East View hires Michael Wall as new football coach
East View welcomed a familiar face to its field house earlier this week when Georgetown school district officials hired Michael Wall as the Patriots’ new head football coach and campus athletic coordinator.
Wall, a former assistant coach at Georgetown and Lake Travis, had spent the previous four seasons as the head coach at Willis, a Class 6A program north of Houston. He replaces Jerod Fikac, who became the head football coach at Cuero after three seasons at East View.
Wall, a native of Pennsylvania who played quarterback at Tulsa and in the Arena Football League, will likely bring in a pass-happy, spread attack that helped turn Lake Travis into a statewide powerhouse. Wall served as a position coach at Lake Travis from 2007-09 before becoming the offensive coordinator at Georgetown, where he worked on the staff of current Georgetown school district athletic director Jason Dean. Wall then returned to Lake Travis as its offensive coordinator and primary play caller from 2014-17, when he helped the Cavs win the 2016 Class 6A state championship.
When Willis hired Wall, Lake Travis coach Hank Carter said Willis “hit a home run” in a text message.
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“Mike Wall has been a huge part of our success,” Carter wrote in 2018. “He’s a dear friend and will be sorely missed. He’s a great man of character, a caring father and a brilliant offensive mind.”
Wall went 13-29 in four seasons at Willis, including a 6-6 mark this past season. Wall helped the program navigate its move up into Class 6A the past two seasons, qualifying for the playoffs both seasons and winning its first playoff game since 2011. The school district removed Wall as coach after the 2021 season.
“I appreciate the opportunity at Willis and I think we did some great things here,” Wall told the Conroe Courier earlier this year. “This was their decision to move on from me, and I understand that and respect that decision. I don’t regret anything we’ve ever done here. It’s been an awesome time, and I’m proud of the direction the program is headed.”
East View, a Class 5A school in the Georgetown school district that began competing in varsity football in 2011, went 17-16 under Fikac with two playoff appearances. Last year, the Patriots compiled a 4-6 record and missed the postseason in a Division II district.
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