Bill Text: TX HR399 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Nolan Richardson on his induction into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-02-26 - Reported enrolled [HR399 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR399-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 399 |
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WHEREAS, In a fitting tribute to an outstanding career that | ||
spanned more than four decades, basketball coach Nolan Richardson | ||
is being inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame as a member of | ||
the Class of 2015; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born and raised in Segundo Barrio in El Paso, Nolan | ||
Richardson graduated from Bowie High School and went on to attend | ||
Texas Western College, where he played for legendary coach Don | ||
Haskins; after beginning his career as a head coach at the high | ||
school level, he entered the collegiate ranks in 1978 as the head | ||
coach at Western Texas College; in 1980, he led the Westerners to an | ||
undefeated record and the National Junior College Athletic | ||
Association championship, and the following year he accepted the | ||
head coaching position at the University of Tulsa; there, he guided | ||
the team to a National Invitation Tournament title and compiled an | ||
exemplary 119-37 overall record; and | ||
WHEREAS, Coach Richardson took over the program at the | ||
University of Arkansas in 1985, and during his 17 seasons at the | ||
school, he helped the Razorbacks reach new levels of success; | ||
employing an up-tempo offense and an aggressive pressure defense, | ||
his squads played in the Final Four three times, and Arkansas proved | ||
itself the finest team in the country in 1994, when it won the NCAA | ||
Division I national championship; by the time Coach Richardson | ||
completed his tenure in 2002, he had become the winningest coach in | ||
the university's history; and | ||
WHEREAS, This esteemed mentor has received numerous | ||
accolades, including the National Coach of the Year award in 1994 | ||
and induction into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame | ||
and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame; moreover, he | ||
remains the only college coach to win a junior college | ||
championship, an NIT title, and an NCAA Tournament crown; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dedicated to helping others, Coach Richardson hosts | ||
the Nolan Richardson Charity Golf Tournament each year in El Paso, | ||
an event that benefits a number of worthwhile charitable | ||
initiatives in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas; in recognition of his | ||
accomplishments and his noteworthy contributions to his hometown, a | ||
middle school, a street, and a recreation center in El Paso all bear | ||
his name; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the course of his exceptional career, Nolan | ||
Richardson distinguished himself as one of the top college | ||
basketball coaches in the nation, and he is indeed deserving of this | ||
prestigious hall of fame honor; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Nolan Richardson on his induction | ||
into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame 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 Richardson as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Blanco | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 399 was adopted by the House on | ||
February 19, 2015, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||