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Pearland Football 2022

Head Coach B.J. Gotte

New leadership, new vision, new excitement

It has been less than a year since B.J. Gotte led the Katy Paetow Panthers to the Class 5A Div. I state
title with a 15-1 mark.
Now, the 42-year-old coach has traded the P for the Panthers for the P for Pearland as he has as-
sumed the top spot for the Oilers.
Gotte was hired eight months before Katy Paetow High School opened in August 2017. He went 35-
13 in leading the football program, his first head coaching job.
The Panthers had a 3-7 record in their inaugural varsity season in 2018. From there, they went 8-3,
9-2, and then 15-1 last season, earning a share of the District 10-5A Division I championship before
rolling through the post-season to become only the second school in Katy ISD history to win a state
football title.
In an interview, Gotte said, “It was the hardest decision I’ve ever had to make. Katy is where I’m
from. It’s home. When I went to Paetow, I went with the intent of raising my family there. That’s why
you take it, is to be there.
“But every coach always has a list of schools in their mind where, if they ever reached out or an
opportunity ever presented
itself, you at least have to
listen. Pearland was one of
those places.”
Gotte comes to Pearland a
proven winner with a cham-
pionship pedigree at Katy
High School.
He was a part of five state
championships: three as an
assistant coach and offensive
coordinator at Katy (2003,
2012, 2015), one as offensive
coordinator at La Marque
(2006), and one as a head
coach at Katy Paetow (2021).
He played on the offensive
line for the legendary Mike
New Oiler head coach BJ Gotte is recognized as the Houston Texans 2021 "Coach Johnston at Katy in the ’90s,
of the Year" at the Texans game. Gotte won the 5A Division I State Championship
at Katy Paetow in 2021 before making the move to Pearland in the Spring of 2022. graduating in 1997.
(Photo by Lloyd Hendricks) In twenty years as an assis-
tant coach, offensive coordi-
nator, and head coach, Coach Gotte’s record is 211-45, an average of 11 wins per season and has been
part of the UIL playoffs seventeen out of twenty years. He has participated in the state quarterfinal
game eleven times, the state semifinal game nine times, the state final game eight times, and has won
the state championship five times (4A, 5A, and 6A).
“In addition to the championships and wins, I have a great passion to prepare my players to become
responsible, accountable young men by teaching work ethic, discipline, and teamwork,” Gotte said.

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