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Former Poteet coach Randy Jackson prepares for first Plano East practice

New Plano East coach Randy Jackson said Monday afternoon that he had a few extra butterflies as he prepared for practice. But he seemed as thrilled as any of his players to get started.

"It's exciting," he said. "Four years ago, I was going out to coach a 2A school."

In those four years, Jackson has moved from 2A Lone Oak to 4A Mesquite Poteet and now to 5A Plano East, the largest school in the state. A pretty rapid advancement.

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"I was lucky," he said. "But I'll take it."

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In 2010, Jackson took over a Mesquite Poteet program that had won one game in two seasons. Over the next three years, Jackson's Poteet teams were 30-9. Now he's at the top of a Plano East team that finished 5-4 last year and missed the playoffs.

One thing he'll emphasize the next few days is the pace of practice.

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"We're going to move really, really fast," he said. "Every coach does things differently. They've just got to get used to me."

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