“I wouldn’t change anything. I’ve been places where we’ve lined the field, done laundry, lived out of a cardboard box… being at smaller schools… you learn how to be successful with a lot less.”-Phil Longo
Huge thanks to Coach Kinne and his staff for making the Texas high school coaches feel a part of Texas State
@TXSTATEFOOTBALL
Great staff and great men that truly are all about their players as people. Great things happening at Texas State ✅
Super excited to share that I will be joining the Natalia Mustang family! Super grateful to
@CoachReynolds3
for the opportunity! Can’t wait to get to work!
#AGNB
🐴
Happy Father’s Day to my old man! And tomorrow these two kids celebrate their 57th wedding anniversary! Congrats Mom and Dad! My mom don’t wear shoes(we grew up on a farm, if ya know ya know!)
Got lucky today and won digital down markers 🍀 thank you to
@gridironheroes
@GridironHeroes1
for all you do to support kids and coaches in our wonderful state! Coaches if you are at THSCA coaching school stop by their booth 21092 to support, it’s a great cause and great people!
My HS head coach/AD Coach Rodney Dowell. Coach changed our program, town, and kids mindset in Louise. Our girls/boys programs won everywhere. We had the best dang coaching staff in the state of Texas at Louise. First class man, first class program, thank you Coach ✅
The amount of time and bonds you build with your coaches is family! It’s all about supporting each other and being there for magical moments like this! So happy for Coach Campos getting our 1600M runner to state! This is what it’s all about! Beautiful!
Day 1 is in the books! We had some storms roll through this morning, but that didn’t keep them away! Proud of our kids for showing up and putting in some work!
#AGNB
Fun part about coaching is when drills from practice show up on film. Awesome situational ball security, eyes up during the cut and finishing stiff arm. Proud of you kid! There is no substitute for toughness!
@pzack_10
Good things happening in San Marcos! Thank you to Texas State and Coach Kinne for always having your doors open to the Texas High School coaches!
@TXSTATEFOOTBALL
🐴Momma there goes that man! Natalia Sophomore Leo Buentello(Class of 2027) finishing the night with 17 rushes for 179 yards and 4 TD’s 🔥👀
#AGNB
@ExpressNews
@VypeSATX
@LeoPeo_09
We are proud of you!
Pretty cool. Currently reading “Empire of the Summer Moon” by S.C. Gwynne and it details how the first Mustangs were introduced to America and why they were the perfect horse for the Comanche warrior. 🐴
“…but it could be anyplace in this vast land where, on a Friday night, a set of spindly stadium lights rises to the heavens to so powerfully, and so briefly, ignite the darkness.”-H.G Bissinger (Friday Night Lights)
Beautiful. “Football is what I do, but it’s not who I am. There’s all these things that go into: Are you taking your true self and expressing yourself on the field? It’s the highest form of being authentic. When there’s pressure and competitiveness, that’s the artist”-Dave Aranda
“Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”-Bruce Lee
“Did lovers really fall in love to stay? Stand beside each other, come what may? Was a promise really somethin people kept not just somethin they would say? Did families really bow their heads to pray? Did daddies really never go away? Grandpa, tell me 'bout the good old days.”
Super excited about the upcoming
@THSCAcoaches
coaching school! Super thankful for all this organization does to help kids and coaches in our wonderful state!
The event of the summer is upon us! 🙌 Join us for the 92nd annual coaching school in San Antonio! See what all coaching school has to offer here: 🔗
⭐ REMINDER: the registration fee NOW-June 1st is $60! Price will increase June 2nd.
See y'all there!😎
@CoachTatum90
This past year we had to run all of our pass plays to the right so the kids could remember the plays. I accidentally called a pass play to the left and the entire defense was on the right side of the field. No one was near our receiver
I remember walking this field with a spray paint top and bag of ant killer, climbing the fence into the ravine to get footballs. We had to make the field(measurements and string)and paint lines. Best experience I could have asked for. This place will always be special to me.
My high school coach. This man taught me so much. Thanks for all your patience, love you coach.
“Pass on what you have learned. Strength, mastery, weakness, folly, failure. The greatest teacher failure is. We are what they grow beyond. That is the true burden of all masters.”
Great perspective from Socrates for any educator/teacher/coach. Kids haven’t really changed much since back then. Remember to have patience, understanding, and grace. We are what they grow beyond. That is the greatest lesson they teach us.
“One thing that would help all of our spirit and all of our society is if we would change one thing: Instead of coming up to someone and saying, “How are you today?” Why don’t you say, “Who did you help today?”-Coach Nick Saban (ESPYS)
I couldn’t be more proud of our kids and coaches tonight! They battled all 4 quarters and EARNED this win! I’m excited for this group and excited my family and I have the opportunity to impact this community.
Back to work tomorrow!
#AGNB
“It is a combination of both.
I mean here is natural instinct and here is control. You are to combine the two in harmony. If you have one to the extreme, you'll be very unscientific. If you have another to the extreme, you become, all of a sudden, a mechanical man.”-Bruce Lee
“You can’t make the best of it until you get back your inner pirate. You might be the luckiest guy alive and not even know it.”-Mike Leach🏴☠️
I read “Swing Your Sword” before the start of every season. Good perspectives on so many things.
Where did time go? So much I’m going to miss about these four incredible people right here. They set new records: 53.86 in the 4x100, 4:34 in the 4x400. They will do big things next year in high school track. Thank you girls, so proud of you!
“I think the younger generation of coaches feel entitled. Work in a school where you’ve got to mow grass, line fields, and you APPRECIATE what you have when you have it. Now it’s about “how fast can I climb the ladder?” I didn’t climb it fast, but I’m proud of the way I did it.”
Stumbled across this today on an old USB drive and it brought a flood of memories. Coach McCabe thank you for taking a chance on a coach with zero experience that was still trying to finish college. Starting another season tomorrow but you never forget your first one as a coach.
8th grade girls 4x100M(Busto, Guillen, Guillen, Jones) take silver at the Smithville Tiger Jr High Relays! Way to go girls! We are proud of you!
#ToughestTowninTexas
Beautiful.
“To be successful at anything, the truth is you don’t have to be special. You just have to be what most people aren’t: consistent, determined and willing to work for it.”-Tom Brady
Wow! Tom Brady may have just delivered the greatest quote I’ve ever heard.
“To be successful at anything, the truth is you don’t have to be special. You just have to be what most people aren’t: consistent, determined and willing to work for it.”
Week 1 in the 📚!
Great way to finish the week! Our weight room was busting at the seams! Kids worked hard and handled some new drills thrown at them extremely well. Only up from here!
#AGNB
#TTP
@txhsfbchat
I use the Go Army Football App(Virtual Reality) to teach a play or concept first. Then I also have a cut up of the same play/concept of an NFL or College team running the same play. Kids get more invested seeing they do what college and pros do helps them learn.
Texas high school football coaches, these men are ALL about players as PEOPLE first! Doing things the right way in San Marcos! They also host one of the best dang high school football coaches clinics in Texas! So proud to be a Bobcat!
@TXSTATEFOOTBALL
@GJKinne
@Coach_Leftwich
@flhsfbchat
We had a really young athletic QB so we used boots to get him out of the pocket. This simplified his progression as well, he only had to read half the field(hit the flat or mid crosser), or he could take off and run. Helped keep things simple and build his confidence.
@txfblife
-Don’t get into coaching unless it’s something you just can’t live without.
-Be where your feet are. Treat every job like the big job so when it comes you will be ready.
-We are what they(players) grow beyond. That is the greatest lesson our players teach us.
@coachjacktv
Coach, I have used Nike Pegasus for a long time but just recently I have been wearing Brooks. Brooks are great especially if you are on turf. My feet never get sore at practice from the turf.
We would like to Welcome Coach Diego Patino to our Judson Rocket Family! We are blessed to have Coach Patino take over our baseball team and help coach football. He brings a winning spirit and work ethic that will permeate our program.
@JudsonISD
@JISDRocketPride
@JISD_ATHLETICS
Jermey Irwin
@jermey_17
has been selected as 1 of 10 nominees for the Dave Campbell’s Mr. Texas Basketball Player of the Week Award presented by Chicken Express! Voting is open now through Friday!
Link to voting:
@AlamoCityHoops1
@HDToros
@T_Littlefield10
Want to congratulate my high school head football coach on retirement. Thank you for all you did for my town, teammates, and myself. I would not be coaching if it wasn’t for you Coach. Thanks for running a program the right way and for being a great man.
LEANDER ISD CONTINUES WINNING W/DREW SANDERS ELECTION WIN:
Vandegrift football coach Drew Sanders won the THSCA presidential election for '24-'25. Leander ISD has had a heck of a run of success the last few years. He defeated Gregory-Portland's Brent Davis & Crowley's Carlos
Just want to wish my boss the best of luck on his next adventure! Thank you Coach Langford for being an incredible leader and mentor, words cannot express. Best of luck Coach!
Extremely excited to be back on the same team with
@coachlangford46
!! His defensive knowledge and ability to build relationships will add great value to
@UTRGVFootball
!! You won’t find a harder worker or better human on the planet!! Go follow my man…
#GetYourOrangeOn
#WinToday
✌🏼
@kdawgswift
Slide protection to the right, then read 1, 2, 3. If we determine during the week we like the 1v1 corner to the boundary matchup we will take it right away. Can cheat single receiver split down to make real estate for easier QB throw on corner.
“All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost. The old that is new does not wither. Deep roots are not reached by the frost.”-J.R.R. Tolkien
“Like everyone else, you want to learn the way to win, but never to accept the way to lose, to accept defeat, to learn to die is to be liberated from it. So when tomorrow comes, you must free your ambitious mind, and learn the art of dying.”-Bruce Lee
Very thankful to be part of the best dang coaching association out there!
@THSCAcoaches
association does it right! Coaching school was a blast running into old friends and learning new wrinkles.
@CoachHartman1
After 13 seasons Canadian HFC Chris Koetting is retiring. Koetting has led one of the top programs in Texas Panhandle history. Under Koetting, Canadian has become a blue blood on a state level going 165-24 with 3 state titles. Koetting was also 49-10 in the playoffs!
#txhsfb
WHOA. 😳
Michael Norman just ran the fastest Olympic first-round 400m time ever and didn’t even break a sweat!
#ParisOlympics
📺 NBC, USA Network & Peacock
Love this:
“…the only way you’re really gonna have success is retention & development. We’re never gonna be the people with the most money. We’re gonna have to be the team that develops our players better than anybody.”-Coach Campbell(Iowa State)
Love this. Growing up my parents always walked us out the door and greeted us at the door coming home from school. Not a day passed where we came home and they didn’t ask “How was your day? Tell me about it.”
So much respect for Coach Sanders and how he built Vandegrift from scratch. First class program and a first class man. Proud of y’all! Great season Vipers🐍