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2008 All-State Softball Teams Announced
7/10/2008
2008 All-State Baseball Teams Announced
7/3/2008
Departed coach Konicki's legacy is of courage
By Richard Justice
MIKE KONICKI fought until the end. Cancer ravaged his body, but not his spirit. It sapped his energy, but couldn't touch his soul.... full story
2008 FOOTBALL & BASKETBALL ALL-STARS ANNOUNCED BY THSCA
5/1/2008
The Texas High School Coaches Association is proud to announce the rosters of the THSCA Football and Basketball All-Stars who will be competing in the annual All-Star games in conjunction with the THSCA Coaching School in San Antonio, July 27-30, 2008... full story
THSCA ANNOUNCES 2008 AWARD WINNERS
4/21/2008
In addition to the Hall of Honor Inductees who will be honored at a luncheon on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 in San Antonio at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, the following will also be honored. The luncheon will be at 1:00 pm. Tickets will be $20.00.
Distinguished Service Award
Grant Teaff, AFCA
Putt Powell Sports Writer of the Year
David McNabb
Curly Hays Officials Award
Ray Oden, Abilene
The Trainer of the Year Award goes to Charlotte LaVerne of The Woodlands High School. Charlotte will be recognized at the General Meeting on Wednesday, July 30, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.
The Tom Landry Award winner is Henry Anderson of Cranc High School. Coach Anderson will receive his award in conjunction with the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame banquet on May 3 at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas.
ALL-STATE NOMINATIONS
4/8/2008
Coaches are asked to submit nominations for the Texas Sports Writers Association All-State Softball teams as soon as your team’s season is finished. Please include the player’s name and classification, school and conference, position(s) and any available statistics.
Submit information to Jack Stallard at the Longview News-Journal via e-mail (jstallard@longview-news.com) or fax (903-757-3742). Deadline for nominations is Monday after the UIL State Softball Tournament.
THSCA ANNOUNCES 2008 HALL OF HONOR INDUCTEES
The Texas High School Coaches Association proudly announces the 2008 Inductees into the THSCA Hall of Honor. These inductees will be honored at a luncheon on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 in San Antonio at the Hyatt Regency Hotel at 1:00 pm. Tickets will be $20.00.
The inductees are:
BILL BRYANT
Temple Wildcats graduate, Bill Bryant, is currently offensive coordinator at Mesquite Horn High School. He has been coaching for 47 years, 26 of those years as a head coach. He has had successful head coaching stints at Cleveland, Center, Dublin and Tulia posting a career record of 145-112-4. Bryant has also held assistant jobs at Rockwall, Irving Nimitz, Alief Elsik and North Mesquite. He has amassed over 267 wins as a head coach and an assistant coach.
Coach Bryant is a former member of the Board of Directors of the THSCA, serving as chairman of the Bylaws Committee. Bill served as a South All-Star Football Committee member in 1989 and was the South All-Star Football Chairman in 1990.
ROLAND CONRAD
Roland Conrad is a graduate of Needville High School where he lettered four years in football, basketball, track and baseball. He was all-district football in 1952 and 1953; all-district basketball in 1954; regional finalist in track in 1952, 1953, and 1954.
Conrad attended Del Mar Junior College, Corpus Christi on a football scholarship. He lettered two years and was 2nd team All Conference. He also lettered one year in basketball. Conrad then attended Sam Houston State University, where he received his B.S. in Education and M.S. in Educational Administration. He lettered in football in 1956 and 1957, starting both ways for the Bearkats in 1956 on their undefeated football team.
He began his coaching career in Falfurrias as an assistant coach. He moved to Needville High School the next year as head football coach and served in that capacity for 19 years. During that time, his football teams won five district championships, one bi-district championship and one quarterfinal's championship. Conrad's record over this period of time was 99-17. He had two players selected to the all-star football game. He was athletic director from 1969 through the spring of 1978. Roland was also head track coach in Needville from 1958 through 1967.
Roland Conrad served on the THSCA Board of Directors in 1977-78.
GAYLARD FENLEY
A graduate of Jeff Davis High School in Houston, Fenley graduated from the University of Houston in 1965. He began his coaching career serving as an assistant coach in the Houston ISD, H.M. King in Kingsville and Aldine High School. In 1977, he became head coach at Aldine MacArthur where he received the Greater Houston Coach of the Year Award. In 1983, he took over the reins at San Antonio Alamo Heights High School where he led the Mules to their first playoff berth. After leaving Alamo Heights for two years to serve as head coach at Baytown Sterling, he returned to Alamo Heights and led them to their first district championship and undefeated season.
During his tenure at Alamo Heights, Coach Fenley was a runner-up for the Bexar County Coach of the Year, a Tom Landry Award winner, and served on the Board of Directors of the Texas High School Coaches Association. In 1995, he became full time athletic director at Alamo Heights. He was inducted into the Texas High School Athletic Directors Association Hall of Honor in 2003, after 38 years of service in teaching and coaching.
Coach Gaylard Fenley lost his battle with cancer on October 11, 2003, at the age of 60.
JOE MARTIN
Joe Martin graduated from Lewisville High School in 1972 where he played quarterback on the 1972 state finalist team. He attended Eastern New Mexico University on a football scholarship where he earned his degree in physical education.
Coach Martin has been in the coaching ranks for 25 years with 16 years as a head coach. He began his coaching career in Denton at the junior high level for one year before moving to the varsity staff at Denton High, serving as quarterback and receiver coach in 1979 and 1980. He spent one year as a varsity assistant at Groesbeck before returning to Denton as offensive coordinator from 1982-85.
In 1986, he started his head coaching career at Lake Dallas where he coached until 1989 and had a 22-17-1 record. He moved to Mabank High School (1990-91) and served as athletic director and head coach. His teams advanced to the playoffs both years and posted a 16-6 record. In 1992 he accepted the head job at Garland High School. While at Garland, the Owls posted a 81-22-3 record and advanced to the playoffs 8 times (1993-00), winning six district titles while advancing to the quarterfinals in 1995 and winning a state championship in 1999. In 2001, Martin accepted the head football job at Allen High School where they won the first 5A district championship in school history and posted a 10-3 record. His overall record is 129-48-4.
Martin served on the THSCA Board of Directors (1996-99) and was the North All Star Football coach in 2001. In May 2004, he accepted the position of Asst. Executive Director of the THSCA.
MIKE ROBBINS
A 1964 graduate of Crane High School, Mike Robbins lettered in football, basketball and baseball. He went on to graduate from Sul Ross University 1969, where he also lettered in football. He began his coaching career at Stockdale High School in 1969, where he was the head basketball, assistant football and assistant track coach. Mike has had coaching stints at Luling High School, (1972-75), San Antonio Jefferson, (1975-78). In 1978, he came to San Antonio Clark High School as an assistant coach and became the head football coach in 1981. His 19-year record is 159-50-5. Coach Robbins led the Cougars to 15 playoff games with 11 District Championships. He was on the THSCA Board of Directors from 1991-95 and coached the THSCA South All-Star Team in 1995.
Bob Cobb. . .
The Texas baseball coaching profession finds itself down by one as it mourns the loss of former Clear Lake High mentor Bob Cobb... read more
The Texas Sports Writers Association has announced the 2007 Volleyball Coach of the Year and Player of the Year awards.
Read about the winners on our Awards page.
Press Release . . .
2/16/2008
Texas High School Coaches Association Announces All-Star Coaches for Annual All-Star Games
The Texas High School Coaches Association is pleased to announce the coaches for the 2008 THSCA All-Star Football and Basketball games. The All-Star games are held in conjunction with the Annual THSCA Coaching School, which this year will be held in San Antonio, July 27-30, 2008.
Don Byrd, head football coach at San Antonio Alamo Heights High School, will coach the South Football team. In his 12 seasons as head coach Byrd has a record of 101 wins and 41 losses. He led the Mules to a state championship in 2006 and a semifinal appearance in 2003. In 2006, Byrd was named Coach of the Year by the Texas Sports Writers Association, the San Antonio Express-News and by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine. He was also the recipient of the 2007 President Gerald R. Ford All-American High School Coach award.
Darren Allman, head football coach at Odessa Permian High School, will coach the North Football team. An Odessa Permian graduate, Allman played on the 1984 state championship team and the 1985 state finalist team. He became head coach at Permian in 2005. In his three seasons, Allman compiled a 26-10 record. The 2006 Panthers were 9-4 and area champions. The 2007 team went 12-1 with district and area championships. Coach Allman was selected District Coach of the Year in 2007.
In basketball, Mike Murphy, head coach at Pflugerville High School, will coach the South team. Murphy, a graduate of Austin Crockett High School was a 1974 THSCA All-Star himself. He has been a head coach for 22 years and has been head coach at Pflugerville since 1998 with a record of 207-87. He has taken the Panthers to the playoffs the last 6 years, winning 4 straight district championships along the way. Pflugerville is 64-6 in district play over the last five years and average 29 wins per game.
The North Basketball team will be coached by South Oak Cliff’s James Mays, II. Mays has been at SOC since 1994 and has been the head boys basketball coach since 1999. He has taken his teams to the playoffs every year since becoming head coach. The Golden Bears have won the Class 4-A state championship two out of the last three years (2005, 2007) and have appeared in four state tournaments.
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