The Museum will feature a rich history of Texas High School Basketball, with the Hall of Fame room, and trophy cases full of exhibits of Texas Basketball LEGENDS that have achieved their fame as a player, coach or contributor. Denne Freeman, Randy Galloway, Frank Glieber, John McClain, Bill Mercer, Eric Nadel, Brad Sham and Charean Williams. It is a complete index of all his amazing accomplishments over the decades. Van Huss died in July 1990 at 72 years old and just six victories away from becoming the nation's all-time wins leader. Wright, Shereka, Copperas Cove, 2011 Tasker's teams set two national records on offense during his time at Hobbs High, including 114.6 points per game during the 1968-69 season and scoring over 100 points in 14 consecutive games. Hours. McWhorter-Snell, Juvean, Collinsville HS, 2014 Fortner, Nell, New Braunfels, 2002 Johnson, Tyrone, Austin and A. Anderson HS, 2014 50 is retired at Bel Air. Only those members logged in with a current 2022-2023 membership will be eligible to submit an application for a THSCA Scholarship. from { opacity:0; } from { opacity:0; } Box 606 DeWitt, NY 13214 Phone (315) 445-8300 Past Texas High School Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees Skip to content FacebookTwitter 281-313-8222|office@tabchoops.org About Us Board Hall of Fame Nominate Past Inductees Inductees Our History Past Presidents TABC Member Schools Newsletters February 2023 January 2023 November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 July 2022 April 2022 March 2022 Sutton-Dodd, Jill, Gunter, 2019 Hayes, E.O. Henry, Bill, Dallas Highland Park, 1982 White won a staggering 18 state championships during his coaching career and put high school basketball in Alaska on the national radar, most notably when his 1993 team at East High entered the national rankings thanks to future Duke star and NBA player Trajan Langdon. Eppers, Suzie Snider, Robinson, 1988 Warren, a football and basketball star at East Tennessee State, won 15 coach of the year awards during his time at Sullivan but never was able to win a state championship as a coach. Beasley, John, Linden-Kildare, 1975 document.getElementById("fc-myFrame").style.animation="fadesin 2.2s"; Schools: Sulphur Springs (Ohio) High School, Lovington (New Mexico) High School, Hobbs (N.M.) High School, State championships: 12 (1949, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1988). Weatherspoon, Teresa, W. Sabine, 1998 @-moz-keyframes fcload6 { Schools: Midway Henrietta (Texas) High School. Hanebutt, Rene, Bowie, 2002 As a TABC board member, he was a great ambassador for the coaches and players in the El Paso area and around the state. The Scholarship Application deadline is February 15, 2023. document.getElementById("fc-close").style.animation="fadesin 2.2s"; Schools: Lake Providence (La.) Jones, Dwight, Houston Wheatley, 1986 English, Jerry, 2001 Tullos, Don, 2003 White, who only had one losing season in 45 years as a coach, died in 2019 at 78 years old. Catfish, 1981 Tompkins, Bennie, Athens, 1980 Rounding out the class is Jim Forbes for his efforts as a player, coach and contributor. Lathrop ran into hot water several times for his practice tactics. The "Father" of Texas High School Gymnastics Born September 20, 1929 Emil Milan was an outstanding gymnast who graduated from Fort Worth Northside HS, The University of Texas, and The University of North Texas. Bell, Emil coached 14 boys and 3 girls State Gymnastic Titles, 51 individual State Champions. 0%{ opacity:0; } document.getElementById("fc-embed-main-box").style.webkitAnimation="fadesin 2s"; Robert "Bob" Hughes is No. The sports writers unanimously agreed with Johnson and in 1951 baseball great Tris Speaker was the inaugural inductee and Texas became the first state to honor its athletes with a hall of fame. Gillingham, Heidi, Poth, 2001 That was followed a few months later by winning the Class A state championship in baseball. Price, Edwin, Corsicana, 1971 Texas coach Rodney Terry was a recent guest on Jon Rothstein's College Hoops Today podcast and spoke glowingly of former SDSU coach Steve Fisher. When you walk into the entrance of the Delmar-Tusa Athletic Complex going forward, you are bound to notice a new addition to the facilitya wall emblazoned with the list of some of the absolute best Houston Independent School District (HISD) athletes and students who have made their indelible mark and are now legends in the world of sports. Hunt,Duane, Borger, 2012 Townsend, Skip, Brock/Argyle, 2016 Bottom line: Morgan Gilbert did something no one in the history of high school sports had ever done in 2012. Kitts, Jimmy, 1987 If a nominee rejects their induction, the Hall of Fame inducts the next highest vote getter. Davis-Pool, Lynn, Canyon High School 2012 Bender, Wanda, 2003 He then reeled off an incredible 11 state championships in a 13-year stretch at Southern Lab High School in Baton Rouge. Red, Dallas Tech, 1975 Learn More. The American Basketball Hall of Fame is giving another opportunity for players, coaches, and teams to be able to be honored at a national level. Beasley-Cooley, Judy, Hawley, 2016 We ask you to do that because McDonald, who coached 59 years, never received a technical foul in over 1,400 games as a head coach. ft., of which 2,000 sq. Davis, Reggie, Waco-Midway, 2019 Nancy Walling(Coach) Walling spent 30 years in coaching, with 25 of those being a head coach at Belton High School and Pflugerville High School. The new coach members include Chuck Darden, Larry Goad and Nancy Walling. Murphy, Jim, R.L. Past Texas High School Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees, Alford, Raymond, Beaumont, 1974 She led the Sandiettes to back-to-back state tournament appearances in 1987-88 and 1988-89, winning the championship in 1989. The Texas High School Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2021. Brown, Jack, Dallas, CrozierTech, 1976 Additional information about the Hall of Fame and the TABC Clinic is available at www.tabchoops.org and 281-313-8222. Battise, Calvin W., Livingston, 1983 Enis, Benniek Krum, 2011 50%{ opacity:0; } } 2 in the nation behind St. Vincent-St. Mary (Ohio) High and star player LeBron James. Victorick, Donnie, Snook, 2010 #wsite-nav-cart-a Wilbanks, Billy, Belton HS, 2012 "+ domain_link +"/widget/"+cause_id; Case closed. 50%{ opacity:0; } Hill, Thomas, Lancaster, 2000 Thank you to OUR SPONSORS. ONeal, Shaquille, SA Cole, 1992 The last 42 years of it were at Mercer Island High, where he won four state championships. Congratulations to our new media inductees! Scholarship Winners will be announced in May 2023. Gaudet liked to joke that he only had two jobs his entire life, at Pine Prairie and when he took a three-year break to go fight in World War II. Womack, Charles, Hawley, 2005 Boone, Russell B., Sweeney, 1986 Harston, Kathy, Southlake Carroll, 1996 Bottom line: Warren Rutledge was a star baseball player at William & Mary College and rose as high as the New York Yankees' Triple-A squad before he began his high school coaching career at Benedictine High. @-ms-keyframes fcload6 { There is no debate. Schools: Chattanooga Brainerd (Tenn.) High School, State championships: 3 (1984, 1988, 1992). Newland, Janis Irby, Claude, 1995 5%,95% {box-shadow: 0 -0.83em 0 -0.4em, 0 -0.83em 0 -0.42em, 0 -0.83em 0 -0.44em, 0 -0.83em 0 -0.46em, 0 -0.83em 0 -0.477em;} 50%{ opacity:0; } 100% {opacity: 1; -webkit-transform: translateY(0);} Sumner, W.W. Doc, Athens, 1973 Forbes graduated from Bel Air High School, played for the United States basketball team in the 1972 Olympics, played at UTEP and was a successful high school basketball coach. Meadows, Sandra, 1991 State championships: 8 (1947, 1949, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964). Evans, Earl, Port Arthur Lincoln, 1995 He was suspended in 2003 for using a paddle to swat players' butts for missing free throws and in 2004 for using foul language at practice. Warren did have a state championship as a player, famously scoring the tying run in a legendary baseball state championship game as a senior at Dobyns-Bennett High in 1952. @2022 - Forward Times Publishing Co. All Right Reserved. The Prairie View Interscholastic League was formed in 1939 as the Texas Interscholastic League of Colored Schools with 21 original members. var new_url; ft. is dedicated to the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame. Wilcoxson, Jim, Canyon Randall, 2012 Bottom line: Former Texas Southern star Robert Hughes was drafted by the Boston Celtics in the 1955 NBA draft but opted to play for the Harlem Magicians for several years before getting into high school coaching and becoming the all-time wins leader in the entire nation. 0% {-webkit-transform: rotate(0deg);transform: rotate(0deg);} Sibley, Gary, Hurst Bell, 2018 She won 647 games during that span, which included 18 playoff appearances, 13 district championships, four regional tournaments, and four state tournament appearances. Van Huss was the East coach for the 1989 McDonald's All-American Game that featured Shaquille O'Neal, Bobby Hurley, Allan Houston and Jim Jackson. Smith, Susan, Spring Westfield, 2010 McDonald, who died in 2020 at 87 years old, had six children who were all-state selections, and they all went into coaching. opacity:1; display:none; margin:15px auto 0 auto; width:930px; position:relative; z-index:1000003; Jones, 1976 Bottom line: The stat that jumps off the page about Bill Krueger's 39-year coaching career is that in that whole time he never had a losing season despite spending his career at four different schools and all in Texas. 0:43 Jim Forbes, who was an El Paso sports icon for decades, has earned a spot in the Texas High School Basketball Hall of Fame. 75% {opacity: 0; transform: translateY(20px);} High School, State championships: 12 (1985, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005). Farney, Rhonda, Georgetown, 2013 Jowers, Milton, 1994 Schneider started his coaching career with high schools in Texas and New Mexico between 1958 and 1978. Davy David, Coach: Served as head coach at Douglass and Cleveland High Schools, winning 733 games. document.getElementById("fc-close").style.webkitAnimation="fadesin 2.2s"; Bottom line: Charles Smith was a college baseball star good enough that he was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds out of Paul Quinn College before he returned home to begin his career as an educator and coach. Boggess, Charlie, 2017 Freiberger, Marcus Ross, Greenville, 1974 Foust, Carroll Slatts, Carey, 1987 document.getElementById("fc-embed-frame").style.webkitAnimation="fadesin 2s"; "+ domain_link +"/widget/"+cause_id Loper, Robert, Frankston 2019 Brannon, Byron Buster, Athens, 1972 Bottom line: You won't find many educators and coaches like John Guice. Pepple was denied another state championship in 1981, when a basket after the buzzer by Spokane Shadle Park was counted as good in what is considered the most controversial ending to a state championship game in state history, regardless of sport. The list is populated with many greats such as Vince Young, Monica Lamb, Darrell Green, Ralph Cooper, Jackie Carr, David Lattin, and of course, the 1985 Jack Yates High School state champion football team. Herrera, Nemo, EP Coronado, 1999 Haskins, Don, 1998 Smith, LaBradford, Bay City, 1995 The class also recognizes efforts that have helped to grow the game of basketball not only within Texas, but throughout the United States.. The inductees were honored at an event on August 14th at the Delmar-Tusa Athletic Complex. Hamm, Troy, Krum, 2010 window.open(new_url); The series will continue heading into the 1980's. Visit the official website PURCHASE ONLINE The Primary Ballot has 20 names, while the Veterans has 12. Gray, Jack ,Wills Point, 1971 0%{ opacity:0; } Bottom line: The most well-known high school basketball coach of all time was DeMatha High's Morgan Wooten, who won five national championships in 45 years. opacity:1; background: url( https://www.flipcause.com/assets/close-icon.png); DeWitt, John, Waco, 1988 Once it made its first induction (baseball star Tris Speaker) in 1951, Texas became the first U.S. state to have a sports hall of fame. 0% {box-shadow: 0 -0.83em 0 -0.4em, 0 -0.83em 0 -0.42em, 0 -0.83em 0 -0.44em, 0 -0.83em 0 -0.46em, 0 -0.83em 0 -0.477em;} (1993, 2005, 2009 and 2013). 100% {opacity: 1; -o-transform: translateY(0);} Bottom line: Few sporting figures in Alaska history have loomed as large as Chuck White, a star athlete for the University of Idaho who was drafted to play in the NBA, NFL and MLB. The Hall of Fame remained dormant until several prominent members of the Waco community created a plan in 1990 to have the Hall of Fame moved to Waco. Bottom line: The next time you feel like you might be ready to lose your temper over something, please keep legendary high school boys basketball coach Robert McDonald in mind. Williams, Max, Avoca, 1972 The Hall of Fame expanded in 2010 to include a new banquet hall, the Health, Fitness and Education Center and Texas preeminent college conference, the Southwest Conference (SWC). He won his 1,000th career game in two different sports, football and baseball. The new class will be formally recognized and inducted on May 6, 2023 at the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in Waco, Texas. Horn, Don, Snook, 2006 High School, State championships: 7 (1991, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2017). 100% {box-shadow: 0 -0.83em 0 -0.4em, 0 -0.83em 0 -0.42em, 0 -0.83em 0 -0.44em, 0 -0.83em 0 -0.46em, 0 -0.83em 0 -0.477em;} Barrett-Castleberry, Vicki, Neches, 2019 One of Staples' former players, Billy Powell, actually wrote a book called "Pride of the Panthers" about the team's accomplishments and Staples' coaching genius over 30 years. } document.getElementById("fc-fade").style.display="block"; document.getElementById("fc-embed-main-box").style.display="block"; document.getElementById("fc-embed-main-box").style.animation="fadesin 2s"; } - Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Release CANYON, Texas - Former West Texas A&M Head Coach Bob Schneider has been selected as a member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2022 announced last night during ESPN2's broadcast of the Maryland/Iowa contest in Iowa City. 10%,59% {box-shadow: 0 -0.83em 0 -0.4em, -0.087em -0.825em 0 -0.42em, -0.173em -0.812em 0 -0.44em, -0.256em -0.789em 0 -0.46em, -0.297em -0.775em 0 -0.477em;} Schools: Sullivan (Tennessee) High School, Sullivan Central (Tenn.) 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