Burnet football hires new receivers coach
CAPTION: Aaron Terry (left) is the new receivers coach of the Burnet Bulldogs. He and his wife, Peyton, are relocating to the area. Courtesy photo
The Burnet High School football staff has another new member – Aaron Terry, who will be the wide receivers coach.
Bulldogs head coach Ben Speer announced the hire April 23.
Terry arrives from Cedar Park Vista Ridge and is the second hire from that staff. The first was offensive coordinator Tyler Fambrough in February.
Though Terry was the outside linebackers coach for the Rangers, he was a receiver at A&M Consolidated High School and at Tarleton State University.
“(Fambrough) knew of coach Terry and his work ethic and his energy,” Speer said. “He wanted to get on (the offensive) side of the ball and he wanted to work with coach Fambrough. Coach Fambrough just said, ‘Hey, I got a guy that you seriously need to take a look at and he would be great and he would fit this.'”
During the four years he was on the Vista Ridge staff, Terry contributed to analyzing opponent tendencies to create scouting reports and then broke them down during the weekly planning sessions. He served as the social media coordinator and designed the graphics and visual content.
He started his career at Nacogdoches Middle School in 2018 then went to Cedar Park Henry Middle School in 2020.
Like the Fambroughs, Terry and his family was ready to get to a smaller Texas city. And Speer emphasized fit is an important part of the staff.
“His family’s looking to get out of Austin and wants to be in the smaller community,” Speer said. “You know what we want here and the coaches and the type of character of men we want here. I want the coaches who want to live in a small town, want to be a part of the community. I don’t want the coaches who want to commute back and forth. I want them here where the kids see them and I see them not only as coaches but as fathers and as husbands, get to run into them at the grocery store, and all those things – that’s important to me. They know their character and faith and they’re hard workers and they bring energy and (Terry is) all that.”
Before interviewing for the job, Terry came to the Burnet campus and saw the facilities and the Bulldogs. Needless to say, the coach liked what he saw. Then when he interviewed for the position, Speer saw why Fambrough recommended his colleague.
It took a couple of days for Terry to accept the job as he family wanted to make sure.
“He’s like, ‘Hey coach, they’re onboard, they thought about it,” Speer said. “And they prayed about it and feel like God is leading them to move out here. So we got him here and brought him in. And he was just awesome.”
The Bulldogs skipper said Fambrough and Terry are excited to work “on the same side of the ball” in Burnet.
“He came here and really loved the town, the community and the culture of athletics that we have here and the parents and the community investment in with athletics and enjoyed his visit,” he said. “It’s everything you want when hiring a young coach who has a family. Most of our coaches are dads themselves, so that’s fun when you have that support system. They’re ready to get here to be here full time, and so it was exciting.”
