Midwest City-Del City board approves naming of baseball field and track for longtime coaches
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The board voted to name Midwest City High School’s baseball field for Coach Jerry Long and Carl Albert High School’s track for Coach Tex Rollins after brief presentations highlighting their decades of service, championships and Hall of Fame inductions.
The Midwest City-Del City Board of Education voted to permanently name two district athletic facilities in honor of longtime coaches.
At the start of the meeting community members asked the board to designate Midwest City High School’s baseball field as the "Jerry Long Baseball Field." A presenter outlined Long’s tenure beginning in 1973, citing 41 victories in a season, 12 regional championships, multiple state runner‑up finishes, one state championship, statewide coach awards and induction into the Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2009. Alumni praised Long’s commitment to discipline and mentorship. The board moved to approve the designation and the motion passed; the record notes that a board member (doctor Kirk) recused herself during that vote.
The board also approved naming the Carl Albert High School track the "Tex Rollins Track." Speakers told the board that Rollins served as head track coach for 26 years with state championships in 2002, 2017 and 2018, numerous individual gold medals and induction into regional and state coaching halls of fame. Supporters described Rollins’s long service and volunteer work with younger athletes.
President Standridge and other board members thanked the honorees and invited attendees to the lobby for photos following the votes. The motions carried without recorded opposition in the public transcript.
The district will follow board policy on permanent facility designations; no implementation date for signage or unveiling was specified in the record.