After more than a decade patrolling the sidelines at Lehman High, Michael Banning will soon be heading across the highway.

In April, Hays CISD tabbed Banning as the inaugural girls head soccer coach at Johnson High. When the school opens in August, Banning, who has worked as the Lehman Lady Lobos soccer team’s head coach for the past two seasons, will oversee the Jaguars’ freshman and junior varsity programs.

While making the move was a bittersweet decision, Banning, who was named 2019...