I have been fortunate to participate in the Senior Game whereby around 40 of the best Seniors in our state practice together for several days and for most of them play one last game. These are the last teammates they will ever line up next to. This year I will stand before them as the AD of the game (not as a Coach) and watch the clock hit zero, the lights go dark, and for almost every single one of them, the pads come off forever. No more Fridays. No more film on Monday. No

One of the greatest privileges I have as a coach is being part of the Senior All-Star Game. We bring together the very best six-man seniors from private schools across Texas for one last week of practice and one final showdown. When you put this much talent on the same field, every coach’s scheme suddenly looks brilliant—the kids are so good they make us all look like geniuses. But the real privilege isn’t the X’s and O’s. It’s the chance to pour into these young men one last

Texas High School Football Coaches with the Most State Championships (UIL + Private Leagues + TAIAO, 11-Man and 6-Man Combined) Rank Coach Name Total Titles League & Schools/Years Won Notes 1 (tie) Gordon Wood 9 UIL 11-man: Brownwood (1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1981) 2A–4A; 400-90-19 career; Hall of Fame. 1 (tie) Jerry Burkhart 9 UIL 6-man: Richland Springs (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019) 1A Div. II; dynasty; active post-suspension.

I took a minute to reflect on last Saturday's State championship and its similarities to others I have been a part of over the years. We were a 10 point underdog and taking on a perennial power. We knew it would be a dogfight, and what do we do? We go back to what we trust most. O’Brien 26! The players call the plays and you if you could mic the huddle you would hear "26 on one—ready? BREAK!” Forty to sixty percent of our plays this season (as they have been for every season)

On a crisp November afternoon at San Marcos Academy, the Grace Academy Griffins used a lethal combination of opportunistic defense, flawless special teams, and a perfectly balanced offense to turn a close first quarter into a 56-35 rout of the Faith Knights. The scoreboard suggests a shootout, but the story of the game was written in red: four Faith interceptions (one returned for a touchdown) and one Grace turnover. Those extra possessions, combined with dominant field posit

In a wild, high-scoring affair Grace Academy punched its ticket to the championship game with a commanding 78-38 win over Grace Classical Christian Academy on Friday night. The final score alone tells only part of the story. The two teams combined for 116 points, 785 total yards, and 11 rushing touchdowns — all without a single punt or field-goal attempt the entire night. Junior running back Elijah Heilig was the unstoppable force for Grace Academy, carrying the ball 27 times

Grace Academy needed just 13 offensive plays to score 54 points and punch its ticket to the semifinals, steamrolling Hill County 54-7 in a quarterfinal matchup that was over before halftime. The Griffin's explosive offense struck early and often, scoring on seven straight possessions — all touchdowns — before taking a knee to run out the clock in the second half. By the time Hill County finally got on the board with a late second-quarter touchdown, Grace Academy had already b