Coach Long is a 1997 & 1998 graduate of Southern Nazarene University. He has two Bachelor of Science degrees in Pre-Law/Social Studies and Secondary Education. He also has minors in Sports Management/ Coaching and Music Performance. He played basketball at Rice University and Southern Nazarene. Coach Long also worked at Kanakuk camps for 11 summers (1992-2003). A 1991 Graduate of P.C. West High School, He played soccer for 11 years with Northwest Optimist Soccer Club. He enjoys playing the guitar and leading praise and worship. Coach Long loves going on road trip adventures with his favorite co-pilot and amazing wife, Angie. He is also proud of his 19-year-old daughter, Melanie, who plays college volleyball at Seminole St and is Majoring in Pre-Pharmacy.
This is his 23rd year at Mustang teaching World History, Oklahoma History, The American West, and the American Civil War, and is a living Oklahoma History encyclopedia. He was the 2022-23 Mustang High School Teacher of the Year. This is his 21st year as a soccer coach at Mustang. He coached basketball for 13 years, during which he won 18 first-place tournament championships, had a 60 straight game winning streak over 4 seasons (including 3 straight undefeated seasons), helped with the Mustang girls 2006 State Championship, and was also named Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association’s Junior High Basketball Coach of the Year in 2010. 2010 was also the year that he led the JV soccer team to a so-called JV State Championship.
