Former West Orange-Stark standout Roy Locks, who played at Northwestern State, has been hired as the new head football coach at Killeen Shoemaker High School. Locks takes over for Toby Foreman who left for Jasper High. Locks was on Foreman’s staff at Beaumont Central and Shoemaker. This will be his first head coaching position.
Locks served as the Grey Wolves defensive coordinator, among other roles, since 2017.
After being hired, Locks said in an interview, “The opportunity to be the head coach of this group of kids and work alongside this team of athletic coaches makes it even more special,” Locks said. “We are going to continue to build young, high-character men and women who will represent Shoemaker, our community and the Grey Wolves family with pride. We will show up prepared and hold ourselves to a high standard every day both on and off the field. We will compete for one another with pride, effort and integrity.”
Prior to arriving at Shoemaker, Locks was the defensive coordinator for four seasons at Beaumont Central, and held the same position at Katy Seven Lakes (2012) and Sheldon C.E. King (2010-2011).
He also had a one-year stint at Lamar Consolidated, spent three years with his collegiate alma mater Northwestern State University –– Locks was a defensive lineman and member of the school’s Class of 2022 Hall of Fame –– as a defensive line coach and two seasons with his high school alma mater West Orange-Stark as a defensive ends coach.
“Coach Locks brings nine years of impactful experience at Shoemaker,” Carroll said. “Known for his strategic mindset, player development and culture-building leadership, he is committed to elevating the program and continuing a standard of excellence, campus-wide, across all programs.”
Shoemaker and Killeen are District 12-5A-I mates this season after both moved down from Class 6A during the most recent University Interscholastic League realignment and reclassification in February.
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