Jacksonville ISD has announced that Overton head baseball coach Chris Cook will be the new head baseball coach at Jacksonville High School.

New Jacksonville athletic director Montey Stevenson made the announcement on X/Twitter on Friday.

“We hit a dinger with this one. Welcome to Jacksonville Coach Cook,” Stevenson posted.

Cook led Overton to a state championship game for the first time in program history. The Mustangs finished as the runner-up in Class 2A Division 2, falling to Collinsville, 12-0, in Thursday’s title game.

The Mustangs went 31-9 in Cook’s second season at the helm.

“First off, I just want to say what an incredible opportunity it was to be able to call Overton home for the past two years,” Cook posted on Facebook on Friday. “The kids, co-workers, admin and community a

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