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Emmett J Conrad High School Athletics

Josh Ragsdale, Athletic Coordinator and Head Football Coach

Josh Ragsdale returned to Dallas ISD as the athletic coordinator and head football coach at Emmett J. Conrad High School in Spring 2020 and made an immediate impact. In his first season, the Chargers finished with their best record since 2013 and in 2022 matched the most wins is a season in Conrad history with their 6 wins. 

 Prior to joining Conrad, Ragsdale served as an assistant football coach and teacher in Kemp ISD. Prior to that, he spent three years at South Garland High School as the boys’ coordinator and head football coach as well as nine years at W.H. Adamson High School in Dallas ISD. For six of those years, he was the athletic coordinator and head football coach. He began his coaching career at Sulphur Springs High School and worked at Crandall High School before coming to Dallas ISD.

In his first season at Adamson in 2010, the Leopards broke a 31-game losing streak, finishing the year 6-4, the most wins in a season for the school since 1989. Two years later, Ragsdale led the Leopards to a playoff berth for the third time in 66 years. In 2013, he was named Dallas ISD’s athletic coordinator of the year for his work at Adamson. That summer, the Leopards coaching staff led the East Team to a 21-8 win in the North Texas Bowl DFW Classic.

In 2015, the Genesis Women’s Shelter of Dallas honored Ragsdale with their “HeRo Award” (He Respects Others) for his role in the Adamson Leopard Domestic Violence Awareness Project. Later, he was recognized with the “Spirit of Sport” Award by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) for the project. The award was presented to him by the UIL at its annual state track and field championships in Austin, Texas.

He is a graduate of Forney High School and Texas A&M University at Commerce, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in journalism. In 2016, Ragsdale became a “certified athletic administrator” (CAA) through the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA). He is also a certified interscholastic coach (CIC) through the NFHS.

Together with his wife Amber, Ragsdale has twin daughters, Natalie and Valerie (19), and a

son Ryan (8).

At A Glance

Head Coach Name: Josh Ragsdale

High School Attended: Forney High School

College Attended: Texas A&M University at Commerce, 2002

Bachelor’s Degree Earned: Bachelor of Science in Journalism

First Year at Conrad: 2020

Record at Conrad: 18-22

Record as HS Head Coach: 48-77

Years as a HS Head Coach: 13

Coaching Resume

2020-Present: Athletic Coordinator & Head Football Coach, Conrad HS

2019-2020: Assistant Coach, Kemp HS

2016-2019: Athletic Coordinator/Head Football Coach, South Garland HS

2007-2016: Athletic Coordinator/Head Football Coach, Adamson HS

2005-2007: Assistant Football Coach, Crandall HS

2002-2005: Assistant Football Coach, Sulphur Springs HS