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Gus Malzahn called him, "the sharpest offensive mind I have ever
been around." When Chris Wood comes to town success is not far
behind. He has been a part of 4 State Championship teams during
his 10 year coaching career. In 5 years as a Head Coach he has
complied a record of 41-20-1 and has a State Championship and two
State Semi-Finals appearances. He was selected to lead the Har-Ber
Wildcat program in January of 2006. He coaches quarterbacks in
addition to his duties as Head Coach.

2006- Present: In their first year as a varsity proram the Wildcats had some
bumps in the road. In 2006 they ended the season 2-8 but made some
improtant strides toward the future. In 2007 the investment in the future paid
off for Chris Woods' Wildcats. Har-Ber won the prestigious 7A West Conference
Championship and fell in the State Championship Game to neighboring
Fayetteville. Nonetheless, it was an incredible feat to reach Little Rock in only
their second year of varsity action.

2005: He returned to Northwest Arkansas to reunite with Gus Malzahn and once
again become his Offensive Coordinator at 5A powerhouse Springdale High
School. Wood was an integral part of what many call the greatest team
Arkansas has ever seen. The 2005 Bulldogs compiled a 14-0 record and cruised
to the 5A State Championship.

2004: He then accepted the position as Head Coach of the Nashville Scrappers
where he lead them to a 13-1 record and the State Semifinals.

2001-2003: Wood returned to Shiloh Christian as the Head Coach and lead the
Saints to yet another State Title in his first year. Just two years later Wood lead
the Saints back to the brink of a title only to lose to Pulaski Academy in the
State Semifinals. Coach Wood compiled a 26-12-1 record as the Head Coach.

2000: Wood took a job as the Offensive Coordinator at Austin High in Austin,
Texas where in his first and only year he was an integral part of reviving the
program and helping lead them to the playoffs.

1997-1999: He joined Gus Malzahn at Shiloh Christian High School serving as
Offensive Coordinator during a remarkable 44-1 stretch that yielded 2 State
Titles in 1998 and 1999 and a State Runner Up finish in 1997.

Personal: Chris Wood is a 1996 graduate of Arkansas Tech University. He
currently resides in Springdale, Arkansas with his wife April and his two sons
Hunter and Hayden.

Travis Moreland graduated from Fort Smith Southside High School�in 1991 and was a player on
the 1988 State Champion football team.� He attended Arkansas Tech University on football
scholarship where he was a graduate in December 1997 with Bachelors Degree in History
Education. He worked at Darby Jr. High/ Northside High School from 1998-2000 coaching football/
fastpitch softball.�He then moved on to Austin, Texas in 2000-2001 to be assistant football/ head
powerlifting coach. He returned to Northwest Arkansas to work with Coach Wood in Springdale,
Arkansas�at Shiloh Christian High School from 2001-2004 as assistant football/ head baseball
coach. He was an assistant coach of the 2001 State Champion football team and 2003 State
Semi-Finalist team. He then moved to Nashville, Arkansas from 2004-2006 as assistant football/
assistant baseball coach. During his tenure with the Scrappers he was an assistant on the 2004
State Semi-Finalist team and 2005 State Champion football team. He is married to his wife Traci
and has two beautiful daughters, Ashton (9) and Madison (6).

Gary Wear is a 1980 graduate of Morrilton High School. He then moved on to the University of
Central Arkansas we he received his degree in 1985. He was a volunteer coach at Morrilton High
School during his college years from 1980-1985. During his coaching tenure he has had stops at
Morrilton, Huntsville, Southwest Junior High and Bentonville. During his tenure as Head Coach at
Bentonville High School Coach Wear lead the Tigers to a 12-1 season and the 2001 5A State
Championship and was named the Arkansas High School Coaches Association Coach of the Year
for 2001-2002. Coach Wear is married to his wife Tammy and his daughter Jordan is a
sophomore at Har-Ber High School.

Ric Davies attended Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri on a football scholarship
where he was a 2 year letterman. He completed his BSE degree in Kinesiology and Health at the
University of Arkansas in 1988 after getting married. He is currently working on his Masters
Degree in Educational Administration. Ric spent 18 years in the Fayetteville School District, 10 of
those years at Ramay Junior High. He then moved to Fayetteville High School as an Assistant
Coach and eventually worked as both Offensive Coordinator and Assistant Head Coach.
He is completing his first year of coaching at Har-Ber High School, and teaches Health at
Hellstern Middle School. Ric has been married to his wife, Beth, for 21 years and is proud of their
three sons, Jacob(15), Cal(12), and Brett(9).

In a 23-year high school coaching career, he has served as either an Offensive or Defensive
Coordinator for 19 of those years and been a part of nine conferences championships, four state
finals, and one State Championship which came while serving as Defensive Coordinator at
Nashville HS in 2005. His previous coaching stints include five years at Forrest City HS, one year at
Van Buren HS, four years at Osceola HS, one year at Greenwood (MS) HS, three years at Morrilton
HS, and seven years at Nashville HS.
Mark Taylor received his BSE and MSE degrees from the University of Central Arkansas where
he also was a 2-year letterman under Head Coach Ken Stephens and a Graduate Assistant for
two years under Head Coach Harold Horton.
He and his wife Kerry have two children: Ashley, a graduate at UCA in Conway and Zach, living in
Russellville, AR and one grandson, James Michael Taylor.

Greg Simpson is a 1991 graduate of Fayetteville High School. He then graduated with his BSE from
the University of Arkansas in 1996 and received his MEd in 2001. He was the Offensive Line coach
at Fort Smith Northside High School from 1996 to 2000 where he was a part of the 1996 4A State
Runner Up and the 1999 4A State Champions. From 2001 to 2005 he assumed the role of
Defensive Coordinator and Strength Coach at Northside. During that time the Grizzlies went to
back to back State Semi-Finals appearances in 2004 and 2005. He is currently in his first year at
Har-Ber High School. Greg is married to his wife Robin and has two daughters Audra (4), and
Adyn (1).

Curtis Gladden is a 1989 graduate of Berryville High School. He then entered the United States Air
Force from 1989 to 1993. Coach Gladden then graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1997
with his BSE and received his MAT in 1998. He was an Assistant Coach and Biology teacher at
Cassville, Missouri from 1998-1999. He then moved to Springdale High School and was an
Assistant Coach and Science teacher from 2000-2005. He then chose to move to Har-Ber High
School in 2006 as a Biology teacher and an Assistant Football Coach. He is married to his wife
Jennifer and has one daughter Carlee Ann.