Todd Dodge Todd Dodge ( born July 21 , 1963 ) is an American football coach at Westlake High School ( Austin ) . After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin , where he played quarterback for the football team , Dodge began coaching at the high school level , eventually becoming the head football coach at Southlake Carroll High School , where his teams won four 5A state titles in a seven - year span . In 2006 , Dodge was hired to lead the University of North Texas football team , but he was released in 2010 after acquiring a 6 – 37 record as head coach . After coaching the quarterbacks at the University of Pittsburgh for the 2011 season , he returned to high school coaching in Marble Falls in January 2012 . Playing career . Dodge played quarterback at Thomas Jefferson High School in Port Arthur , Texas , under coach Ronnie Thompson where he set several state records . As a senior in 1980 , Dodge set the record for most passing yards in a season and became the first quarterback in Texas high school football history to pass for more than 3 , 000 yards in a season ( 3 , 135 yards ) . That same season , he led Jefferson High to the 1980 Class 5A state championship game against Permian High School of Odessa , Texas . He also set Texas high school records for most career completions ( 382 ) and most completions in a season ( 221 ) ; while finishing his career with the second most career passing yards behind Gary Kubiak . Dodge went on to play quarterback at the University of Texas at Austin under coach Fred Akers . From 1982 - 1983 , Dodge was a backup quarterback , though he did get his first start as a freshman in the 1982 Sun Bowl when Robert Brewer broke his hand 5 days before the game . In that game the # 8 Longhorns were upset by North Carolina 26 - 10 , in the snow , with Dodge going 6 - 22 for just 50 yards . In 1983 , Dodge was named the starter for the opening game , but a shoulder injury in the final preseason scrimmage on Sept . 9 , sidelined him for a month and he didn ' t reclaim the starting role until early November . In late October he twice came in off the bench to replace starter Rob Moerschell and rally the Longhorns to wins . He came in late to throw the go - ahead touchdown pass in the 15 - 12 win over SMU , and early the following week to lead the Longhorns to a 20 - 3 win over Texas Tech . The next week he got his first start of the season in a 9 - 3 lackluster win over Houston . But after struggling in the TCU game the next week and being replaced by Moerschell , he didn ' t play the remainder of the year . Despite the quarterback troubles that resulted in rotating starters , the Longhorns went undefeated during the regular season and , but for a disappointing loss to Georgia in the Cotton Bowl , would have won the national championship . The Longhorns entered the 1984 season ranked # 4 with Dodge again as the starter . The team started with back - to - back wins over ranked opponents , # 11 Auburn and # 4 Penn State . Texas rose to a # 1 ranking , which it lost after a controversial 15 - 15 tie to # 3 Oklahoma , but went on to win 3 more games , including a win over # 14 SMU to start the season 6 - 0 - 1 . But the title run was ended during a 29 - 15 loss to Houston in which Dodge threw 0 completions in his first 13 passes ( but 4 of his 5 record interceptions ) and was benched for Bret Stafford . Dodge led the team to a win over # 12 TCU the next week , but lost again to Baylor in the following game - while setting school records for single season passing yards and completions . The season finished with two more losses , to Texas A & M when Dodge was benched for Stafford , and to Iowa in the 1984 Freedom Bowl when the Longhorns gave up 55 points , the most since 1904 . Dodge and Stafford entered the 1985 season in the middle of a heated quarterback battle , which Stafford won . After splitting time in the first three games , Dodge got a chance to retake the quarterback position when Stafford was pulled six plays into the Oklahoma game . But Dodge threw 2 interceptions and could only muster 53 yards , so Stafford started again the next week against Arkansas . Dodge would not see significant playing time again until the final game of the regular season when he came off the bench versus Texas A & M to score the Longhorns only touchdown all day . Dodge finished with a career record of 9 - 5 - 1 and several passing records . He still ranks ninth on the UT all - time passing list with 2 , 791 yards and stands ninth in TD passes with 18 . His 359 passing yards in Texas ' 44 – 16 win over Rice in 1985 stood as the Longhorn single - game record for 13 years before James Brown broke it with a 397 - yard passing day against Texas Tech in 1997 . Dodge ' s passing effort currently ranks fourth on the UT single - game chart , behind Major Applewhite , Colt McCoy , and Brown . His 96 yard touchdown pass to Donovan Pitts in the 1985 Rice game is still tied for the second longest in school history . High school coaching career . Soon after graduation , Dodge pursued a coaching career at the high school level . His first stop was at Rockwall in 1987 , where he coached the quarterbacks and wide receiver s . That year , the team made an appearance at the 4A state championship game appearance against West Orange – Stark . Dodge then became offensive coordinator at McKinney High School under head coach Ron Poe . By 1991 , Poe yielded to Dodge ' s persuasion and agreed to try the spread offense . Dodge came up with a hybrid between the University of Houston ' s Run and shoot offense , the University of Miami ' s three - and five - step drops , and a zone running game . McKinney reached the 4A Regionals in 1991 . After a two - year stint as an assistant coach at North Texas , Dodge coached at three different high schools during the next six seasons . In 2000 , he became head coach at Southlake Carroll , where coach Bob Ledbetter had won 3A state championships in 1988 , 1992 and 1993 . Southlake Carroll had since moved up to Class 4A and was designated as a Class 5A high school , the largest classification in Texas . During his seven seasons at Southlake Carroll , Dodge ' s teams earned a 98 – 11 record overall . In 2002 , the school won its first 5A ( Division II ) state championship with a 45 – 14 victory over Smithson Valley High School . A year later , Southlake Carroll lost the championship game by one point to Katy High School . During Dodge ' s tenure , the team began a winning streak in 2004 that lasted until 2007 and tied Abilene High School ' s record from the 1950s . Dodge ' s teams won three consecutive 5A state championships during that span . Each championship squad was recognized as mythical national champions by either " USA Today " ( 2004 , ' 06 ) or " National Prep Poll " ( 2004 , ' 05 ) . " Schutt Sports " named Dodge " National Coach of the Year " in 2004 . " USA Today " gave him the title in 2005 . After the 2006 season , Dodge left Southlake Carroll to coach at the University of North Texas . College coaching career . North Texas . The North Texas Mean Green hired Dodge on December 12 , 2006 as the new head football coach of the football team , replacing former coach Darrell Dickey , who was fired on November 8 after going 2 – 9 in 2005 and 3 – 9 in 2006 . 2007 . During his first season as head coach , UNT went 2 - 10 . Dodge ' s spread offense averaged 408 . 4 total yards and 24 . 8 points per game while giving up 39 sacks . Dodge brought most of his original college coaching staff from the high school ranks , and the team struggled to compete against non - conference and Sun Belt foes . UNT ' s defensive squad , directed by Ron Mendoza , gave up an FBS - worst 45 . 1 points per game . Soon after the season ended , Dodge dismissed Mendoza . 2008 . For the 2008 season , Dodge hired Gary DeLoach as the team ' s new defensive coordinator . Deloach had a terrific run as UNT ' s secondary coach from 1998 to 2000 and was a fan favorite for his stellar work as defensive coordinator from 2000 to 2002 . Even with dramatically improved coaching , the Mean Green defense lacked experienced , developed talent . The defense allowed 47 . 6 points per game in 2008 , the worst number at the FBS level that year . The offense also regressed , averaging only 20 . 0 points per game and allowing 25 sacks . The team ' s special teams units were among the worst in the country in most categories . That year , quarterback Riley Dodge , Todd Dodge ' s son , joined the team . The team finished with a dismal 1 - 11 record , its only win over FBS transitional Western Kentucky . 2009 . Dodge focused heavily on upgrading the team ' s defensive talent with several good recruits from the junior college ranks in 2009 . The defense improved , giving up an average of 36 . 4 PPG , including 28 . 8 PPG in the last four games when the new talent jelled . Although the offensive line held opposing teams to 12 sacks all season , the offense had 21 fumbles and 17 interceptions during the season . The kicking game suffered from several blocked field goals , and the team finished the 2009 season with a 2 – 10 record . 2010 . UNT opted to retain Todd Dodge for the 2010 season . It was understood that Dodge had to produce a winning season to keep his job . On October 20 , 2010 , UNT athletics director Rick Villarreal fired Dodge . Dodge had compiled a 6 – 37 record . During his tenure , UNT was consistently rated in the bottom ten by ESPN . Offensive coordinator Mike Canales took over as interim head coach . Going into the 2013 season , Athlon Sports rated Todd Dodge as the seventh worst college football tenure in the BCS era . Pittsburgh . Dodge was named the quarterbacks coach at the University of Pittsburgh on January 18 , 2011 . He held the position for one season before returning to coach high school football in Texas . Return to high school coaching . In January 2012 , Dodge return to the high school coaching ranks , taking over as head coach at Marble Falls High School . The school had a 4 – 6 record in 2011 , playing in District 25 – 4A that has been dominated by Lake Travis High School of Austin , Texas . Dodge chose Marble Falls , Texas , a city of 6 , 000 located about northwest of Austin , because it was " a one - school town " before leaving to coach Westlake in 2014 . Personal . Dodge is married to Elizabeth Neptune , daughter of Ebbie Neptune , longtime athletic director and football coach at Westlake High School of Austin , Texas . The couple has a son , Riley Dodge , who played wide receiver and quarterback at North Texas , and a daughter , Molly . In 1985 , while finishing up his degree at Texas , Dodge was badly injured in a fire . While working as an electric meter technician for the city of Austin , his equipment overloaded and exploded . The fire left 2nd and 3rd degree burns on his hands , arms and face and nearly cost him some of his fingers .