Chief Operations Officer

Reese Briggs, M.Ed.
Chief Operations Officer
jbriggs@splendoraisd.org
 

Reese Briggs began his teaching and coaching career in Midlothian, Texas, after graduating from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1987. After three years, he arrived in  Splendora, where he enjoyed teaching and coaching at the high school for the next seven years. Briggs left Splendora in 1997 to join the Deweyville Pirates, where he served as both athletic director and head football coach. Briggs returned to Splendora in 1999 to teach and coach and received his Master's Degree in Education Mid-Management from Stephen F. Austin State University. His first experience in administration began in 2004, when he served as an assistant principal while also leading the Wildcat football program. He concluded his teaching and coaching career in Humble ISD, serving as part of the inaugural staff at Atascocita High School from 2006 to 2009. 

The lure of administration called, and he journeyed to Cleveland ISD, serving as assistant principal for the 2009-2010 school year and then principal at Cleveland Middle School through 2012. While in Cleveland, he pursued and received his Superintendent Certification from Lamar University. He then moved on to Kountze ISD as Assistant Superintendent and was appointed Superintendent in January 2013. Hemphill ISD hired him as Superintendent in the summer of 2014. Briggs led HISD for eight years before retiring in June of 2022. Since retiring, he has served as Interim Superintendent for Evadale ISD, as an educational consultant for an architectural firm, and, more recently, as Interim Principal of Piney Woods Elementary.

Briggs grew up in the southeast Texas town of Bridge City and graduated from Bridge City High School. He met his wife, Mary Ann, also an educator, in nearby Port Arthur. They have two daughters, Emily, a Wildcat graduate, and Sara, as well as a son, Ashton, and a son-in-law, Quenton.