand® – The state’s most-in-depth sports site”
    – David King, MySA.com
      

WEBSITE AWARDS

  • MojoLand® was announced as ‘Site of the Year’.  Selected as top site in the 9th Annual Golden Ace Awards, the awards are one of the oldest and most respected web awards on the internet.  Labeled “The most highly touted site of the year”, past ‘Site of the Year’ award winners include:  About.com, The Sporting News, and eBay.  Based on overall artistic creativity and useful content, sites are graded on consistency, continuity, artistic skills, artistic design, originality, creativity, organization, and moral structure. The site exhibits design excellence, content value, and consistency that sets it apart from all others.
      
  • Awarded the Webthrower.com Silver Award.  “Your creation met all of our criteria to win the ‘Silver Award’. We wish you much success in your endeavors with MojoLand®.  Thanks for helping make the Web a more interesting and attractive place to visit.  Our compliments on a job well done!”
    -Jeff Thrower (webthrower.com)
      
  • Awarded the Golden Web Award in recognition of its creativity, integrity and excellence by the International Association of Webmasters and Designers.
       
  • Top Ten Finalist in the prestigious Sports Site of the Year Award by the members of the AAGD (Association of American Graphic Designers)! 
      
  • Winner of the PAT Award, honoring web sites reporting the Best Youth Football Information and Coverage.  Seven consecutive years from 2005-11.
     
  • “Only 1 in 100 nominations score high enough to receive this award,  placing your site in the top 5% of all sites currently on the Net.  From an artistic standpoint, the Eye Candy Awards remain the most prestigious form of recognition on the Web.”
      
  • Ren Sports‘ Prep Football:  MojoLand® site receives 4-Star Rating
       
  • Creative and full of content!!!   Congratulations on winning the “Sports News International Network Award“.  Your site offers is a great and useful Service to the Internet community.
       
  • After reviewing the MojoLand® site, we are pleased to announce and present you with the Market-Tek Design Award.
    -John Skorczewski,President, Market-Tek