Updated 9:19p.m. - - Rice Consolidated ISD Superintendent Bill Hefner confirmed with 12 Sports tonight that Jared Sloan was approved as the next athletic director and head football coach for the Raiders.
Sloan accepted the position and signed the contract with the school district tonight.
12 Sports will follow up with Hardin-Jefferson I.S.D. on Tuesday as they'll likely open their head coaching vacancy up for applicants soon.
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ORIGINAL REPORT: There's a lot of speculation that Hardin-Jefferson High School football coach Jared Sloan will be announced as the next coach at Rice Consolidated ISD during a board meeting this evening in Altair, Texas.
12 Sports called both HJISD and Rice CISD superintendents Monday afternoon. Hardin-Jefferson ISD's Shannon Holmes said he has not received any official announcements from Coach Sloan. Bill Hefner's office said Rice CISD will name a new coach Monday night.
