Bill Text: TX SR41 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulating Joe Willis on his retirement as head football coach at Legacy High School in Tyler.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-01-18 - Reported enrolled [SR41 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR41-Introduced.html
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| By: Hughes | S.R. No. 41 | |
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| WHEREAS, Joe Willis is retiring as head football coach at | ||
| Legacy High School in Tyler in 2023, drawing to a close an | ||
| exceptional career in education and school athletics that has | ||
| spanned three decades; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After taking the reins of the Legacy gridiron | ||
| program in January 2020, Coach Willis helped the Red Raiders claim | ||
| their first playoff victory in more than a decade and to win two | ||
| bi-district championships, and the team was a state finalist for | ||
| the 2021-2022 National Football Foundation High School Excellence | ||
| Award; moreover, several of his players have received full | ||
| scholarships to play college football; he has further benefited | ||
| Legacy students through his work as campus athletic coordinator; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, Coach Willis first joined the head coaching ranks in | ||
| 2004 at Iraan High School, and he guided the Braves for three years | ||
| before becoming a member of the coaching staff at Cedar Park High | ||
| School; rising to the post of head coach in 2012, he led the | ||
| Timberwolves to the UIL 4A Division 2 championship during his first | ||
| season and to another state title game appearance in 2014; he next | ||
| took the head coaching job at Colleyville Heritage High School, | ||
| producing playoff berths in each of his five campaigns, including | ||
| trips to the regional semifinals and state quarterfinals; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Over the course of his 14 years as a head football | ||
| coach, Coach Willis compiled an outstanding career record of 113 | ||
| wins and 62 losses; moreover, his teams went 25-10 in postseason | ||
| action, with a combined total of six district titles; among his | ||
| accolades, he was honored as the 2012 Dave Campbell's Texas | ||
| Football 4A Coach of the Year; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Joe Willis has served as an inspiring mentor and | ||
| role model to countless young Texans, helping them to excel both on | ||
| and off the gridiron, and he may indeed reflect with pride on his | ||
| many achievements as he embarks on the next exciting chapter of his | ||
| life; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature | ||
| hereby congratulate Joe Willis on his retirement as head football | ||
| coach at Legacy High School in Tyler 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 Willis as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas Senate. | ||
