Abernathy ISD board hires Adam Zepeda as girls varsity basketball coach for 2025–26

Abernathy ISD trustees voted July 28, 2025, to hire Adam Zepeda as the district’s girls varsity basketball coach and as a teacher on a 10-month multi-assignment probationary contract for the 2025–2026 school year.

Board member Mike Magallanes moved the employment motion and David Carver seconded. Magallanes said, "I move to employ Adam Zepeda on a 10-Month Multi Assignment Probationary Contract for the 2025-2026 school year at the board approved salary scale." The motion passed unanimously among those present: Manuel Adames Jr., David Carver, Ty Horsford, Mike Magallanes, Matt Miller and Marcus Sullivan voted yea; Matt Riley was recorded absent.

The hiring was taken under the personnel portion of the special meeting agenda and carries the employment terms stated by the motion: a 10-month multi-assignment probationary contract for the 2025–2026 school year, to be compensated according to the board-approved salary scale. The transcript and minutes do not specify the salary amount or the specific teacher assignment beyond the coach/teacher designation.

No public comments were recorded for this agenda item, and the board did not enter executive session before taking the vote. After approving the hiring motion, the board moved to adjourn the special meeting.

Minutes show the motion to hire was made at the personnel agenda item and that the vote tally was Yea: 6, Nay: 0, Absent: 1. The district’s interim superintendent, Ed Sharp, was listed as present during the meeting; the transcript does not record additional discussion, implementation steps, or a start date for the contract.