Bill Text: TX SR41 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Congratulating Joe Willis on his retirement as head football coach at Legacy High School in Tyler.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-01-18 - Reported enrolled [SR41 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR41-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Congratulating Joe Willis on his retirement as head football coach at Legacy High School in Tyler.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-01-18 - Reported enrolled [SR41 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR41-Enrolled.html
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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 State of Texas, 88th | ||
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 from | ||
the Texas Senate. | ||
Hughes | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on January 18, 2023. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |