Lead varsity assistant Michael Godwin has been promoted to head coach of the Plano East boys basketball team. Photo courtesy Tony Benedetto
By David Wolman
Plano East has made the decision to hire from within in its search for its next head boys basketball coach.
Michael Godwin, the lead varsity assistant during the last four seasons, has been promoted to head coach – a decision that was announced on the X account of Plano East athletics director Tony Benedetto on Saturday night.
Godwin takes over for Matt Wester, who announced his resignation on May 5 and was hired to the positions of JV boys basketball coach and varsity assistant for the Lake Highlands Wildcats.
Wester spent 15 years with Plano East. He joined the program as an assistant coach in 2012 and was promoted to head coach six years later. He turned around a struggling program that finished with just five wins in the year prior to him being promoted to head coach.
Godwin has been on the sideline for the most dominant run in Plano East history. The Panthers went 105-20 over the last four seasons, including a perfect 40-0 record and the team’s first-ever state championship in 2024. This past season, Plano East finished 27-8 and clinched a share of the District 6-6A championship.
Godwin has worked his way up the coaching ladder in Plano over the last decade. He guided the Otto Bobcats from 2014-18, winning a city championship in 2018, then was promoted to Plano East and served as the junior varsity coach from 2018-23.
Prior to his time at Plano East, Godwin worked as an assistant coach at Parish Episcopal School and was the head coach at North Dame Catholic High School in Wichita Falls.
As a player, Godwin was a four-year varsity letterwinner and a first-team, all-district selection at Rockwall High School. He went on to play at Midwestern State University and was a three-time Lone Star Conference champion.
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