WALL FEATURE: Slaughter leaning on past experience in Hawks’ transition to ‘modified spread’

Fifteen years ago, Craig Slaughter was hired as Sweetwater’s head football coach, in part, to help transition the Mustangs from an old-school wishbone option attack to a more contemporary offensive scheme.

Fast forward to the present, and he’ll soon be tackling a similar challenge at Wall.

In replacing his former boss Houston Guy, who resigned over the offseason after a hyper-successful 17-year tenure as head coach, Slaughter will be tasked with moving the Hawks from a flexbone look to a more modern and balanced attack. And as he prepares to install what he’s calling “a modified spread,” he feels his past experiences will do nothing but help him in that undertaking.