COMMERCE – Texas A&M University-Commerce football coach Clint Dolezel has announced a re-organization of the offensive coaching staff going into the 2024 season with the additions of Andy Townsend and Tony McClain.
 
Dolezel, who enters his second season as the Lion head coach, assumes the position of offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Chase Paramore, who was the running backs coach in 2023, moves over to wide receivers as well as being the pass game coordinator, while McClain is the new running backs coach, and Townsend is the assistant offensive line coach and run game coordinator.
 
"I am so thrilled to add Andy and Tony to our coaching staff," said Dolezel. "They both add valuable experience to our offensive room, having coached at both the professional and collegiate level."
 
Townsend returns to A&M-Commerce after most recently serving as the offensive line coach for the Houston Gamblers of the United States Football League (USFL). He has also been an advanced scout for the XFL.
 
Prior to his stint with the USFL, Townsend was the offensive line coach and director of football operations for Texas Wesleyan. He also worked as the assistant director of football operations for the Memphis Express in 2019.
 
From 2015-18, Townsend was the associate head coach and defensive ends coach right here at A&M-Commerce, being a part of the 2017 National Championship run for the Lions. He coached four all-conference defensive linemen during his time in Commerce.
 
Prior to A&M-Commerce, he was the offensive intern at SMU in 2014 and an offensive line coach at West coach during the 2013 season, coaching two first team all-region and first team all-conference honorees as well as the Lone Star Conference Offensive Lineman of the Year.
 
Townsend played collegiately at East Texas Baptist and that is where he got his start in coaching as the video coordinator and offensive line coach. He was also a high school state champion at Pewitt High School in 1998.
 
He and his wife, Meredith, have three children: Tripp, Ian, and Elise.
 
McClain spent last season as the defensive line coach and special teams coordinator for Saint Augustine's, a Division II school in Raleigh, North Carolina. He also worked at Texas Wesleyan as the special teams coordinator and defensive line coach in 2021.
 
Prior to his second stint at Texas Wesleyan, he worked at UT Permian Basin in 2020 and was with Texas Wesleyan as the defensive line coach for two years. His coaching career began at Austin Westlake High School, mentoring many Division I commits, including Braden Cassity, the 2017 6A Defensive Player of the Year, who went on to play and be the team captain at Oklahoma State.
 
McClain played in the Arena Football League for the Kansas City Brigade and the Rio Grande Valley Dorados. He played collegiately at Auburn and Southern Illinois.
 
He and his wife, Kasey, have a daughter, Tatum.