Bill Text: TX HR1417 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Russell Miller on his retirement as head coach of the Weiss High School boys' basketball team.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-15 - Reported enrolled [HR1417 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1417-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1417 |
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WHEREAS, Russell Miller is retiring as head coach of the | ||
boys' basketball team at Weiss High School in Pflugerville at the | ||
end of the 2022-2023 school year, drawing to a close an outstanding | ||
career in the coaching ranks that has spanned nearly three decades; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Coach Miller joined the faculty of newly opened | ||
Weiss High in 2017, launching the school's basketball program and | ||
serving as head coach of the boys' team; he guided Weiss to the | ||
district championship and to the regional tournament in 2021-2022, | ||
during only the fifth year of the school's existence and the team's | ||
fourth season of varsity play; under his direction, the Wolves have | ||
made a total of four playoff appearances; and | ||
WHEREAS, This experienced educator began his head coaching | ||
career at Manor High School, leading the Mustangs to three district | ||
titles and three playoff berths in four years, including | ||
back-to-back regional tournament appearances; he next served for | ||
four years as head coach at Frisco Centennial High School and helped | ||
build its basketball program; his final stop before Weiss High was | ||
at Georgetown High School, where his teams advanced to the playoffs | ||
during each of his eight years as head coach, with the 2012-2013 | ||
squad claiming the district crown and reaching the regional finals; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Throughout his 22-year head coaching tenure, Coach | ||
Miller has received six District Coach of the Year awards, | ||
including two with Weiss High School, as well as two All-Central | ||
Texas Coach of the Year accolades; an accomplished high school | ||
athlete in his youth, he played multiple sports at Abernathy High | ||
School, and he went on to earn a kinesiology degree from West Texas | ||
A&M University; and | ||
WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Coach Miller enjoys the love | ||
and support of his wife, Julie; retirement will afford him the | ||
opportunity to spend more time with his family and to pursue his | ||
passion for playing golf; and | ||
WHEREAS, Russell Miller has served as an inspiring mentor and | ||
role model to countless student-athletes, and he may indeed reflect | ||
with pride on his myriad achievements as he embarks on the next | ||
exciting chapter of his life; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Russell Miller on his retirement as | ||
head coach of the Weiss High School boys' basketball team and extend | ||
to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Coach Miller as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Cole | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1417 was adopted by the House on May | ||
12, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||