Dodge: New day for Mustang football?

MARBLE FALLS — When a new coach rolls into town to take over a high school football program, sometimes it’s hard to separate the myth from the man amid all the hype, hope and hoopla.

That could be the case with Todd Dodge, the 48-year-old Port Arthur native and one of the state’s most successful high school football coaches who’s said to be poised to take over as the athletic director for the Marble Falls Independent School District.

He also is expected to be named the head football coach at Marble Falls High School during the School Board meeting 6 p.m. Monday.

But the road to Marble Falls for Dodge has been filled with its share of career highs and career lows, all of them helping to define the man many regard as the quintessential gridiron strategist.