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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Head football coach Tim Buchanan and athletic |
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director and former coach Steve Wood retired from the Aledo |
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Independent School District in 2023 after having guided the Aledo |
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Bearcats to a total of 11 state titles, setting the University |
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Interscholastic League record for the most football championships; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Tim Buchanan arrived at Aledo in 1993, and his |
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successful efforts to build a winning culture for the football |
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program transformed the Bearcats into a powerhouse; during the 25 |
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years that he coached the team, Aledo won eight state |
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championships, and the Bearcats added three more titles during the |
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five-year period when he stepped away from coaching to serve as |
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athletic director before returning to the sidelines in 2019; his |
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final championship victory came on December 17, 2022, when Aledo |
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defeated College Station High School in the 5A Division 1 state |
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final; with the win, Coach Buchanan closed out his career with a |
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281-58-3 ledger; and |
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WHEREAS, Coach Buchanan first joined the coaching ranks in |
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1984 as an assistant at Bastrop High School, and he later held |
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assistant positions at Killeen Ellison, The Colony, and A&M |
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Consolidated High Schools, the latter of which claimed the 1991 4A |
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state title during his tenure; one of the most respected figures in |
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the game, he was inducted into the Texas High School Coaches |
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Association Hall of Honor in July 2023; and |
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WHEREAS, Steve Wood joined the Aledo High faculty in 2002 as |
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the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator for the football |
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team, working under the direction of Coach Buchanan; over the next |
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two decades, he played an instrumental role in the Bearcats' |
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phenomenal success; after helping the team win four state crowns |
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during his tenure as assistant head coach, he served as head coach |
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from 2014 through 2018, guiding his players to three state |
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championships in four title game appearances and racking up 75 wins |
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against only 4 losses; in 2019, he concluded his coaching |
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responsibilities to become the district's athletic director, and |
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during the next four years, he provided essential support to the |
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team as it made three more state championship runs; and |
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WHEREAS, Earlier in his career, Mr. Wood distinguished |
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himself as a teacher and as a football, basketball, track, and |
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powerlifting coach; beginning in 1981, he was employed at Calhoun |
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High School in Port Lavaca, and he went on to work at J. Frank Dobie |
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High School in Houston and at Boswell High School in Fort Worth; and |
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WHEREAS, Architects of a gridiron dynasty at Aledo High |
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School, Tim Buchanan and Steve Wood set a new standard for coaching |
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excellence in Texas high school football, and their achievements |
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will resonate for years to come; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate Tim Buchanan |
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and Steve Wood for leading the Aledo High School football team to a |
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UIL record 11 state championships and extend to them sincere best |
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wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Wood as an expression of high |
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regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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Rogers |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 95 was adopted by the House on |
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November 1, 2023, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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