Howard Payne head coach Kevin Bachtel has resigned from his post to return to the Texas high school job he held before joining the university, according to a report Wednesday from Dave Campbell's Texas Football.
Howard Payne is a Division III school located in Brownwood, Texas.
Bachtel will once again be the head coach at Edgewood High School, located 220 miles to Brownwood's east. He went 40-17 with one district championship as Edgewood's head coach from 2016-20.
Bachtel joined the HPU staff in 2021, serving as the defensive coordinator and assistant head coach under his brother, head coach Jason Bachtel.
Together, the Bachtel Boys led the Yellow Jackets to a 14-6 mark, and a 12-5 record in conference play, in 2021-22. That success led Jason Bachtel to become the offensive coordinator at Houston Christian, where he is now the Huskies' head coach.
Back in Brownwood, Howard Payne slipped to 6-4 in 2023 and then 2-8 last fall. HPU went 0-6 in conference play, allowing 44.3 points per game in the process.
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