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Coach Young Inducted into Big Country Sports Hall of Fame

Friday, June 3rd, 2011

Please join us in congratulating one of our own on a tremendous honor. Coach John Paul Young was inducted into the Big Country Sports Hall of Fame last month. Here is an excerpt from an article published in the Abilene Reporter News:

Big Country Sports Hall of Fame: Young went from Abilene High to SWC and NFL coaching career

By Sam Waller

As a senior at Abilene High School, John Paul Young knew he wanted to go into coaching.

More than 50 years after leaving AHS, coaching has been a lifelong vocation.

Young spent 42 years coaching in high school, college, the NFL and Arena Football League and, with former Angelo State coach Jim Hess, helped found the Angelo Football Clinic. Young will be among the honorees Monday at the Big Country Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremonies.

“I’m humbled and full of joy about the thing,” Young said. “To be chosen for something like this where you come from is a very, very special deal. It’s among the top honors I’ve had.”

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Inside the League presents former Cowboys scout Jim Hess

Friday, May 20th, 2011

NFL Scout Jim Hess credited with discovering RomoInside the League (www.insidetheleague.com) presents former Cowboys scout Jim Hess at Fieldhouse USA, home of Athletes Performance, in Frisco, TX, Sunday at 4 p.m. The event is open to all ITL clients. Hess will be discussing how to find off-the-radar talent with NFL promise. Check out this link to read about Hess’ biggest find. Come get the kind of inside information only ITL provides!

Coach Hess is one of the founding members and remains active on the field for National Athletic Combine (NAC).

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A glass ceiling for high school coaches?

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Two high school head coaches were harvested from Texas’ high school ranks in the last month as Lake Travis head coach Chad Morris went to Tulsa as the new offensive coordinator, while San Antonio O’Connor head coach Danny Padron was hired as the new leader at Texas Lutheran.

It must be an inspiration for those coaching high school football and dreaming of one day helming a Division I-A college football team in the Lone Star State. Still, even given the recent success of Padron and Morris, realize that the odds are probably long.

Of the FBS teams in the state (Houston, Rice, SMU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Christian and Texas Tech), only one is led by a coach who once worked at a Texas high school. Rice’s David Bailiff led the defensive line at New Braunfels as his first job in coaching from 1982-1984. In fact, he’s the only one of the state’s eight D1 college head coaches who even coached in high schoool.

Ironically, the odds of getting to the NFL after a high school stop are better, at least in Texas. While Houston’s Gary Kubiak never served on the prep level before launching his college and pro coaching career, Dallas’ Wade Phillips coached at West Orange-Stark from 1970-72 as defensive coordinator.

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