Gaines Returns to Permian
from San Angelo Standard Times
The nation's most famous high school football coach is coming back to the place that helped make him famous. Gary Gaines, who was the Permian head football coach during the 1988 season that was featured in the national best-selling book "Friday Night Lights," is coming back to Odessa to be the new Permian coach. More

Mansfield ISD Remains Power in Girls Basketball
from Dallas Morning News HS Game Time
The Mansfield ISD's reputation for excellence in girls basketball was reinforced with Mansfield Summit's 52-43 victory over Houston Nimitz in the UIL Class 5A state championship game at the Frank Erwin Center. Summit's title was the first in the school's seven-year existence, but the fifth for the school district in the last 11 years. More

Aubrey Hires State's Winningest Coach G.A. Moore
from Houston Chronicle
G.A. Moore, holder of the Texas record for most career wins by a high school football coach, has agreed to emerge from retirement to coach at Aubrey High School. The Aubrey school board voted unanimously to approve a two-year, $100,000 contract with Moore, 70, to coach the Class 2A Chaparrals and serve as the school's boys' sports coordinator. More

Churchill Football Coach Gustafson Taking Administrative Post
from San Antonio Express-News
Pursuing what he called a longtime goal to move from coaching into administration, Churchill football coach and athletic coordinator Carl Gustafson has accepted an administrative position in the North East ISD. Gustafson, Churchill's coach for the past 10 seasons, was named the district's interim assistant director for athletics. More

Study Links Fitness to Academic, Behavioral Improvement in Texas Students
from WFAA
Texas students who are physically fit are more likely to do well on achievement tests and less likely to have disciplinary problems, according to a study released Monday by the Texas Education Agency. Based on annual physical fitness assessments of more than 2.4 million students in the public schools, the study found that increased exercise enhances the ability to learn, as evidenced by the higher scores of physically fit children on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills. More

Westlake Hires Permian's Allman as New Football Coach
from Austin American-Statesman
Westlake High School's new football coach comes to town with Mojo in his portfolio. Eanes school district officials named Darren Allman of Odessa Permian to coach the Chaparrals at a board meeting Wednesday night. Allman also will act as the school district's athletic director. The 39-year-old Allman replaces Derek Long, who retired Jan. 29 after more than 30 years at Westlake, including the past six as head football coach. More

Good Free-throw Shooting Teams Have Edge in High School Playoffs
from Dallas Morning News
Few people expected Mansfield Summit to beat Houston Nimitz and its towering 6-8 center, Brittney Griner. "But all it took was the simplest things in the world," Summit forward Starr Crawford said. "Defense and rebounding." And another simple thing: free throws. Summit made 17 of 21 (81 percent). Nimitz made seven of 19 (37 percent), which is terrible for any team and almost unbelievable for a team in a state championship game. More

Quillin Going into THSCA Hall
from Houston Chronicle
Neal Quillin has received many honors during the course of his long career coaching football in the Houston area. This one may be the biggest. Quillin, who recently came out of retirement as an assistant at Atascocita, will be inducted into the Texas High School Coaches Association Hall of Honor on July 22 at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Austin. More