Announcement
Coach McDonald was born in San Marcos, Texas on October 31, 1954. His father, Vernon McDonald, coached basketball at Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University) from 1952 to 1977. Lynn's mother, Dolores, taught elementary school.
Lynn attended San Marcos High School where he started on the varsity basketball team for three years. His junior year he was selected second team all district and his senior year he was chosen first team all district. Lynn was chosen team captain his junior and senior year.
After high school he attended Southwest Texas State where he lettered in basketball four years, two as a starter. He was first team Academic All Conference his junior and senior years and was selected Honorable Mention All Conference his senior year.
On May 17, 1975, he married Amy Evans, now his wife of 33 years. Amy and Lynn have two daughters, Kacey and Abbey. Kacey has her Bachelors and Masters degree from Texas A&M and is married to Jamie Bryant. Kasey and Jamie reside in Spring, Texas and have one daughter, Karys Jane. Abbey received her degree from Southwest Texas State in August 2005 and teaches at Clear Lake High School.
Lynn joined the Clear Creek Independent School District in 1977 when he started at Seabrook Intermediate. He coached basketball and football and helped with girls basketball and track. After the '79-'80 school year Lynn moved to Clear Lake High School. At CLHS he coached Sophomore and JV basketball. He also coached Freshman, Sophomore and JV football prior to becoming the JV and Varsity Assistant basketball coach in 1988. Lynn became the Falcons head basketball coach in 1996.
"A lot has changed in education since 1977. That can also be said in coaching too. The one constant that I have seen at CLHS is that the players are extremely competitive and they want to carry on the tradition of excellence in basketball that Clear Lake has enjoyed for so many years".
Among the recent major milestones in Coach McDonald's life:
- the McDonalds had their first grandchild, Karys Jane;
- the 2006-07 varsity team finished the season ranked 6th in the state of Texas;
- In May 2007 Coach McDonald was selected 5A Outstanding Coach of the Year in Texas by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches.
- In November 2008 Coach McDonald was inducted into the Texas State University Hall of Honor alongside his father who is also an inductee.
Coach McDonald retired in May 2009
FYI: Lynn's brother, Donny, is the head Girls basketball coach at Hays High School and their sister, Lola Folkes,is the principal at an elementary school in San Antonio. Lynn's father, Vernon, was college head basketball coach to former Clear Lake head coach Bill Krueger when he was a student at Southwest Texas State. Krueger provided baby sitting services for Lynn when he was in his crib.
