Show notes
In this week's interview edition of The Flagship Podcast, we talk to former Texas quarterback and high school coaching legend Todd Dodge, fresh from his retirement after winning three straight state titles and 40 straight games to finish his career at Westlake.
Dodge was named the national high school coach of the year for 2021 after Westlake took down Denton Guyer for the 6A Division II state title - Dodge's seventh state title as a coach.
We talk to Dodge about where it all began for him - in Port Arthur as the son of a Methodist minister and a teacher and how "moving every four years" benefited Dodge later in life.
Dodge talks about becoming the first high school quarterback in Texas to throw for more than 3,000 yards in a season at Port Arthur Jefferson and how a state title game against the Permian Panthers haunted him for about 30 years.
At Texas from 1982-85, Dodge, who went 19-4 as a starting quarterback, talks about the one that got away - against Georgia - in 1984 and what it was like to be booed by 80,000 at DKR in pre-game warmups and then be cheered by the same 80,000 later in the game.
Dodge talks about his time at Southlake Carroll, where he won four state titles in five seasons (from 2002-06), going 79-1 during that span with the only loss a 16-15 defeat by Katy in the 2003 state title game.
But the highlight of his time at Southlake Carroll was coaching his 2006 team to a state title with his son, Riley, at quarterback.
Riley Dodge, now the head coach at Southlake Carroll, faced off against his dad and Austin Westlake for the state title in 2020, the last game now-Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers started before deciding to graduate high school early and enroll at Ohio State in 2021.
Dodge talks about Ewers and how Texas fans will need to be patient, because "it's never ideal to start a first-year quarterback."
Dodge discusses his special bond with Sam Ehlinger and Texas 2022 signee offensive lineman Conner Robertson of Westlake and why guys like Robertson are the kind of guys the Longhorns need to get back to being on top.
Dodge talks about what it would take for him to get back into coaching and so much more in a must-listen interview episode on The Flagship Podcast.
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