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ATHLETIC DIRECTORS R-1 Mike Meeks, Lubbock ISD R-2 Russell Lucas, Sweetwater R-3 *Shawn Pratt, McKinney ISD R-4 Rusty Purser, Greenwood R-5 Eliot Allen, Brenham ISD R-6 Don Drake, Ennis R-7 Robert Davies, Harlingen CISD R-8 Stan Laing, Northside ISD
SOCCER R-1 Irvin Johnson, Palo Duro R-2 Justin Rhodes, Stephenville R-3 Matt Zimmerman, Hebron R-4 Chris Bryant, Midland Lee R-5 Joseph Cordova, Chavez R-6 *Cashan Clark, Midlothian Heritage R-7 Jerry Wade, CC Veterans Memorial R-8 David Rogers, SA Lee
BASEBALL R-1 Bart Upchurch, River Road R-2 Allen McGee, Graham R-3 *Barry Rose, Rockwall R-4 Juan Orozco, EP Coronado R-5 Billy Hardin, Cy-Fair R-6 Matthew Anderson, Franklin R-7 Robert Valdez, Edinburg R-8 Tom Alfieri, SA Mac Arthur
SOFTBALL R-1 Cay Parnell, Canadian R-2 Cynthia Herrera, Stamford R-3 *Kathy Schoettle, Byron Nelson R-4 Lindsie Swarb, Monahans R-5 Katie Roberts, Brenham R-6 Same Weeks, Troup R-7 Teresa Lentz, Calallen R-8 Jennifer Fox, Alamo Heights
BASKETBALL R-1 *Tony Wagner, Estacado R-2 C.J. Villegas, San Angelo Central R-3 Donte Wilson, Mansfield Lake Ridge R-4 Jason Archibald, Wink R-5 Glenn Arnold, Klein R-6 Jake Russ, Franklin R-7 Brian Molina, Harlingen South R-8 Brad Lacey, SA Churchill
TRACK R-1 Wyatt Martinez, Plainview R-2 Andy Howard, Brownwood R-3 Will McCrary, Rockwall R-4 Brien Burchett, Greenwood R-5 *Lloyd Banks, FB Marshall R-6 Josh Rankin, Longview R-7 Brian Swain, JB Alexander R-8 Bobby Allen, SA Clark
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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT JOHN KING - LONGVIEW HS
NOW HEAR THIS
VOL. LXVI NO. 9
C O V E R S T O RY
2022 HALL OF HONOR MEET OUR INDUCTEES
ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPDATES
ADVISORY COMMITTEES
F E AT U R E S
NEW COMMITTEES AND NOMINEES FOR ODD REGIONS ADVISORY ELECTIONS
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MOTIVATION & INSPIRATION
MAXIMIZING YOUR TIME IN THE WEIGHT ROOM
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INSIDE RUN & RPO GAME
BY MARK TORRES - PEBBLE HILLS HS
OLD SCHOOL
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CLASS OF 2022 BIOS AND BANQUET INFO
2022 Athletic Supply Scholarship Winner:
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2022 COACHING SCHOOL
WHAT'S NEW, HOW TO REGISTER & SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENTS
ACADEMIC ALL-STATE ELITE TEAM GOLF, TRACK, BASEBALL & SOFTBALL
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HELPING STUDENT-ATHLETES DEAL WITH LOSS BY STEPHEN MACKEY - 2WORDS
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SOFTBALL THOUGHTS
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FROM THE PRESIDENT
May 2022
Coaches, The 2021-2022 school year is nearing the end as we await the crowning of state champions in the UIL sports of tennis, golf, track, softball and baseball. Congratulations are in order for all the coaches and athletes that reached the state level competition in these sports. Your quest for a championship has been filled with memories that will last a lifetime and brought recognition and school pride to your community. I would also like to commend all of our THSCA Academic All-State recipients. What a great accomplishment while juggling the rigors of athletic competition and academic achievement. THSCA membership for the 2022-2023 school year begins July 1, 2022. Coaches are encouraged to renew their membership and register for the THSCA Coaching School before leaving campus for the summer in order to meet the JUNE 1, $60 pre-registration deadline. THSCA Power of Influence meetings are taking place in every region during the month of May and your input is valuable resource for our association. Check on the THSCA website for times and locations of POI meetings in your region. The 2022 THSCA Convention will be held in San Antonio from July 17-19. The THSCA staff is currently working to finalize the convention agenda, list of speakers in all sports and CCP credits. The Hall of Honor Banquet signifies the start to coaching school and the class of 2022 is an all-star cast. Join me in welcoming Andy Griffin, Brian Brazil, Dennis Alexander, Todd Dodge and Tom Kimbrough as our latest members selected to the Hall of Honor. Great men, Great leaders and Great coaches!! In closing, I want to express what a tremendous honor it has been to serve as president of the Texas High School Coaches Association. The foundation of the THSCA is strong and its leaders will never lose sight of the THSCA mission – “Helping Coaches Help Kids!” It has been an honor and a privilege to join forces with the best coaches in the country as we bridge the gap for the youth of Texas. Best of luck the remainder of the spring and I hope to see all of you in San Antonio this July.
Coach Em Up!
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Obituary
COACH SENEN G. PEREZ, SR.
Coach Senen G. Perez Sr, age 83, went to be with the Lord and his loved ones on March 6, 2022. Senen was born on July 30, 1938 to parents, Margarito and Fermina Perez in Corpus Christi, Texas. Senen was married to his high school sweetheart and love of his life Connie for 50 years. Senen graduated from Corpus Christi Roy Miller HS in 1957 after being a standout football player with the Buccaneers. He later would be inducted into Miller HS Hall of Fame. He attended Corpus Christi Del Mar College, where he played football for the Vikings and played in the Industrial bowl in 1958. He then transferred to Texas A&I in Kingsville and completed an Engineering Degree. After college, he served in the US Army Reserves for 6 years. He started to work as a substitute teacher during his service, and he was able to earn a certification to teach math and coach. He was part of a coaching family, twin brother Abdon, his younger brothers Inez Perez, Marcos Perez, nephews Randy Perez, Ronnie Perez, J.J. Perez and son Senen (Sonny) Perez Jr. He taught and coached over 25 years at several schools, a majority of it in Corpus Christi. He started back in 1964 at Driscoll MS with his twin brother Abdon, he then coached at several other places, San Antonio Edgewood, Port Isabel, La Joya (Head Football), Foy H. Moody (Head Football) and Roy Miller HS. He earned Coach of the Year honors at CCISD in 1990 as the Head Football Coach at Moody HS. Senen was an FCA Mentor and board member for several years and frequently hosted events at his home, he retired after 10 years as an Assistant Principal from Dallas ISD, but he continued to serve Coaches Outreach by holding a bible study for coaches. He was a Christian and loving father, he was well respected by everyone he came in contact with throughout his coaching and teaching career. His favorite saying to his players: “Do your best and God will do the rest”.
COACH DAVID LOPEZ
Obituary
Coach David Lopez “DLO” “Whammy” entered the gates of Heaven on May 3, 2022 at the age of 50. He was born on September 30, 1971 in Carrizo Springs, Texas to David Lopez and the late Isabel Guzman. Coach Lopez is preceded in death by his Mother Isabel Guzman. He is survived by his loving wife, Sofia S. Lopez and daughter, Ivy Maray Lopez. Coach Lopez was the Athletic Director/Head Football Coach at Crystal City and died after a short battle with cancer. Coach has many accomplishments; he played for a NCAA National Championship for Texas A&I Kingsville and is the winning-est coach in Crystal City History. He has led the Javelinas to 6 of their 9 State Football Playoff appearances including its only 3 Bi-District Football Championships. Not to mention multiple District Championships and State Championships that were brought to Crystal City under his guidance as Athletic Director. He will be greatly missed by everyone he came across in his lifetime.
texas high school coaches association Snapshot As of MAY 10, 2022 membership count for 21-22 year : 24,686 Benevolence Fund Disbursments for APRIL: 3 - ($9,000) Benevolence Fund Disbursments Since 7/1/21 : 22 - ($66,000) Jobs posted on my coaching tree for April : 1,308 Jobs posted on my coaching tree since 7/1/21 : 2,516 10
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COACHES ON THE MOVE >>>
Cody Almond promoted to HFC at Sabine Pass.
Jesus Baez OC at Moody to AD/HFC at La Pryor. Zach Bass from Asst HC at West Brook to HFC at Hardin-Jefferson. Desmon Battle from Asst Coach at SA Taft to HFC at Crystal City. Kendrick Brown from HFC to Asst. AD at Little Elm. Randall Cherry promoted from DC to HFC at Kemp. Jacob Dangerfield promoted from DC to HFC at Slaton. Jason Davis from DC at Austin LBJ to HFC at Houston Madison. Justin Dozier from OC at Sherman to HFC at Leonard. Brad Dumont comes out of retirement to be HFC at Rice Consolidated. Shone Evans from HC at La Marque to HFC at Texas City. Brent Finney promoted to HFC at Clifton. Jim Garfield from Asst. AD at Lubbock ISD to AD at Abilene ISD. Sergio Gonzalez from HFC at Houston Chavez to HFC at Pasadena Rayburn. Wade Griffin from HFC at Giddings to HFC at Weimar. Reed Heim promoted from DC to HFC ta Denton Guyer. Andy Howard from OC at Brownwood to HFC at Goldthwaite. Ben Jacobs from OL coach at SA Wagner to HFC at Charlotte. Brandon Joslin promoted from DC to HFC at Longview Spring Hill. Jarvis Kelley promoted from DC to HFC at Houston Westbury. Brent Kornegay comes out of retirement to take HFC job at Orange Grove. Ty Lang Interim HC at Decatur to HFC at Ballinger. Monty Leaf from HC at Eustace to HFC at Colorado City. Jody Littleton from DC at Kennedale to HFC at New Boston. Daniel Loyd promoted to AD/HFC at Seymour. Mike McEachern from AD/HFC at Huffman-Hargrave to Director of Athletics for Pflugerville ISD. Devorah McPherson from Asst coach at Melissa to Softball coach at Berkner. Matt Miracle from AC/HFC/Head Track at High Island to Athletic Director for Matagorda ISD. Lance Moffett from HC at Fredericksburg to AD at Hays CISD. Oscar Murga from DC at Lubbock High to HFC at Tulia. Webb Murphy from Asst coach at Abilene Wylie to AD/HFC at Munday. Kendron Penson from Asst HC at Hightower to HFC at Fort Bend Willowridge. Carlos Perez promoted from DC to HFC at North Dallas. Jason Pitts from Asst HC at Tyler Legacy to AD/HFC at New Diana.
Philip Roberts former HC at Brenham to AD/HFC at Somerville. Kenchee Ross promoted from OC to HFC at Dallas White. Blake Ryder from DC at Texas City to HFC at Santa Fe. Aric Sardinea from HFC at Alief Elsik to HFC at Corsicana. Jamin Savell from Asst. coach at Birdville to HFC at Buffalo. Wes Schminkey promoted from DC to HFC at Arp. Jason Sims from HFC at Childress to Asst. HC at Mount Pleasant. Demond Stafford from HC at Pasadena Rayburn to HFC at Pasadena Dobie. Leland Surovik from HFC to AD only at Texas City ISD. Chad Taylor from HC at Liberty to HFC at Cleveland Tarkington. Dustin Templin promoted from DC to HFC at Hondo. Jonathan Thiebaud promoted to AD/HFC at Lockney. Derek Thomas from Asst coach at Normangee to HFC at Jewett Leon. Ricky Torres from OC at Marlin to HFC at Itasca. Oscar Villasenor from Asst coach at Laredo United to DC at Laredo Nixon. Mike Wall, former Willis HC to HFC at Georgetown East View. Michael Wendel from Head Wrestling at W.B. Ray to Head Wrestling at Glenn. Rodney Webb from HFC at Denton Guyer to AD at Highland Park. Lee Wilkins from Asst coach at Rowlett to HFC at Italy. Albert Zamora from DC/Head Golf at Bishop to Head Golf at Kermit.
COACHES RETIRING >>> John Bolfing announces his retirement after 17 seasons at Montgomery posting a 113-73 overall record, his best season was a 12-2 mark in 2010. Henry Cofer announces his retirement after having spent seven seasons at Dallas Kimball and posting a 41-35 record. Jeff Dixon announces his retirement on April 25, he spent 17 seasons leading Alvarado posting a 104-90 record and took Alvarado to a 4A-Division I title game in 2011. Tim Ford retiring as Athletic Director at Lewisville ISD. Kyle Freeman announces his retirement, he was a long-time assistant at Snyder and spent seven seasons as a head coach at Bruni, Ozona and Linden-Kildare posting a 46-33 record. Billy Hicks retiring as Head Softball Coach at Bryan. Dale Irwin announces his retirement after a twenty-year career as a head coach, nineteen of which were spent at Arp. He retires with a record of 139-91, his best season was a 12-3 record in 2016. Mike Paul retiring after 35 year career as a campus coordinator, head football, head track at Bowie Middle School.
Chris Reid from Head Boys Basketball at Yoe to Head Basketball at Humble.
Vincent Sebo retiring as Athletic Director for Tomball ISD.
Caitlin Riley from Head Girls Soccer at Cy-Springs to Head Girls Soccer at
Jeff Smiley who spent four seasons as head coach at Lindsay with an impressive 32-15 record announces his retirement on May 6.
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NOW HEAR THIS: ADVISORY COMMITTEE ELECTION PROCESS UPDATED As we prepare for THSCA Coaching School, 2022 marks an ODD numbered regional election for THSCA Advisory Committees. Our Board voted earlier this year to create several NEW advisory committees to better represent our membership. With the addition of these new committees, we looked for ways to streamline the election process and shorten the July regional meetings. We utilized the February regional meetings this year to collect nominations for each committee. Once compiled, all the nominations were organized it in the following manor: ► If the committee only had ONE NOMINATION, that coach is now officially the regional selection and will serve on that committee for the next three year term beginning in July. ► If the committee had THREE OR LESS NOMINATIONS, those coaches have become the eligible candidates for voting at the July regional meetings for that committee. (These candidates must be present in San Antonio at their regional meeting to be eligible for election.) ► If the committee had MORE THAN THREE NOMINATIONS, those names were compiled into a poll and emailed out in April to the members in that region to cast their vote and narrow the field to three candidates. The top three vote getters have now become the eligible candidates to be voted on at the July regional meeting. (These candidates must be present in San Antonio at their regional meeting to be eligible for election.) Even numbered regions had advisory elections in 2021. With the help of our Board we have appointed coaches to serve on the newly created committees for our even numbered regions. The appointed coaches will serve for the next 2 years, until even numbered regions are up for re-election. To see appointed members visit: www.thsca.com/advisory
HERE IS THE FINAL LIST OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE CANDIDATES FOR ODD REGIONS:
Region 1 BASEBALL Brad Bibb – Lubbock Coronado HS Colby Chandler – Abernathy HS Thomas Brockman – Idalou HS BASKETBALL (BOYS) Travis Schulte - Canyon High HS Tyler Helms - Idalou HS Aaron Graves - West TX Stinnett HS BASKETBALL (GIRLS) Eric Velasquez – Petersburg HS Michell Wyatt – Brownfield HS Betsy Baughman – Tascosa HS CROSS COUNTRY (BOYS) Jay McCook – Canadian HS CROSS COUNTRY (GIRLS) Ray Baca – Canyon HS Amanda Kirkpatrick – Frenship HS Eric Montemayor – Bovina HS FOOTBALL DJ Mann – Lub. Coronado HS Chip Darden – Lub. Cooper HS Michael Pittman – Post HS GOLF (BOYS) Cord Wilburn – Lub.Cooper HS GOLF (GIRLS) Cathy Palmer – Lubbock HS 12
SOCCER (BOYS) Trevor Burkhead - Lub. Cooper HS Simon Hernandez - Lub. Monterey HS John Koehn - Borger HS SOCCER (GIRLS) Alistair Caldwell – Lub. Coronado HS SOFTBALL Styler Haddock – Canyon HS AQUATICS (SWIM/DIVE/WATER POLO) Trey Hayes – Lubbock HS TENNIS David Denham – Lub. Coronado HS David Webb – Plainview HS TRACK (BOYS) Jon Murphy – Stratford HS TRACK (GIRLS) Ray Baca – Canyon HS Crista Jones – Lub. Monterey HS Steven Keys – New Home HS VOLLEYBALL Kelly Lozada – Lub. Monterey HS WRESTLING Joseph Rios - Lub.Cooper HS Paul Jones - Boys Ranch HS Mark Snow - Lub. Coronado HS
HOSTing 9 Elections
Region 3 BASEBALL Ryan Howard – Coppell HS Travis Yoder – Highland Park HS Riley Fincher – Pleasant Grove HS BASKETBALL (BOYS) Donald Curts – Mesquite HS Ty Tabor – Krum HS Matt Wester – Plano East HS BASKETBALL (GIRLS) Donna McCullough – Sachse HS Jill McDill – Sunnyvale HS Ross Reedy – Frisco Liberty HS CROSS COUNTRY (BOYS) Denver Stone – Kaufman HS Calley Conner – Wylie HS Logan Kelly – Lovejoy HS CROSS COUNTRY (GIRLS) Susan Bailey – Highland Park HS FOOTBALL Joe Castillo – North Garland HS Brian Brazil – Hebron HS Billy Mathis – Brock HS GOLF (BOYS) Charlie Means – Denison HS Erik Henson – Highland Park HS Chance Rogers – Tioga HS MAY 2022
GOLF (GIRLS) Kerry Gabel – FM Marcus HS Paige Martin – Southlake Carroll HS
CROSS COUNTRY (BOYS) Juris Green – The Woodlands HS Kenneth Decuir – Katy Paetow HS
SOCCER (BOYS) Phil El Aya – Mesquite HS Jody Loewen – Pittsburg HS Pablo Regalado – Kemp HS
CROSS COUNTRY (GIRLS) Novaita Sanders – Ridge Point HS Tom Kennedy – Bridgeland HS Jim Darcey – Katy HS
SOCCER (GIRLS) Joe Stephens – Terrell HS Kelly Thompson – Allen HS
FOOTBALL Rick Lafavers – Ridge Point HS Bobby Darnell – Clements HS Kevin Berneathy – Dobie HS
SOFTBALL Jennifer Ragland – Bridgeport HS Cassie Crabtree – Melissa HS Scott Delozier – Rains HS AQUATICS (SWIM/DIVE/WATER POLO) Eric Vogan – Texas HS TENNIS Danielle Blair – Argyle HS Silvia Simms – Frisco Heritage HS Erik Pickett – Pleasant Grove HS TRACK (BOYS) Janson Head – Denton Ryan HS Robby Jones – Aledo HS Eric Ward – Arling. Sam Houston HS TRACK (GIRLS) Ashley Broom – Sunnyvale HS SaDonna Thornton – Arling. Martin HS June Villers – Desoto HS VOLLEYBALL Leslie Jackson – Denton Guyer HS Maggie Younger – Rockwall Heath HS Ashley Dyches – Blue Ridge HS WRESTLING Jessica Fresh – Northwest HS Bryan Kenney – Plano East HS
hosting 15 ELECTIONS Region 5
BASEBALL Eric Folkerts – Kempner HS Clint Welch – Ridge Point HS BASKETBALL (BOYS) Danny Russell – Katy HS BASKETBALL (GIRLS) Bryan Harris – Barbers Hill HS Jennifer Alexander – Cy-Creek HS Christina Jamerson – Dulles HS MAY 2022
GOLF (BOYS) Thomas Cruickshank – Ridge Point HS Clayton Brady – Memorial HS Mike Shipman – Klein HS GOLF (GIRLS) Jeff Mudd – Katy Tompkins HS Angela Chancellor – Kingwood Park HS Casey Leatherman – Lufkin HS SOCCER (BOYS) Ben Powell – Bellville HS Gabriel Martinez – Bush HS Bryan McDonald – Ridge Point HS SOCCER (GIRLS) Victoria Parsons – Tomball HS Lindley Amanrantos – Memorial HS SOFTBALL Jamie Henk – Northbrook HS Enrique Luna – Bryan HS AQUATICS (SWIM/DIVE/WATER POLO) Robert Kelly – Sam Rayburn HS TENNIS Daniel Marshall – A&M Cons. HS
Region 7
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MAXIMIZING
YOUR TIME IN THE
WEIGHT ROOM
BY TREY WASHBURN, LAT
H E A D AT H L E T I C T R A I N E R , A L AVA R A D O I S D Every coach in the state of Texas understands the importance of utilizing the weight room. The real question is, how do we get the best bang for our buck in the weight room? Intentionality is the key. When we plan our in-season practices, we have every minute planned out for how long warm ups are all the way to how long we have for individual, group, and team practices. Each portion of our practices are planned out with intentionality. That same amount of effort needs to be taken for planning out offseason and our time in the weightroom. As the strength and conditioning coaching profession continues to evolve, some schools are lucky enough to employ their own strength coach. The rest of us are not that lucky yet. We are the ones that really need to take the extra time to preplan our programs. When planning our offseason programs, we need to take multiple things into account. First, we must plan out our different phases. These different phases can look different for each sport, but basically, they are a general strengthening phase, a hypertrophy phase, a strength phase, and a power phase. Each of these phases should last for a minimum of four weeks, and a max of six weeks. After six weeks, we begin to plateau with muscle memory taking over. If we are dealing with a one sport athlete, they will hit all of the phases (except for general strength) two times before starting their season again. This allows for students to never plateau. When dealing with a multi-sport athlete, we will try to hit each phase at least once. Planning these phases out takes time and intentionality, especially when matching your weight room days, with the school calendar and what your plans are for teaching your sport during the offseason. The second thing we need to take into account is the amount of time you have in the weight room. Do you lift before school, after school, or during the school day? The amount of time you have can affect what you do and how long you give yourself to get the workout accomplished. Likewise, what lifts are you going to focus on? How much time do you need to give for each lift? Squat is an important lift for practically every sport, but the squat takes more time to complete than a hang power clean does. How many reps are you trying to complete and at what percentage of a one rep max? How many students workout in a group? If each student is trying to do a pyramid (8,6,4,2,1) on squat in a group of three, we are looking at 63 reps. In order to complete all these reps, we will need about 8-9 minutes for the students to complete all of their squats. If the next lift is hang clean where the students are completing a similar amount of reps, you would only need 6-7 minutes. This does take some time to sort out, but once you figure out your timing for each 20
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lift, it becomes easier to plan your time out correctly. Similarly, bench press only takes eight minutes for all three students to complete. The third thing that you need to think about is, what is the demand of your sport? Every guy wants shirt ripping biceps, but does your sport need that? Our time in the weight room for the offseason needs to fit your sport. Soccer players do not have the same metabolic demand placed upon them as football players. In Alvarado, we have found it more beneficial for our football players to do supersets. This helps to not only get an extra lift in during our allotted time, but it also helps to keep their bodies conditioned year-round for football. Similarly, our soccer team does triplets (a superset of three exercises). We do triplets for our soccer team because there are no breaks during a soccer match. This is just a simple way to help keep the body in better shape for sport year-round. I do not recommend pairing more than three exercises together at a time. This actually increases the odds of injury in the weight room, which is something no one wants.
Here are several examples from what we are currently doing in Alvarado:
SOCCER 8:05-8:10
Get Dressed/Warm-Up on your own
8:10-8:15
Dead-lift 3x5
8:15-8:16
Rest/Get Ready for next lift
8:16-8:21
Hang Power Snatch 3x5
8:21-8:22
Rest/Get Ready for next lift
8:22-8:27
Single Leg Squat 3x6
8:27-8:30
Squad Meeting (Remind students to get the protein option)
8:30-8:54
Shower and make it to Breakfast
Pull-Ups 3x10
Iron Neck 3x10
Leg Extension 3x10
Lunges 3x10
Curls 3x10
Reverse Hyper-extension 3x10
FRESHMEN FOOTBALL 2:51-2:56
Get Dressed
2:56-3:00
Stretch/Warm Up
3:00-3:08
Bench 5x5
3:08-3:09
Rest/Get Ready for next lift
3:09-3:14
Hang Power Clean 4x6
3:14-3:15
Rest/Get Ready for next lift
3:15-3:24
Squat 5x5
3:24-3:25
Rest/Get Ready for next lift
3:25-3:31
Hang Power Snatch 4x6
3:31-3:32
Rest/Get Ready for next lift
3:32-3:38
Step Ups with Weight 4x6
3:38-3:39
Clean Up
3:39-3:42
Squad
3:42-3:45
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One of the final things you need to think about when planning an offseason is balance and what do you want to gain in the weight room? We all want our students to get stronger, but strong as an ox and on the sideline is useless. A majority of injuries can be avoided when you balance your push and pull muscles. If your quads become too much stronger than your hamstrings, you tear your ACL just from a plant and cut. If your pecs get too much stronger than rhomboids, traps, and lats you will end up with shoulder issues that could have been easily avoided. If you only work your abs during core and neglect your lower back, you can have issues with any portion of your body. When you do not have a certified strength coach on staff, I implore you to lean heavily on your Athletic Trainers. Their specialty is the human body, and they can help you in the weightroom. Especially if your Athletic Training staff view the weight room as an extension of their therapy space. The best way for your AT’s to decrease their workload and stress on game nights is to lower the rate of preventable injury. This can easily be done by balancing strength gains throughout the body. Likewise, an injury in the offseason does not mean that your athletes cannot continue to work. It does not matter what the injury is, besides concussions, there is a scaled down option that can be done for therapy reasons to keep you student connected and involved with the team while getting healthy and stronger. “The competition field exposes character. The weight room builds character.” - unknown The weight room is one of the most important places for any athletic program, but sadly, many people do not maximize their time in the weight room. When you intentionally plan out each minute in the weight room, you are well on your way to maximizing your time. Once you have roped your Athletic Training staff into helping balance your program, you are well on your way to truly maximizing your time in the weight room.
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When we began our program, the base offense was the spread with the beginnings of what we know as our RPO style of offense in the run game. As time has passed, we have looked at how our kids respond to having a toolbox of plays with options that are simple and effective, giving us a chance in all situations. Rather than always trying to figure out what is best based on our personnel and adding too much, we believe it is best that we establish some base rules and combine two of our favorite offenses: the one back spread, and the triple option.
HOW WE WILL IMPLEMENT THIS Our base run game has been highly effective no matter who the QB is, who the RB is, who the linemen are, no matter what school we are coaching, the scheme and system works. We introduce our run game to our kids in 7th grade and help develop them each season. The following schemes are what will use each season:
PUTTING THE RUN GAME TOGETHER WITH COMMUNICATION The first thing that happens is the formation and play are signaled in. Once the offense is lined up the play will be called in from the sideline by using one of the following: signs, hand signals, band, or simply a word passed from sideline to the nearest WR and relayed across the field. The number of safeties is communicated and the QB will then signal to the pass concept he prefers to the WR’s. In a 2 x 2 set the concept can be mirrored, or in the case where we play a team that uses split coverages based on field/boundary or strength the concepts can be different. In a 3 x 1 or 4 x 1 set, the QB will signal his “gift” to the single WR. Example below is trips right pistol, inside zone left, with a bubble on the strong side, a go on the weakside as the gift.
- INSIDE ZONE (DUO BASED APPROACH) - TRAP (QUICK TRAP, WING-T STYLE) - COUNTER (GT) - LEAD (ISO) Each of these plays has a progression or order of operations if you will, that the QB must know by heart and communicate to the WR’s each play. For example, on inside zone, trap, counter and lead the progression is: 1. PASS (The exchange happens quick here & the lineman
are likely to be at the second level much faster. Pick/ Bubble Game or Gift-2 Options each time.)
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HOW WE TIE IT TOGETHER 1. INDY- we begin offensive practice with our everyday drills. We know we are going to run inside zone, we know we are going to run our quick game, so we work together during this phase of practice to be as efficient as possible. Our QB’s and WR’s will rep pick, h-pick, and bubble. This is done at rapid fire pace, varsity in trips right from the 40, left hash, JV in trips right from the 20-left hash, facing one another. After 1 period of INDY the formation flops. The offensive line and RB’s will work inside zone flows and reads. The line coaches will mix up the fronts, the backs coach will work as the QB as the RB’s get exchanges and run their tracks. 2. INDY CONTINUED- over the next two periods the WR’s will work blocking. The coaches will begin with the most common coverage we will see that week and mix it up as we go on. The emphasis will be on what our opponents quick game fits will be and how we will leverage them. All three quick screens will be worked, even if one or two of them do not look like something we will do. Our QB’s will join our RB’s and work strictly on exchanges. Our coaches will work to give them reads on the run. One of our coaches will snap and occupy either the front side or backside “a” gap which is our read for the RB on inside zone. If he occupies the frontside gap, then the back hits the backside “a” gap and vice versa. The RB’s coach will serve as the read man for the QB. His job is to either “chase” or “sit”. The eyes of the QB should be on the RB coach as soon as he has secured the ball. If he “chases” then the QB should keep the ball. If he “sits” then he should be holding up one hand with fingers up. When he does that the QB should be giving the ball to the back, attacking the outside shoulder of the RB coach as he yells out how many fingers the RB coach is holding up. This helps us confirm that the QB has eye discipline and is intent on his read. 3. GROUP WORK- we have two phases of group work. The first phase of group is an emphasis on inside run which for us is 7 on 9. All backs are with the offensive line vs the defensive box plus inverts and/or safeties. We want this aspect to be as difficult on our offense as possible. While this is going on, our WR’s are working on their “gifts” in a one-on-one segment with the defensive backs. We have built in man beaters for our quick screen games and they are adjusted weekly to what we believe gives us the best chance to score. In phase two of our group work, we are doing one-on-ones with the offensive line and working perimeter game with the backs, wideouts, DBs and LBs. In both phases we give our offense a chance to see what our opponent will be doing that week as well as going against our #1’s so we get the best good-on-good match-ups we possibly can. We do this because it gives us a chance to get reps at full speed. We want as much resistance in practice as possible. 4. TEAM - When we go to our team segment, we have two huddles on offense and a set rotation on defense, where scouts will run our opponents base, their top pressure, and any change ups that they like in situational ball. When huddle #1 is running the play, huddle #2 is calling their play. Once the play being run is whistled dead, the next huddle is running up to the line to get ready to run a play. The first huddle is our starting offense. They lineup on the right hash, 15 yards from the line of scrimmage. Our second huddle is our “next best available” offense. They will run a combination of our opponent’s offense as well as our own stuff.
Each team period is run from specific yard lines: Period 1- plays are run from the -1 to -5 yard lines Period 2- plays are run from anywhere inside the -25 yard line Period 3- plays are run from between the -25 and the 50 yard line Period 4- plays are run from the +yard lines Period 5- plays are run in the red zone and into the goal line area MAY 2022
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Wow! I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Can you? This year is quickly wrapping up and coming to an end. As we wrap up our spring sports season and head into summer please take a few moments to reflect on everything that has happened this year. It’s a lot & We made it! Coaching School is July 17-19 in San Antonio! Who will we see? We will be announcing our 2022 Scholarship winners soon and awarding them at our General Business Meeting on Monday, July 18, as well as honoring an amazing woman as a stand out coaches’ wife. We will announce the 2022 Woman of the Year winner, while honoring the women of our past at our Muffins & Mimosas brunch on Monday, July 1h at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. I hear the auction will have some AMAZING baskets to bid on! We hope you will make plans to join us there! I am so excited to see everyone. If you are ready to get involved NOW is the time! We have lots of positions to fill and lots of FUN to be had! 1. We are still seeking sponsorships as a new 501(c)(3) organization! If you know anyone that might be interested, please have them contact me at txcoacheswives@gmail.com. We have sponsorship levels ranging from $150-$7000! 2. We need each REGION to bring at least ONE Auction basket! Your regional director should be contacting you OR you can contact her! Her name is listed below and you can ask me for her contact information. 3. We LOVE door prizes! The more, the better. We ALL love winning fabulous door prizes! Bring as many as your heart desires! 4. BRING YOUR STAFF WIVES! Encourage your fellow wives to join you at coaching school! The more we have, the bigger the community we can build, and the stronger your coaching family ties can grow. 5. JOIN THSCWA if you haven’t already! We will begin new memberships in July, so there is still time to join this year and help contribute to the scholarships we will be presenting at our State Meeting during Coaching School. If you have any questions about your current membership or renewing your membership please contact Cynthia Griffin at thscwatreasurer@gmail.com. You can also follow us on social media. Please check out our website www.thscwa.org. You may also find us on Facebook under Texas high school coaches Wives Association. We are on Instagram as _thscwa (case sensitive). Thank you all for all of your support this year! It’s almost time to relax, reset and gear up for a new year! “Look for something positive in each day, even if some days you have to look a little harder”!
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The Texas High School Coaches Association offers a Coaches Professional Liability Insurance option to eligible members with coverage beginning July 1, 2022. The THSCA has chosen the John A. Barclay Agency, Inc. to provide this coverage to our members. This plan was devised to offer liability insurance and legal assistance to THSCA members. In order to be eligible for this coverage you must meet the following criteria: • You must be a Coach, Athletic Trainer or Athletic Director, including classroom duties, for an accredited secondary school, college, junior college or university, within the state of Texas. • Your THSCA Membership must be current for the school year in which the coverage is effective – 7/1/22 - 6/30/23. • PROFESSIONAL, AFFLIATE and LIFE members are eligible only if they meet the criteria above. This insurance is not available to STUDENT or RETIRED members. If you choose to purchase this insurance coverage and do not meet the criteria for eligibility, this coverage will not be valid. This coverage will be in effect July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023. Insurance purchased after July 1, 2022 will commence on the payment received date. This insurance coverage is not retroactive. Payment should be made directly to the THSCA. The total 22/23 annual premium for the insurance coverage will be $58.00 per member. Annual Insurance Premium: State Taxes and Fees (4.295%): Association Administrative Fee: TOTAL 2022/23 Annual Premium:
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OLD SCHOOL WRITTEN BY LARRY HILL, HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT SMITHSON VALLEY HS
THSCA PAST PRESIDENT & THSCA HALL OF HONOR MEMBER There's an old saying that goes "Adapt or Die." The prehistoric dinosaur is often used as an example of this axiom...the dinosaur did not adapt; thus he is extinct. The phrase is also sometimes used regarding coaching. The game of football is constantly changing. Coaches in virtually every program would probably agree that their coaching strategies and methods of training are quite different than they were 8-10 years ago. It's not that anything was wrong with the previous way of doing things, but most coaches have correctly assessed that they must stay current with the everchanging landscape of the game. "Adapt or Die."
who care about their players and coach them to better performance by knowing what makes that player tick. Maybe it’s being vocal and energetic with one player, while quietly, behind the scenes, counselling another player because that is a more effective way to motivate him.
However, it’s my opinion that there are some coaches who spend too much of their time trying to keep up with the trends of the game while ignoring other aspects of the profession that should be receiving at least as much attention. "old school" is a phrase I hear quite often and not always in a positive light. To some, an old school football coach conjures up an image of one who is perceived to be behind the times and out of touch with today's game and culture. Or, in an even more negative view, this term describes a coach who is constantly screaming and yelling in a demeaning manner to somehow goad his players into performing better.
Like nearly everyone in the coaching profession, Old School coaches crave winning. They never apologize for the relentless pursuit of victory. Meanwhile, they hold their players to high standards and never lower the expectations to a false and artificial ceiling. Yet they do it in a manner that shows care and concern about their players.
To those who feel that way, I must go on record and say that this is not old school. It never has been. So then what is old school? I think it describes coaches 30
Old School coaches know that they don’t treat every player the same. Instead, they coach each player in the manner that works for best for that individual. They extend that care and concern to off the field, making the effort to help that athlete become a better man and later, a better husband and father.
I’m proud to say that I played for several coaches who fit the description of old school. I recall that there was never any doubt who was in charge, but my teammates and I liked the fact that they were in charge. It made us feel secure and made us feel like our team had the best chance possible to win. The coaches never had to declare that they were in charge or behave in a manner so we'd know they were in charge. We just knew. MAY 2022
Because of all this, they became almost larger than life. Most players liked them, but much more importantly, everyone had the utmost of respect for them.They commanded the type of respect that cannot be achieved by status, by money, by position, or by a desire to be respected. Instead, they had a common-sense style of leadership and possessed the people skills that inspired the players want to follow them. I can think of one of my coaches in particular, a man who led us to several championships. But a closer look would reveal that this coach not only won games, but also had a profound impact on his players that resulted in many of us following him into the coaching profession as our playing careers ended. Coincidence? I’d say not. This was a man who mattered and made a difference with his career. I hope all current coaches will hear me on this… whatever it is you're doing now will be obsolete or scarcely recognizable in a few years. We'll all be shaking our heads and wondering what in the world were we thinking that would cause us to use those blocking schemes, those coverages, those strategies? Coaches of the next generation will look back in amusement on some of what we're currently doing. That’s okay. That's how it is...that's how it's always been. But what must remain in place throughout the generations is coaching to win while teaching character and values. Coaches cannot and should not be chasing one while ignoring the other. To do that would be a grave disservice to the players. Coaches cannot be hesitant in holding athletes to high standards. They must make clear to their players that there are things they must do and do without in order to play this great game. Whether it’s behavior standards, expected effort levels, attendance/ punctuality, etc., coaches must establish a bar and hold it in place. This bar cannot constantly change in an effort to appease certain groups who claim that these traits are outdated and out of place in modern society. That is flat wrong. What the line is and where the line is drawn must be collectively decided by the coaches and, equally as important, the coaches then must do a good job of educating the athletes on why those expectations are in place. Finally, the coaches must then consistently hold the athletes to those standards.
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Don't let all the new and modern "things" fool you. Modern day athletes are still kids. New technology, new forms of social media, and new ways of doing things cannot hide the fact that players are still teenagers... just like you were at one time. And someone, maybe multiple someones, not only showed you the way, but also guided you along the way. As we move forward in the coaching profession, let's not scoff at old school. While the game may be better than ever, we must continue to improve and advance with regard to coaching methods, player safety, the X's and O's of the game. If we don't keep up with the trends, we'll get passed by. The scoreboard never lies. You either win or you lose. We need not apologize for the pursuit of victory. So let’s get busy doing for today’s players what old school coaches did for us. Most of us are in this profession because of some coach(es) who had a profound impact on our lives, both on the field and off the field. Whether we realized it or not at the time, it gradually steered us into coaching. We must not lose sight of the fact that we now are the ones who must have a similar impact on our players. There is no one better equipped to guide today’s young men than their coach. The players already have friends. They may think they need more, but they don’t need the coach to be their buddy. What they really need, whether they know it or not, is guidance on a daily basis throughout the years of their playing career. Old school…we needed back then, we need it now, we’ll always need it. And maybe, just maybe, if you do that well enough and long enough, perhaps someday toward the end of your career you may overhear someone paying you the ultimate compliment… "There goes an old school coach."
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Class of 2022 2022 DENNIS
ALEXANDER
Dennis Alexander was born on February 5, 1948, in Kilgore, Texas. While at Kilgore HS, Dennis was quarterback in football, point guard in basketball, and shortstop in baseball. He received all-district honors in all three sports. In his sophomore and senior years, the Bulldog basketball team made it to the state tournament. During the spring of Dennis' junior year, Jim Hess was hired as head coach for the Bulldogs. Coach Hess had Jerry Shafer, Harold Mayo, and Mickey Florence on his staff. All of these coaches were important mentors in Dennis' s career. Upon graduation in 1966, Dennis received a football scholarship to Rice University, where he lettered in football and baseball. When he graduated in 1970, he stayed at Rice for a semester to coach the freshmen Owls. From Rice, he went to East Texas State in Commerce to coach spring football and work on his master's degree in education. Dennis began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Taylor HS in Taylor, Texas with Coach Harold Mayo in the fall of 1971. After one year as an assistant coach, Dennis was offered the position of head coach/athletic director at Hughes Springs HS. He spent four years with the Mustangs before moving six miles down the road to Daingerfield in 1976. 34
During his 13 years at Daingerfield as head coach/athletic director, his Tiger teams became a legend for winning. The 1983 Tiger team won the state championship, setting both state and national records-the first team to win 16 games in a season, the first team to have 14 shutouts in a season, 13 of which were consecutive, the first team to have only 8 points scored against them in an entire season and no points scored against them in the playoffs, and a total of 246 points scored in the playoffs. Then, in 1984, the Tigers made it back to the state championship game, where they fell to Medina Valley. In 1985, the Tigers came roaring back and again won the state championship with another 16-0 season record. In 1986, Daingerfield made it back to the state quarterfinals, where they fell to the eventual state champion Jefferson. During his last football season at Daingerfield in 1988, the Tigers made it back to the state quarterfinals losing to the eventual state champion Southlake Carroll. Coach Alexander moved on in 1989 to Henderson HS, and also made coaching stops at Harleton HS and Troup HS. Dennis married his wife, Missy, in 1968. They have two daughters, Dayna and her husband Craig Watson of Mount Vernon, Texas, and Deborah and her husband Scotty Kelley of Fate, Texas. Dennis and Missy have eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. During his 44 years as a head coach/athletic director at five different schools, Coach Alexander received numerous coaching awards- two times as Texas High School Coach of the Year from the Texas Sportswriters Association, two times as Kodak Coach of the Year, two times as Fabio Coach of the Year and East Texas Coach of the Year from the Longview and MAY 2022
Tyler newspapers, as the Harris Poll Coach of the Year, as Fox Sports Southwest's "Coach Who Makes a Difference," and District Coach of the Year 18 times. He served as a Director on the THSCA Board of Directors from 1996-1999. He was inducted into the first class of the East Texas Hall of Honor in 2014. In 2015, Coach Alexander officially "hung up his whistle" after 45 years of coaching with an overall record of 340 wins, 140 losses, and 11 ties.
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Brian Brazil was born in Pasadena Texas on July 15, 1964. He grew up in Pasadena and attended high school at Sam Rayburn HS. He was involved in many activities, however, sports are where Brian really invested most of his time and efforts. He lettered three years in football, three in track and two in basketball. At the conclusion of his senior season in football Brian received a football scholarship to Texas Christian University. At TCU, Brian began his career as a defensive lineman for the very charismatic Coach Jim Wacker. Brian started three games as a freshman at defensive tackle and then moved to the offensive line his remaining years. After red shirting the 1984 season, Brian started his last 33 games at TCU earning consensus All-Southwest Conference Honors in 1987. Brian served as team captain and served as vice -president of the FCA. After graduation in 1988, Brian received a free agent contract with the Houston Oilers. It was a dream come true to have this opportunity, but it was very short lived and the football career ended and the coaching career began. Coach Brazil began his coaching career in 1988 at Shepton HS in Plano, where he coached 9th grade football. In 1989, Coach Brazil moved to RL Turner HS in Carrollton where he was hired by his high school coach Charlie Lyles to coach the defensive ends and later the offensive line. At the conclusion of the 1991 season, Coach Lyles retired, so a search began for a new place to be. In 1992, he began a seven-year stint at Lewisville HS coaching under head coach Ronnie Gage. Brian coached the defensive line from 1992-95 and assumed the role of Defensive Coordinator in 1996. While at Lewisville, the Farmers won state championships in 1993 and 1996 as well as qualifying for post-season play each year. In 1999, Coach Brazil left Lewisville to become the first head coach at Hebron HS. Hebron began varsity play MAY 2022
in 2000 and the Hawks made the play-offs for the first time in 2002. Hebron won the Class 4A Division II State Championship in 2005 with a 16-0 record. While at Hebron, the Hawks have won five district championships and Coach Brazil has been named District Coach of the Year 6 times and State Coach of the Year in 2005. He was also selected as the Lay Witness for Christ Coach of the Year on 2006. In 2008, Coach Brazil received the TCU College of Education Excellence in Education Award. In 2014, he received the Tom Landry Award from the THSCA. In 2016, Brian received the Dallas area Tom Landry Coach of the Year Award. His overall record at Hebron is 152-97. Coach Brazil has served on the THSCA Board from 2007-2010 and served as the President of the THSCA in 2011-2012. He is active in the FCA, Coaches Outreach as well as Church; Prestonwood Baptist. Brian and his wife Birdie have been married for 32 years and have three children, Danielle and Son-in-law Tyler Mitchem, daughter Gabrielle and son David and daughter-in-law Lexie. Most importantly he is Pops to his granddaughter Logan Mitchem who turned two in March.
TODD
DODGE
Todd Dodge served as the Head Football Coach and Athletic Director at Westlake HS for the last eight years. Dodge, newly retired, finished his 36 years in coaching as a state champion. The last three years at Westlake, Dodge went 45-1 with back to back to - back 6A State Championships. Upon conclusion of his eight years at Westlake, Dodge boasts undefeated regular seasons in 2017, 2020 and 2021. During his five-year run at Southlake Carroll from 2002-2006, he was 79-1 with five consecutive state championship appearances at the Texas 6A level – winning the state championship four times during that run. Dodge holds eight career state championship appearances overall and has won seven. As a high school coach, Coach Dodge has been named National Coach of the Year four times. His overall career coaching record is 236-72. Coach Dodge has been married to Elizabeth Neptune Dodge for 36 years. They have two children – a son, Riley who currently serves as Southlake Carroll’s Head Football Coach and is married to Alexis, and a daughter, Molly who is married to Weston Kuenstler. Todd and Elizabeth are the proud grandparents of Tate Riley, Landry Mack, and Blakely Dodge. 35
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Griffin landed his first head coaching position at Hull Daisetta HS from 19651968. From 1968-1973, he then served as Athletic Director and head football coach at White Oak leading the school to 4 undefeated seasons in a row. After stints at Bridge City, Pasadena and Georgetown, Griffin returned to White Oak in 1986-1994. He turned his former program around following 11 losing seasons. After a brief retirement Griffin returned to the sidelines in 2002 to take over the reins at Troup. He retired officially in 2005. Griffin’s coaching achievements include a 243-1166 record of 41 years. He led his teams to the playoffs during 13 seasons and is listed in the top 20 of all-time winningest coach among Texas high school coaches. Griffin served on the THSCA Board of Directors from 1991-1994 and was a Tom Landry Award recipient in 2004. He was also elected into the Southeast Texas Coaches Association Hall of Honor. He has also served on the THSCA All-Star Football Committee and has been active in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
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Tom Kimbrough was born in Valley Mills and attended all twelve grades in Valley Mills graduating in 1963. Even in elementary school, he loved to read football articles by a young sports writer for the Waco Tribune, Dave Campbell. Dave would become in Coach Kimbrough’s opinion the greatest factor for the ultimate success of Texas High School Football along with the UIL and THSCA. He was All-District in football all four years as a MLB. Having the choice of attending almost any Southwest Conference school on a football scholarship, he chose TCU. He graduated from TCU in 1968 and was hired by Plano ISD. He worked his way up to Head Football Coach for the Wildcats in 1976. John Clark said Kimbrough was the only coach he ever hired right out of college that had his own playbook. Coach Kimbrough was promoted to AD for the Plano ISD in 1992. To this day, he is still employed by Plano ISD as an advisor. 2022 will mark 55 years with Plano ISD. 36
The years from 1976 to 1991 that Tom Kimbrough spent as the Head Coach of Plano will go down in history. His record was an incredible 173-28-5. Plano had won more games than any school in the history of Texas High School Football when he retired in 1991. Dave Campbell’s Texas Football named him one of the “Top Ten Most Memorable Coaches” over the last 50 years, which included Tom Landry and Darrell Royal as first and second, with only three other high school coaches in the Top 10. He won more games, more playoff games, and more State Championships than any coach in the state during his tenure from 1976 to 1991. He was recognized by the Texas Sportswriters Association as Coach of the Year in 1977, 1986 and 1987. He was National Coach of the Year in 1987 and his team was named #1 in the Nation. Tom Kimbrough Stadium was built and named in his honor in 2003. He received TCU’s Frog of Fame Award in 1988. Texas Monthly recognized Plano as the “Second Best Football Program” in the history of Texas High Football stating “Plano was a dynasty and model for football programs everywhere.” His State Championship game vs. Port Neches-Grove in 1977 set a state record of 50,000 in attendance. The record lasted for 37 years and is still a state record for “single site games” some 45 years later. When he won his third State Championship in 1987 only one coach in the top classification had won more in the previous 60 years. He had the best winning percentage (.861) of all coaches at their current school in the top classification at the time of a report by Dave Campbell’s TX FB. He won the first Denius/UIL Award for “developing talent to the highest degree possible.” A Gordon Wood article stated: “The five best coaches I’ve ever seen were Emory Bellard, Chuck Moser, Tom Kimbrough, John Clark and Chesty Walker.” He is the only coach in the top classification to win Texas Coach of the Year three times as recognized by the Dave Campbell/Fab-Knit Award. The City of Plano declared January 15, 1989, as Tom Kimbrough Day and the Chamber of Commerce presented a plaque saying “Tom Kimbrough was the single greatest contributor in establishing the City of Plano image as that of a winner.” He has been married to Linda Kimbrough, a retired teacher, for 54 years. He has two children. Kimberley is a kindergarten teacher in Plano ISD and his son, Kyle Clark, named after his mentor, John Clark, is a mortgage underwriter. He credits whatever success he had to his family, the guidance of John Clark, excellent assistants that share this honor with him and players that gave their all in the off season, fall practice and games. He credits his faith, that helped him make it through good times and bad times. Christ was and is the most important part of his life. MAY 2022
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2022 THSCA Convention & Coaching School
SAN ANTONIO, TX Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
July 17-19 What's new for 2022... » "JOIN THE TEAM" MEMBERSHIP DRIVE We are grateful to say that THE Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA) has grown since it's inception in 1930 to over 24,000+ members strong! Thank you to all of our loyal members who have Joined The Team throughout the years. We want your help sharing all that THSCA offers and recruit those that have never been members before to Join The Team! As part of this Membership Drive, we will offer a complimentary 22-23 Professional membership to any first-time member coach when they join along with a paid THSCA membership renewal. (To take advantage of this offer, visit www.thsca.com/jtt and download the "Join The Team" Registration Form. Have the new member use this form in place of a regular registration form, then mail it in along with the payment and registration forms for the rest of your staff. (Note: New members may first time coaches OR you may have a girls sport coach or middle school coach on your staff that has never joined THSCA. This would be a great opportunity to advocate to these peers about what THSCA does for our profession!) Below are the requirements: 1.
Referring coach must be a current THSCA member renewing for the 22-23 membership year.
2. Each school can take advantage of up to 3 complimentary "Join The Team Membership" credits for first-time THSCA members. 3. Fill out the Join The Team Membership Registration Form provided online (www.thsca.com/jtt) and mail it along with the THSCA Membership Registration Form for the referring member. Payment for referring member must be included for eligibility.
» SUCCESS ACADEMY After meeting with our Urban ISD Advisory Council, one issue that kept coming up was the inability for some of our coaches to implement the things they learn at coaching school. We have found that often the lectures that are presented at coaching school include resources that urban and rural communities do not have access to. Examples of resources include facilities, equipment, personnel, time, and student participation. In order to address these concerns, we will be adding a series of lectures to this summer’s coaching school, and calling it our "Success Academy". We will use this series to showcase coaches from schools/programs who have been able to be successful despite limited resources. We know that having limited resources does not mean that coaches & athletes in rural and urban areas are less motivated or incapable of winning; we have seen programs time and again compete and win at high levels. Our hope is that this will offer members a chance to learn from coaches that face the same challenges. 38
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» LIVE SPORT DEMONSTRATIONS Due to the tremendous feedback from last year's exhibit hall demonstration areas, our sponsors have generously agreed to help us add a second sport court to the hall this year. Basketball and Volleyball will now have their own court to afford more opportunities for speakers to provide live demonstrations with student-athlete participation! We plan to continue hosting dual football lecture halls and football turf demonstrations as we did in 2021, but we will now be adding a couple of track & field demonstrations on the turf as well!
» REGISTRATION The price for Coaching School registration will be the same as last year, HOWEVER we are making some updates to the registration deadlines.
UPDATED REGISTRATION DEADLINES/COST: MARCH 1 - JUNE 1 - $60 PER COACH JUNE 2 - JULY 1 - $75 PER COACH ONSITE AT CONVENTION - $90 PER COACH (Please note convention registration fees are separate from the membership fee. Membership fee/ renewal is a separate $70 fee.) The deadline to request a refund or transfer of payment for a Coaching School registration will be July 1st. If you are paying with a school check and still need to hire a coach, you may still send in the registration fee with the rest of your staff and make a note to us that you would like us to store it in our system as open credit on your school's account until you are able to hire that person.
WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE REGISTRATION FEE: ► IN-PERSON ACCESS to LIVE Demos, Sport Lectures & Professional Development Lectures, Exhibit Show, Sponsored Networking Events, and our THSCA Career Center. ► IN-PERSON ACCESS to THSCA Regional Meetings & General Meeting, including your OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE OR BE NOMINATED in our 2022 THSCA elections. ► IN-PERSON ACCESS to ATAVUS Tackle Training at no additional cost. ► IN-PERSON OPTION to print/laminate your THSCA membership card for upcoming year. ► Access to both IN-PERSON & ONLINE opportunities to complete UIL CCP Mandatory Education Courses. (Similar to last year, we will offer those that have pre-registered by July 1 EARLY ACCESS to CCP course completion online one week ahead of the convention.) ► DISCOUNTS on Video Replays of Coaching School Lectures for the remainder of 22-23 school year. (There will be NO FREE ACCESS to lecture replays this year included in the registration fee, only discounted options to purchase replay packages beginning September 1, 2022.) ► Certificate of Participation for Continue Education Hours to Provide to your School. (Only those that attend inperson in San Antonio, will receive a certificate proof of participation.)
» FUNDAMENTALS OF COACHING & THSCA 101 In past years we have hosted an onsite "Fundamentals of Coaching" lecture that has counted for U.I.L. CCP course credit #101. This course must be completed by ALL first time coaches in the state of Texas. We are re-formating this lecture and moving it to the beginning of the convention. It will take place on Sunday, July 17th at Noon. The course will now be called "Fundamentals of Coaching and THSCA 101". We welcome all first time coaches but we also would like to encourage all those new to attending coaching school and those that want to learn more about the UIL and what the THSCA does for our profession to attend and learn. It will be very informative and will still count for CCP course credit for those that need it. MAY 2022
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» ADDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR GIRLS SPORTS COACHES We are thrilled to continue hosting our annual panel discussion Sunday night for Leadership in Women's Coaching, but this year we will also be adding Round Table Discussions and a Hospitality/ Networking opportunity for our girls sport coaches. We will be partnering with Hudl to provide this fellowship and networking event at our THSCA Headquarters hotel the Grand Hyatt! Look for times and locations on the Coaching School tentative agenda online at www.thsca.com/convention.
» SUNDAY'S AGENDA We will be updating our Sunday (first-day) agenda to try and start earlier in the day and end before dinner, so please plan ahead so you do not miss out on anything. Registration and our Exhibit Hall will open at 8:00 am, and we will begin hosting sport lectures and live demos as early as 10 am that morning. The remainder of the day's agenda will proceed as follows:
» 11:00 AM - thsca "huddle up" presentation stars at night ballroom B3-B4 Join us for this keynote event & find out how THSCA is helping you use athletics as a positive platform for change! Find out things you need to know about this year's coaching school, the issues THSCA will work to address in 2022-2023 and much more! (Including cash prize drawings!)
» NOON - 2 PM - two full hours of SPORT LECTURE HALL CONTENT & LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS » 2:00 - 4:00 - EXHIBIT HALL tailgate / TACKLe CERTIFICATION / THSCA HEAD COACHING ACADEMY Please use this time to browse our Exhibit Hall and meet with vendors and thank our THSCA sponsors. There will be live turf and court demos in the hall as well as social media contests to participate in! If you need Tackle Certification 1.0 or 2.0, your only opportunity to complete this will be Sunday from 2:30 - 4:00 pm, so please plan to be there on time! We will also host our 2022 Head Coaching Academy in the Stars at Night Ballroom with speakers:
JUNE VILLERS Desoto HS
KODY GROVES
Mesquite ISD Athletic Director
LARRY HILL & CHAD KOEHL Smithson Valley HS
» 4:15 - 5:15 - panel discussions Division I head football coaches stars at night ballroom B3-B4 Panel Moderator: craig way SPONSORED BY: HOUSTON TEXANS & THE TEXAS BOWL
Leadership in Women's Athletics stars at night ballroom B1-B2
Panel Moderator: Dr. Susan Elza, UIL Director of athletics SPONSORED BY: BSN
» 5:30 - 6:30 - networking reception
sponsored by the Houston Texans & The Texas Bowl & BSN
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Still need to book a hotel room for Coaching School? Visit www.thsca.com/hotels to reserve a room until July 1, 2022. THSCA HOUSING BLOCK HOTEL CANCELLATION POLICY FOR COACHING SCHOOL 2022: CANCELLATION POLICY: Cancellations made after June 1, 2022, and 72 hours prior to arrival date will be charged a $50.00 cancellation fee per room. Continue to use Orchid.Events for all changes and cancellations through July 1, 2022. After July 1, 2022, cancellations must be directed to your assigned hotel at least 72 hours prior to arrival or a one night’s room and tax charge will be assessed by the hotel. Please note the following fee is not included in room rates: 1.25% Tourism Public Improvement District (PID) Fee. Room rates and PID fees are subject to 16.75% Hotel Tax per Night. (Subject to change) Grand Hyatt and Hyatt Regency have additional state cost recovery fees that will be added to the rate. *Additional fees may apply for 3rd or 4th person in room: If a rollaway bed is required.* Orchid.Events is the ONLY THSCA designated housing provider for the 2022 THSCA Convention & Coaching School. Beware of other companies misrepresenting themselves as affiliated with THSCA.
TENTATIVE OUTLINE OF EVENTS FOR 2022 COACHING SCHOOL AND CONVENTION... MONDAY, JULY 18 SATURDAY, JULY 16 8:30 AM 1:00 PM 7:00 PM
New Board Indoctrination THSCA Board Meeting Hall of Honor Banquet
HBGCC Stars at Night Ballroom
SUNDAY, JULY 17
Pre-Registration Packet Printout Onsite Registration THSCA Career Center 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM THSCA Office & Help Desk Exhibits Open LIVE Turf & Court Demonstrations 10:00 AM FULL LINE-UP OF LECTURES 11:00 AM THSCA HUDDLE UP PRESENTATION 12:00 PM FULL LINE-UP OF LECTURES FULL LINE-UP OF LECTURES 1:00 PM 2:00-4:00 PM 2:30 - 4:00 PM 4:15 - 5:15 PM 5:30 - 6:30 PM
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Head Coaching Academy Exhibit Hall Tailgate Party Tackle Training 1.0 & 2.0 Seminar Opportunities NCAA Div. I Head Football Coaches Panel Discussion & Leadership in Women's Coaching Panel Discussion Networking Reception
Pre-Registration Packet Printout Onsite Registration THSCA Career Center 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM THSCA Office & Help Desk Exhibits Open LIVE Turf & Court Demonstrations 8:00 AM FULL LINE-UP OF LECTURES 9:00 AM FULL LINE-UP OF LECTURES FULL LINE-UP OF LECTURES 10:00 AM FULL LINE-UP OF LECTURES FULL LINE-UP OF LECTURES FULL LINE-UP OF LECTURES FULL LINE-UP OF LECTURES
11:00 AM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 3:45 - 5:00 PM
REGIONAL MEETINGS
TUESDAY, JULY 19
THSCA Career Center THSCA Office & Help Desk 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Exhibits Open LIVE Turf & Court Demonstrations 8:00 AM FULL LINE-UP OF LECTURES 9:00 AM FULL LINE-UP OF LECTURES FULL LINE-UP OF LECTURES 10:00 AM 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
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JUST THE BEGINNING OF OUR 2022 confirmed speaKER LINE-UP: athletic administration: Joe Castiglione - univ. of Oklahoma Dr. Curtis Culwell - thsca lobbyist Chris Del Conte - Univ. of Texas robert davies - harlingen cisd Scot HAfley - Wichita falls ISD Armando Jacinto - Spring ISD john kay - north shore hs Valerie Little - Prosper ISD Tammy Lusinger - MAnsfield ISD Tim Prukop - Eckertt Sports (N.I.L. Info) Shannon Rideout - Fort Bend ISD baseball: steve biera - sweetwater hs Adam foster - Angelo state univ. mike gomez - cibolo steele hs Brad harman - Big spring hs chad koehl - smithson valley hs bernie martinez - new diana hs steven trout - texas state univ. basketball lectures & live Demos: Jordan Davis- Lake Dallas HS Laqueisha Dickerson- Austin HS Carlesa Dixon- Summer Creek HS Richard Flores- Cypress Falls HS Duane Gregory- Mansfield Timberview HS Joe Sigler- Silsbee HS Angela Spurlock- Seven Lakes HS Rochelle Vaughn - Frisco Memorial HS Anthony Wagner- Estacado HS cross country: Susan Bailey - Highland Park HS John Sauerhage - UT-Arlington Loy Triana - Burkburnet HS football: dave Aranda, Eric Mateos & KEvin Curtis - Baylor doug belk - univ. of houston bradley dale peveto - utep todd dodge - Westlake hs Sterling doty - Stephenville HS joseph gillespie - tcu B.J. Goette - pearland HS (Formerly paetow) jim jackson - rice clay jennings - texas state Rhett Lashlee - SMU Matt Lovorn - Stratford HS Kenny perry - texas tech steve sarkisian, Kyle Flood & Terry Joseph - texas kirby smart - georgia will stein - utsa jason todd - south oak cliff hs Antonio Wiley - Coppell HS (Formerly WF Hirschi)
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football turf demonstrations: randy clements - unt (Offensive Line) Doug Conrey - Texas Longsnapping todd dodge - westlake hs (QBs) (monty gibson - cleveland browns Rod Grace - Allen HS - Strength & conditioning demo gj kinne - univ. incarnate word (offense) zach kittley - texas Tech (QBs) Brennan Marion - Univ. of Texas (WRs) nik nelson - sfa (Special Teams) keith patterson & Staff - ACU (offense) performance course - football strength Performance Course - baseball/Softball training aquatics (Swim/dive/water polo): anne alexander - la porte hs norm collins - alamo heights hs Alberto escalante - Boerne isd Trey Hayes - Lubbock isd Kevin Murphy - Southlake Carroll ISD golf: summer batiste - utsa women's kerry gabel - flower mound marcus hs ashley garza - sharyland hs ryan huntze - texas hs steve keasler - southlake carroll hs nathan moses - argyle hs todd ohlmeyer - recruiter elite mike van hoozer - sports psycology junior high academy: chris adamek - boerne champion hs carlesa dixon - summer creek hs jim garfield - abilene isd monty gibson - cleveland browns kevin hodges - lubbock isd mike meeks - lubbock isd john parchman - retired coach brian smith - univ. of missouri luis solorio - harlingen cisd bill theodore - taso kate zora - new braunfels isd professional development: stephen mackey - 2words tiger hanner - thsca attorney Jeni Neatherlin - granger isd Tim Prukop - Eckertt Sports (N.I.L. Info) bill theodore - taso dave thompson - utsa soccer: pete cuadrado - tarleton univ. Womens justin rhodes - stephenville hs
softball: Mark cumpian - Tarleton Nicole Dickson - SFA Jo Evans - Texas A&M univ. Kenny Gajewski - Oklahoma State Mark Larriba - Flower Mound HS jennifer mcfalls - kansas Iyhia McMichael - Frisco Emerson HS cat osterman - u.s. olympian Guyla Smith - West HS wade womack - dripping springs hs wrestling: rex anderson - wrestling officials assn. chuck brown - the colony hs jessica fresh - northwest isd randi miller - texas women's univ. tim ray - cypress ridge hs brian smith - univ. of missouri success academy: mac acuna - performance course roel de anda - soccoro isd gary howard - houston hs - softball jessica linson - south oak cliff hs - girls basketball austin obeng - frank black ms cirilo ojeda - aldine hs - football armando rangel - harlingen hs - baseball john smith - northeast early college - boys basketball ruben torres - marlin hs - football tennis: brent abilez - san angelo central hs jeff davidson - cc veterans memorial hs david denham - lubbock corodano hs michael gazaway - needville hs daniel marshall - a&M consolidated hs terri saunders - pflugerville Hendrickson hs track & Field: nick brattian - brattain sports performance Shelton Ervin - summer creek hs - live turf demo christina holland - judson hs terrenee knight -lakeview centennial hs karmen sanders - round rock mcneil hs June villers - Desoto hs- live turf demo volleyball court demonstrations: Heather archibald - Wink HS Haley Eckerman - Kent State terry gamble - blinn jc kylie kunefke - alvin hs scott mattera - our lady of the lake univ. Lauren Rao - tcu (formerly Keller HS) Heather Sanders - nb CAnyon HS Adrian smith - Gregory-Portland HS jason williams - tcu Maddie Williams - Brandeis HS
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s ie it n u t r o p p o n mandatory educatio The response to offering early access to UIL mandatory CCP courses online was phenomenal and we intend to continue this for the 2022 convention.Those who register for Coaching School by July 1, will receive early access instructions via email on Sunday, July 10, 2022. Coaches will also be provided opportunities to complete ALL of the mandatory UIL Coaches Certification Program (CCP) courses onsite as well. Mandatory CCP Courses to be completed annually, as outlined by the University Interscholastic League: Constitution & Contest Rules (Course #103) One Hour of Elective (to be selected from Ethics, Leadership, Character Development, Strength & Conditioning, Sportsmanship or PAPF/Waivers/UIL Portal) (Course #105, #105-B, #105-C, #105-D, #105-E, or #105-F)
UIL Steroid Education (Course #102) Safety Training (state law) (Course #106) Concussion Training (state law) (requirement of 2-hours every 2 years. If a coach will take one hour
of concussion training annually, his certification will always be current. A brand-new coach will need to complete two hours the first year.) (Course #107 or #107-B)
Sport Specific Rules Training – Each sport has a sport specific CCP module, you must complete the individual sport training for EACH sport you coach. JH/MS coaches only need to complete the Junior High Rules Training, individual sports are not required for JH/MS coaches. (All Courses #s in the 200’s)
Best Practices in Tackling (Required for football coaches only. Tackling Certification will be required
once every 2 years and the course is included for free for in-person attendees only with the purchase of Coaching School Tuition.) (Course #204-B)
Fundamentals of Coaching in Texas (Required for first year coaches (or JH volunteers) in their first year to coach in Texas.) (Course #101)
THSCA Regional Meetings will be Monday, 7/18 from 3:45-5:00 PM. Reg 1 - Exhibit Hall - Volleyball Court Reg 2 - Exhibit Hall - Basketball Court Reg 3 - Hemisfair Ballroom C1-C2 Reg 4 - HBGCC Rm 221 Reg 5 - HBGCC Stars at Night Blrm B1-2 Reg 6 - HBGCC Rm 225 Reg 7 - Hemisfair Ballroom C3 Reg 8 - HBGCC Stars at Night Blrm B3-B4
The THSCA General Meetings will be Tuesday, 7/19 at 11:30 AM in the HBGCC Stars at Night Ballroom. MAY 2022
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HELPING STUDENT-ATHLETES
LOSS
DEAL WITH
BY STEPHEN MACKEY FOUNDER OF 2WORDS CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT THIS LESSON IS PART OF OUR 4-L CURRICULUM VIDEO SERIES, watch it now at www.thsca.com/4l
Even before COVID-19 hit a couple of years ago, one in 14 kids would experience the loss of a parent or grandparent while in school. That doesn't even include the students who would lose a sibling or a cousin or even a beloved pet. Loss of a loved one isn't something that we just bounce back from. It takes time, and it takes help from others that we care about. For a lot of kids, their coaches are the first people they turn to when they lose someone special. I'm going to share four things to keep in mind that will help you help them, but if you aren't sure how to help in that situation, I also encourage you to contact your school counselor's office to ask about their available resources. Helping kids deal with loss involves a simple concept: You have to CARE. That means you need to commit, ask, respect, and empathize. Let's look at each aspect of CARE a little closer.
COMMIT Your first instinct when faced with a student coping with grief and loss might be to make commitments like "You can call me any time" or "I'll help with whatever you need." There's nothing wrong with making a commitment to help. That can be very soothing for someone who has just lost a parent or guardian. 46
The problem comes when we make commitments that we can't keep. If you say "call any time" but then don't pick up the phone, that's worse to the student than if you'd never made the commitment at all. Commitments need to be the right size for the relationship and the situation. Meaning, if you don't know more than this student's name and grade, maybe don't commit to taking a phone call at any time, day or night.
ASK Unless you have an extremely close relationship with a student-athlete, chances are that they will need permission to open up to you. In other words, you're going to have to ask them how they are doing. And you'll have to do it more than once over the subsequent weeks and months. Healing from loss takes time, after all. Ask how the student is feeling emotionally and physically.Ask how they are coping with going back to school or reintegrating into the team. Ask if there's anything you can do to make things easier. Of course, you don't need to ask all of these things at once. But over time, ask different things to help get a better picture of how the student is really coping with their loss. This also gives them an outlet to express what they are feeling, which is helpful for the grieving process. MAY 2022
RESPECT When you commit to helping and ask how they're doing, students are going to develop the confidence to make requests. This is good! It means they are willing to be vulnerable enough to ask for help. Maybe they need an extension on a project or maybe they need to sit out of practice and games for a while. It can be hard to give them what they ask for, but if they are willing to take the step to make the ask, then we should do our best to respect their needs and wishes. Every person will respond to loss differently. Some athletes may find themselves unable to practice or focus on school while others want nothing more than to throw themselves into competition or school work. Some will want to talk about the person they lost or the circumstances of the loss, and others won't even want it to be mentioned. We have to do our best to respect what each student needs and be aware that it will vary from one student to the next.
EMPATHIZE Never underestimate the power of your presence. Just being there for a student when they've experienced a great loss can be an immense help. Even if you aren't talking about the loss, just being around and showing that you care about them as a person, not just a player, is so valuable. Just be a caring adult who is around to help if they need it.
That's all empathy really is: being there. Maybe you show your empathy through sending them a message or writing a note. Maybe you show it by walking to the field with them and asking about their trading card collection (or whatever you know they like outside of sports). Whatever it is that you do, make sure it's related to the person, not the player.
A FINAL THOUGHT: The counselor's office at your school is an important resource for helping students who are coping with grief or loss. Not only are counselors trained to help students through times like this, but they also have resources available for teachers and coaches so they can help students through it, too. CARE isn't a magic formula for helping your student-athletes heal. And it's not the final word on helping others cope with grief. It's a simple acronym that you can use to help guide your actions while interacting with students who have lost someone important to them. I like this acronym because the four parts are all useful on their own, but also because helping students really does come down to the simple act of caring.
WHEN WE CARE, THEN WE CAN CARE.
This article was written by Stephen Mackey (@MackeySpeaks), founder of 2Words Character Development (www.2Words.tv), and is a part the 4L’s: Listen, Learn, Love, and Lead Curriculum written by Stephen for the THSCA I.D.E.A committee. For more information, or to access the 4L’s Curriculum, visit www.thsca.com/4l, or contact Coach Mackey directly at 979-777-3022. MAY 2022
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For a complete list of fall sport academic all-state recipients please visit www.thsca.com/academic
baseball Luke Ivy, Albany HS Colton Kaase, Bellville HS Caden Key Page, Braswell HS Andrew Deaton, Brewer HS Leonel Pena, Bruni HS John Wilson Brizzi, Byron Nelson HS Sean Pettit, Churchill HS Connor Habhab, Clear Springs HS Griffin Phillips, Clifton HS Peyton Johnson, Denison HS Jason Gomez, Farmersville HS Luke DiCuffa, Fredericksburg HS Matthew Walters, Granbury HS Joseph Medina, Harlan HS Stefan Stahl, JJ Pearce HS Carter Rasmussen, Justin Northwest HS Garrett Thompson, Katy HS William Doolittle, Katy HS Cason Cox, Kilgore HS Diego Martinez, Klein Cain HS Drew Davis, Lake Highlands HS Cole Jefferson, Liberty Hill HS Kyle Londrie, Los Fresnos HS Gregory Jones, Los Fresnos HS Xavier Hirsch, Mansfield HS Brady Schwab, McKinney Boyd HS Jaxon Cota, McKinney Boyd HS Cole Greinke, McNeil HS Saylor Black, Newman Smith HS Trey Pepper, Nocona HS Brock Bearden, Pleasant Grove HS Jacob Devenny, Prosper HS Morgan Machac, Rice Cons. HS Casey Nance Jr., San Augustine HS Chase Blackburn, Shallowater HS Drake Dodder, Sherman HS 48
Caden Chrismon, Shiner HS Kevin McCarther, Tarkington HS Clayton Moore, Vandegrift HS Kaden Kolle, Victoria East HS Cole Foster, Westlake HS Landon Anderson, White Oak HS Lillian Tucker, White Oak HS Will Norris, Wimberley HS
golf Maddox Higbee, Arlington Martin HS Rhenny Hoang, Benjamin O. Davis HS Lance Davis, Berkner HS Jackson Horvath, Churchill HS Isabelle Irani, College Park HS Caroline Vo, Elkins HS Ella Hoff, Forsan HS Brayden Bowin, Harmony HS Colin Howard, Iowa Park HS Matthew Spaulding, Klein Cain HS Hayden Gatlin, Lake Travis HS Ryan Ko, Lebanon Trail HS Gabriana Garrido, Los Fresnos HS Jennifer Laznovsky, Los Fresnos HS Katelyn Barrera, Los Fresnos HS Hayden Beck, McAllen HS Ashley Liu, Plano West Senior HS Maia Giddiens, Plano West Senior HS Devin Farrell, Richardson HS Jacelyn Chervenka, Rogers HS Cason Johnson, Seminole HS Jeremiah Lew, Southlake Carroll HS Sam Turner, Spearman HS Katie Starr, Texas HS Jackson Patterson, Texas HS Niang Kim, Trimble Technical HS Advait Modak, Vet. Memorial HS - CC Ross Harvey, Westlake HS
girls track Robin Giles, Alamo Heights HS Claire Clark, Andrews HS Vivienne Brown, Austin Westlake Lillia Kobzar, Austin Westlake Emily Moore, Bastrop HS Catherine Knox, Boerne Champion HS Anna Giles, Boerne Champion HS Deborah Bong, Cedar Ridge HS Sarah Coblentz, Celina HS Isabel Ebben, Cinco Ranch HS Amira Sefidi, Creekview HS Karsten Bobb, Dripping Springs HS Kayla Marie Craven, East View HS Rylee McChristian, Graham HS Rebecca Tietze, Gregory-Portland HS Hailey Tucker, Haltom HS Tatiana Valdez, Harlan HS Jordan Mueller, Keller HS Auriel Harwig, Keller HS Sydney Fulton, L. C. Anderson HS Allison Fortman, McKinney Boyd HS Alex Underwood, Montgomery HS Meirabella Rouane, Needville HS Lexi Maul, Pampa HS Aimee Ebeling, Paschal HS Caroline Rooney, Paschal HS Avica Burrill, Port Aransas HS Kayla Myers, Reagan County HS Julianna Jaasma, Ridge Point HS Jourdin Edwards, Rock Hill HS Sara Compton, Rock Hill HS Reagan Bohman, Samuel Clemens HS Arianna Rosati, Stephenville HS Allison Dougherty, Tomball HS Ellie Hammond, Waco Midway Paulina Mata, West Rusk HS
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boys track Ethan Feinstein, Alamo Heights HS Luke Ivy, Albany HS Maverick Savage, Aledo HS Vidit Tripathi, Argyle HS Dylan Ballard, Bellaire HS Colton Kaase, Bellville HS Riley Kuhlman, Brazoswood HS Hudson Baese, Canyon HS Tyler Clayton, Canyon HS Aidan Pulmano, Clements HS Griffin Phillips, Clifton HS Rudra Raval, Coppell HS Faizan Noorani, Creekview HS Brant Melton, Dripping Springs HS Weston Kirk, Dripping Springs HS Nishil Shah, Fort Bend Austin HS John Dulaney, Fredericksburg HS Luke DiCuffa, Fredericksburg HS
Jack Graham, Graham HS Taylor Long, Hamilton HS Logan Nasky, Irving Macarthur HS Kyle Sumners, La Vernia HS Charlie Silva, Lake Highlands HS Davis Klemchuk, Lake Highlands HS Alexander Stephenson, Lee HS Cole Paulus, Lovejoy HS Seth Ramsey, Maypearl HS Jack Eaton, McKinney Boyd HS Ryan Fraser, Memorial HS Sahaj Bhakta, Memorial HS Stephen Mucher, Memorial HS Bradyn Huffman, Midland Legacy HS Zach Porter, Navarro HS Cade Pearson, Paradise HS Chasten Musenda, Paschal HS Leslie Schluckwerder, Paschal HS Austin Curtis, Robert G. Cole HS Jadon Swearingen, Round Rock HS
Sebastian Lira, Seven Lakes HS Ian Goodwin, Smithson Valley HS Gavin Taggert, Sundown HS Andres Barrios, Tompkins HS Nathanael Berhane, Wylie HS
softball Marissa Powell, Aledo HS Paige Geyer, Calallen HS Tess Homeyer, Caldwell HS Jentrye Bellar, Clarendon HS Jenna Tansiongco, Elkins HS Megan Tansiongco, Elkins HS Tara Mayes, Gruver HS Aubrey Clayton, Lone Oak HS Kyndal Missildine, Redwater HS Camilla Buchanan, Stephenville HS Presley Johnston, Tyler Legacy HS Devin Chaky, Wylie HS Sarah Roberge, Wylie HS
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2022 THSCA
SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS The THSCA annually awards 10 - $2,000 scholarships, as well as 1 - $2,500 Eddie Joseph Memorial Scholarship and 1 - $2,005 Fisher Woodchick Memorial Scholarship to graduating seniors that are the child of a member in good standing of the THSCA.
shannon breuer
Hannah Carbajal
Avery Donaldson
alyssa garcia
child of thsca member
child of thsca member
child of thsca member
child of thsca member
Champion HS
Jennifer Breuer
sam haines
Banquete HS
Jesse carbajal
chris donaldson
lyford HS
PEdro Garcia
foster HS
springtown HS
shadow creek HS
ella hestand
mallory mays
child of thsca member
child of thsca member
child of thsca member
child of thsca member
fisher woodchick Memorial Scholarship Winner
Eddie Joseph Memorial Scholarship Winner
jerry haines
erin hall
sanger HS
pat hall
jimmy hestand
elkhart HS
Roger Mays
rylee mCchristian
rachel smith
Reeve Ullrich
lacie weinschenk
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aransas pass HS garry smith
denton HS
john ullrich
celina HS
breck holman
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Eddie Joseph Memorial Scholarship Recipient
LACIE WEINSCHENK
Attended Celina HS with a 4.0 GPA
Sports Trainer for 4 years; 3-Year Rugby Team Member; 4-Years on Powerlifting & Track Team
Seeking a Degree in
BIO MEDICAL SCIENCE
FROM TARLETON
STATE UNIV.
Has aspirations of working in a clinic or hospital in the field of Labor & Delivery or Pediatrics.
An Excerpt from Lacie's Scholarship Essay:
My journey has not always been easy and I have learned through my struggles that one thing that can't be taken from you is your education. I am determined to continue my education and obtain my degree, so I have more control over my future. My dad passed away unexpectedly in 2013 when I was nine years old. My mom turned to drugs and alcohol as a way to cope with my dad's death, which caused even more damage to our family. During this time I found that my only "safe" place was school. My mom was making bad decisions and brought unsafe people into our lives. We were suffering from poverty, neglect and even worse. After concerns from the school, CPS placed us temporarily with my older brother. My brother was a young, single coach but agreed to take us in and did his best to "parent" us while my mom got help. When staying with my brother, I saw that his education had allowed him to have a better life and more opportunities. When it was decided my mom was better, my sister and I were returned to live with her. Things were okay for a short time but then she fell back into the same pattern and we were left to fend for ourselves. My mom died of a drug overdose the summer before 6th grade and my brother did not hesitate to take custody of my sister and I. Becoming a "parent" in your mid-20's has its own set of challenges, but he has been strict, held me accountable, and above all, loved me and made me believe in myself.
What has being involved in athletics taught you about life?
As a sports trainer, I’ve learned it is much more than taping an ankle or putting a bandaid on someone. I have an amazing group of people around me including coaches, athletes, and trainers. We’ve learned to respect each other, help each other, and learn how to be selfless. We are a team no matter how long the days are, no matter how long the games or practices are, and no matter what the task is. It can be a tough task to be a sports trainer but it has allowed me to build character and discipline.
What are you most proud of in your high school career?
The most proud I’ve been of myself in my high school career would be my journey through powerlifting. I started off just trying the sport to see what it was about and if I would like it. It turned into something I am so grateful for. I participated in the sport all four years of high school and gained more strength and confidence each year. I qualified for regionals all four years, winning the Regional meet two of those years. I also qualified for state my junior and senior year placing top ten both times. Receiving these honors and medals is amazing, but looking back at where I started to where I finished is the true accomplishment. I’m so proud that I was a part of a competitive sport that allowed me to grow as a person and an athlete.
Tell me a lesson you have learned from your brother that has most influenced the person you are today and who you want to become?
My brother really challenged me and pushed me to become the competitor, athlete, and person I am today. He wants me to succeed, he tells me when I could try harder, and most importantly he has celebrated my accomplishments with me. The most important lesson I’ve learned from him is to not settle. In life, in sports, and in school I can not accept doing the bare minimum. If I want to do something I need to give 110 percent. The integrity and hard work he has taught me has definitely helped me envision how I can handle challenges in college and in my future.
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SOFTBALL THOUGHTS AUTONOMY-SUPPORTIVE COACHING TO INCREASE ATHLETE MOTIVATION
BY WADE WOMACK
DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL HEAD COACH/ATHLETIC COORDINATOR
A LITTLE BACKGROUND I got into softball back in the fall of 2003 while serving as an assistant baseball and football coach at Medina Valley. During the 2003 season, Medina Valley earned the silver medal after falling to Crowley in the state championship game. I was coaching baseball at the time, but I went to as many games as I could that year supporting our girls. The game was fast paced, relied almost exclusively on the short game and great defense. Back in the day, trying to hit a 65 mph rise ball at 40 feet was not an easy thing to do and you better defend the bunt well. Our softball job opened up late in the fall of 2003 and I went to our athletic director, Brian Emerson, and told him that I know you are in a tough situation, but I would be more than willing to take over on an interim basis as long as next season I am able to get my pitching coach job back in baseball (and lo and behold that was the end of my baseball coaching career). My asst., Terry Barton, also our head girls basketball coach and great friend, filled me in on the differences and similarities between baseball and softball. Immediately, I set out to find a softball clinic and the rest is history, 19 seasons later and I am still doing what I was meant to do. To top it off, we also had to learn the new DP/Flex rule back in 2004 as well. I think some of us out there still struggle with all of the nuances of the DP/ Flex rule. That in of itself could be a whole other clinic. A few short years later, I had the privilege of watching my girls win the 2007 state championship. I will never forget our only senior accepting the state championship trophy and the joy on my girls’ faces when that gold medal was placed around their necks. I’ve been trying to win another one ever since.
MENTORSHIP Even after 19 seasons, I still attend as many clinics as I can. I made it a point early on to try not to stagnate as a coach. I am always tweaking, 56
stealing, and borrowing ideas and ideology to become a better coach. There are so many great organizations out there that support softball, TGCA, NFCA, Gulf Coast Softball Clinic, and THSCA. My advice, get involved with all of them. Attending the NFCA convention has opened up all sorts of doors with our college coaches and a big part of our successes is not what we know, but who we know. This fall the NFCA Convention is in San Antonio. Here are some of the folks to thank along the way for their mentorship early in my career. Billy Hicks, David Orsag, Laneigh Clark, Terry Barton, Wade Wilson, the late Keith Tuck, Jennifer Fox, the late Rusty Erwin, James McClanahan, and so many more. I watched, I listened, and I made what they did well become a part of what we do well. Get to know other coaches. Network, watch what they do, absorb their knowledge of the game and apply it to your own philosophies. The one thing that I have noticed over the past several years is that not enough of our younger coaches are attending clinics and networking with other coaches. If you want to be successful, get out there and get to know the top coaches in the game. I never had a coach tell me no.
THE EVOLUTION OF THE GAME & PHILOSOPHIES If I only I knew then what I know now. One of the biggest takeaways I learned from Wade Wilson (Texas Lutheran Head Coach) and Scott Smith (Head coach of the Bombers 18 Gold Team), was aggressiveness on the bases. I am still not as aggressive as they are, but getting better. When I came into the game coming from baseball, my mentality was to do what everyone else was doing. Steal on first and third, rocker step leadoffs, hit and run, and take a base on a weaker armed catcher. When I first transitioned to softball my thought process was the field is smaller, the catcher should gun us out every time. However, watching these coaches manipulate the bases, I quickly changed that approach. The pitcher still has to make a good pitch and the catcher still has to catch it, make a good throw, and the fielder still has to secure the ball and make a tag without dropping the ball. This year, we are right at a 96 percent success MAY 2022
rate running the bases utilizing this approach. As a coach, study the shortstop and their timing to the bag. A few years ago, we are playing a big time catcher with a big time arm and we took six bases on that team because the short stop was slow getting to the bag or could not handle the throw from the catcher. Make sure as a coach you are checking positioning, who has the bag, try and get tendencies on what the pitcher is throwing, and allow your green light runners to take a base if they read a change or they see the catcher sticking it trying to get a third strike or the pitcher and catcher are not paying attention. It’s ok to be aggressive. Work hard on your timing coming off the bag. We now do the track start. Study the pitcher. Is the arm speed the same on every pitch? Do they slow down when they are throwing a change-up? A great runner will read these tendencies as well.
loses championships. Don’t expect your kids to make routine plays if you do not practice routine plays and the same goes for the spectacular play. Expect your kids to make a catch at the wall, but practice making that catch. If they have not practiced it, don’t expect them to make that play in a game.
Today’s game is built more towards power numbers especially home runs. I have had several players over recent years, modify their swings to try and accomplish these goals.The big term now is launch angle. As our hitters are learning this approach, I have noticed an upward trend in strikeouts and home runs. Regardless, of the philosophies, the hitter still has to get their bat on level with the ball. I have seen a few with this approach swing at a rise and miss it by a foot because the swing may be right, but the path to the ball is not right.
“Make the spectacular look routine.”
I guess I am still old school. Make contact, get the bunt down, move a runner over, squeeze in a run, and manipulate the bases. All of these teams with 50 plus homeruns amaze me, as the most we have ever had in as season is 25. It’s not that we don’t want to launch home runs, it’s more of the fact that many of my players are not built for that or they keep missing the high pitch by a foot so we bunt. Maybe it is the latter. My advice, spend most of your time in practices perfecting the things you do well and improving on the things you do not do well. We spend a great deal of time base running, bunting, sacs, drags, squeezes and defending these as well. I still believe defense wins championships and
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Lastly, stick to your absolutes when it comes to holding your players and parents accountable. Be consistently consistent. Each player has a role and whatever their role is for that game be great at it. You know your absolutes, if you need my personal philosophy, shoot me an email: wade.womack@dsisdtx.us, I am much better at emailing than texting. A couple of my favorite thoughts according to my athletes:
“Make the routine look spectacular.” “The sun has been there for 4 billion years.” “Be perfect.” “Don’t wear your feelings on your sleeve.” “I reckon so.”
My all-time favorite quote: “I hate to lose more than I like to win.” - Jimmy Connors Thanks to THSCA and Amanda Wolf-Schramm (one of my all-time favorite coaches to watch coach) for believing in me enough to ask me to write an article. I hope my ramblings will help you as you progress thru your seasons and career. Don’t be afraid to ask some of us old timers for advice especially when it comes to managing players and parents. We want you to stay in this business because our student- athletes need tremendous role models, such as yourself, to help mentor them on accountability, resiliency, character, respect, loyalty, passion, and just making the world a better place. Finally, leave the dugout cleaner than you found it.
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HOW TO BEST PROMOTE YOUR BY JEROD WOMACK
athletic Director FOR stephenville isd current thscA DIRECTOR FOR REGION 2
TALK ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS
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Jerod Womack Athletic Director
Most every athletic program moves through the daily, monthly, and yearly routine of the 365 day calendar. Most all programs transition from in season, off seasons, install season, and summer workouts. The calendar is nonstop with the expectation of correcting the challenges of the past season or building off what has been successful and filling in the missing pieces moving forward. In a world that is nonstop, it is so important to do things that promote your programs in your district and promote character development in your programs. Promoting your program in your school can be done in many ways. Social media, school newspapers, and a strong relationship with your local media outlets is a great way for your community to see your program. One piece that is also important is to have the ability to share your program and success with your superintendent and school board. Recently I teamed up with our high school principal, Stephanie Traweek, and we gave our school board a presentation of all the programs in our high school and what great things they are doing. School board and superintendents often deal with many deep issues and get caught up with policy/ bonds/ protocols/ and other local issues. It is important for them to see the positive moments occurring inside the school district. It is a great reminder of who they are working and fighting for on a daily basis. 62
Have a slide show and let them know how much you appreciate them in supporting programs and facilities.
The following are a few examples from the presentation to the SISD School board telling them our story:
Football team draped the Band and Stings with Gold State Medals to recognize their appreciation for all they do to make Friday nights special!
Ben Kirbo sets school record with a vault of 16’2! MAY 2022
Coach Jeremiah Butchee receives Teacher of the Year at Stephenville High School!
BUILDING CHARACTER IN YOUR PROGRAMS Another way of promoting your programs is to provide a great product that is attractive to your student-athletes. I asked our coaches to provide some specific things they do inside their programs to build character. Building character in programs is the foundation that allows for great effort and energy to live in the programs and promotes growth from within.
Sterling Doty Congressman Roger Williams recognized our Football State Championship!
District Soccer Champs with both the boys and girls! Another way to promote your programs is to write personal letters. This might be considered “old school” but is very powerful when received by a player, coach, parent, or support group. A written letter that is received shows that you went out of your way to reach out and encourage or thank an individual that is connected with your program. These letters have shown to be very powerful and appreciated by all received. MAY 2022
Head Football Coach In-season we bring in a local pastor to bring a weekly life lesson to our kids.Pastor Ed Dittfurth is then able to build on his theme throughout the course of the year. This year his challenge for our team was to be UNCOMMON citing Romans 12:2 as a guide. Then every Friday morning as a team we go to our school’s FCA Huddle. Where we will hear from various church leaders in our community and coaches here on our campus. Every year we have a team slogan or motto that is developed through the course of our offseason. This past season, our staff really wanted to stress the importance of leadership by all coaches and players. Our Leaders Lead slogan was a quick reminder that we all had the ability to influence any situation for better and all were called to invest in something greater than us all. In off-season we have several things we have in place to develop a culture of team, discipline, and accountability, here are two of my favorites: SPEED CIRCUIT: Athletes are divided into pairs and have to navigate a 42 station circuit while following four simple rules: 1. Do the correct lift (no instructions are given from coaches, you have to watch the group in front of you 63
2. Hands behind your back when you’re not lifting 3. Run from station to station no matter how far. 4. When you’re not lifting, encourage your teammate/teammates. If one of these rules is jeopardized you stop, spread out, and get five up-downs. Then they return to that same station. Once all groups make it around, the SS is put on the shelf until next offseason. MATS: Everybody on the mat competes against the coach running the mats. If one person in his subgroup of four fails to execute, their group has to go back after completing the task. Another way a group is sent back is if one person from the entire group on the coach’s command fails to jump and say Roos while a group is exiting the mat.
Shay Douglas
Head Volleyball Coach/Assistant Track Coach In season we read The Energy Bus by Jon Gordon. In off season, we do Jeff Janssen’s The Team Captain’s Leadership Manual. It’s a 10 week program and 3-4 from each grade level are chosen by their peers as captains and they do this with me every week. Every season each team is faced with some form of adversity: injury, illness, unforeseen losses, a season cut short, but through all those, there is always a positive lesson to be learned. Both The Energy Bus and The Leadership Manual have not only taught myself, but my players, how to handle all the curve balls thrown your way with poise, to continue to stay the course, and always trust yourself.
Beth Phelps
Head Boys and Girls Cross Country Coach We have Monday motivation. Every Monday, Coach McCarty and I pick a kid to share their favorite motivational quote with the team and what it means to them especially when things get hard.
Parker Smith
Head Softball Coach Something that I am really trying to push every day is creating high energy in everything we do. Lately, we have been preaching to get excited about everything we do, big or small. Energy is everything, 64
and when we bring it into our practice/games we are a very hard team to beat! As you know, softball is a game of failure, and we are preaching to the team that we have to have a “next pitch” mentality. Meaning that you cannot dwell on what just happened, but focus on responding. To sum it up... how you respond is what defines you, in both softball and in life!
Kia McCarty
Head Boys Basketball Coach Right now we are doing a spring book study with our off season sophomores and juniors titled Teammates Matter by Alan Williams. We are doing a book study with our off season freshmen titled Hard Hat by Jon Gordon. Both of these groups are working through a private Google Classroom collaboratively in discussion board settings and open-ended questions based on their reading assignments. As far as drills, we have a few... One that we do every day and is called Offensive Cutthroat and it was stolen from TX Prep Basketball Camp.It promotes teamwork, communication, and execution. It is a 4v4 drill that has an offense/ defense. Each group is given a set of rules that must be followed and in a certain order. Offensive rules are as follows... 1. Everyone must be moving/cutting/screening to get open. 2. Everyone must possess the ball before attempting to score or dribble. 3. When possessing the ball, they must square up to the basket or chin the ball in a post-up situation. 4. They only get two dribbles each time that an individual player possesses the ball. 5. The ball must touch the paint. 6. When they score, they must acknowledge the player that made the pass to set up the score. 7. They must run the ball over and hand it to the coach facilitating the drill. If all of these things are accomplished, there will be a point awarded to the offense. If one of them isn’t accomplished, they will be MAY 2022
whistled off and will go to the back defensive line. Defensive rules are as follows... 1. Everyone must be behind the end line out of bounds. 2. When the whistle sounds, each defender must verbally call out how many points their team has as well as hold up a hand signaling their score. 3. They must point and verbally call out who they are going to guard by the number on their jersey. 4. They must call out screens to their teammates as they are occurring. 5. They must have a high hand closeout every time. 6. They can’t let the ball enter the paint. 7. They can’t allow the ball to enter the paint. 8. They must end the possession with a defensive rebound. 9. They will run the ball to the coach facilitating the drill. If all of these things are accomplished, they will get the opportunity to move to offense. If one of them isn’t accomplished, they will be whistled off and will go to the back of the defensive line. The rules can be set to however you style your offense and defense or whatever it is that you value the most in your system or scheme. The end result is that this drill demands perfect basketball on both offense and defense. We have seen this translate into game situations from squaring up offensively to being verbal on the defensive end to officials telling us that our players are the “nicest players they have reffed all year” simply by drilling a perfect basketball setting.
August Dobraski
Defensive Coordinator/Head Powerlifting Coach I think what has helped me the most is understanding each student’s home life and showing interest in their home life, future, and personal goals. Every day, I ask the powerlifting and my positional guys in football how their families MAY 2022
are doing and what is going on in their family life. This gives me insight into what each player needs from me because some kids have great home lives and need me to be more coach with less mentor/ life talks. Then some kids have bad home lives and need more guidance/attention but will also take more to open up about how things are actually going in their lives. This approach to your athletes takes time and is overlooked a lot of times until the athlete has a situation occur. The more you invest time in your athletes’ lives, the more you will impact each decision that they make. The athletes will also be more open to approach when situations occur that they need help with and as a coach you will see more athletes asking for guidance plus a relationship that will last after their playing days are over. This also goes for your coaches that you work with and investing in their lives because with how fast paced each season is, most of the time we forget to check on each other as coaches. Make time for each other and the staff will work harder together for a purpose rather than as a bunch of individuals all pulling in different directions.
Jeremiah Butchee
Head Girls Track Coach/Offensive Line Coach From the day they set foot on the track as freshmen until the day they graduate, the one goal we preach in track is to set a personal record every time they get a chance to compete. We think this is important because whether they consistently win the race by 30m or lose the race by 30m, you are always in fierce competition with yourself. It is not about your natural abilities but about getting better every day. We believe that four years of this mindset will carry with them for the rest of their lives. We tell them to compete with yourself every day to be a better employee, spouse, and parent.
Kolt Kittley
Offensive Coordinator/Head Boys Track Coach In football, we had two all-state wide receivers. One had 2,140 yards and the other had 1,350 yards receiving, but what made them super special is the way they blocked for each other and their teammates. WR blocking is a little about technique and a lot about effort and unselfishness. We praise big plays, but we also praise big blocks as well. It’s 65
a mentality. It became a competition to see how many knockdowns they could get each game. These guys knew it wasn’t all about catching passes and touchdowns but about being the best teammate they could be on every play. Our 2021 football season was special in many ways; I think the biggest reason we had success was because our kids loved each other and played for one another. Love WINS! In track we talk about being a finisher. Doesn’t matter what place you are in, make sure you finish through the line. The world we live in, it’s all about what’s easy now. It’s not easy to get up after falling over a hurdle and finishing last. It’s not easy to pick up a baton and finish the race. I’ve always been told to finish what you start. It could be a race, a sport, or certain circumstances in life. So many people give up and don’t finish things in life because it’s too hard. Hopefully they can take being a “finisher” with them in life to be the best husband, father, and employee they can be.
Jason Hodges
Head Girls Basketball Coach/Head Golf Coach There are a number of things we do in the Honeybee basketball program to get our kids motivated and ready to compete. It all starts with the things you can control. A lot of the time, people focus on things you can’t control; for us, it is the things we CAN control. There are three simple things our kids can control every single day when they walk into the school: (ACE) their Attitude, their Coachability, and their Effort. This applies to their athletic careers, academic careers, and in life. We try to equip our student-athletes with the tools they will need to succeed after high school.
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As our season progresses, we begin our character development, Pat Summitt’s Definite Dozen. Coach Summitt was a very successful coach during her time at Tennessee. Coach Summitt’s Definite Dozen became a proven model for principles of success and leadership. Not only do these athletes learn how to apply these skills, they are equipped to succeed and lead in our program and in life once they graduate. The Definite Dozen is a 12-week program that take us through what Coach Summitt thought were the most important aspects of life.
Jerod Womack Athletic Director
In conclusion, I believe it is so important to promote all programs inside and outside the walls of the fieldhouse or gym. Those moments of success and gains that you communicate with your community and stake holders are extremely valuable as they get to know in more detail all the things that build success. Your programs will grow as your student athletes see your program valued with more than just the wins. The character development that is put into place in each program allows your athletes to become better leaders and leave your programs with the tools to be successful in life. All of these things build alumni that are proud to support and be involved in continuing to grow the programs that gave so much to them. They will be proud to give and support the programs that made them who they are. I am proud of our coaches at Stephenville High School and know they are producing amazing results and leaders because they focus on the small things and promote their programs inside and out.
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