Big Spring coach Cannon McWilliams departs for Crane

Big Spring athletic director and football coach Cannon McWilliams will be departing the school district to accept the same roles at Crane, he confirmed with the San Angelo Standard-Times on Wednesday. McWilliams has been with the Steers football program for nine seasons, most recently as the head coach for the past seven seasons, where he compiled a 31-43 record. Big Spring finished last season with a 5-5 record.

More: Sterling City ISD names new football coach, athletic coordinator “I had a great time at Big Spring,” McWilliams said. “We had great kids, a great admin. But you get that feeling every now and then where the timing is right.

I had some good people reach out, went and visited and everything just kind of fell into place. It just felt right and it felt like it was time. ” Before taking the defensive coordinator job at Big Spring, McWilliams bounced around the West Texas area with coaching stops at Andrews, Bellville, Muleshoe, Irion County and Sonora.

Big Spring is dropping from Class 4A Division I to Division II after the most recent University Interscholastic League realignment. This comes after the Steers dropped nearly 300 students from the last realignment in 2024. They will be in a football district with Fort Stockton, Monahans, Pecos, Seminole and Snyder.