Bill Text: TX HR1584 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Travis Bush on his selection as head coach of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley football team.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-19 - Reported enrolled [HR1584 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1584-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1584 |
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WHEREAS, Travis Bush was named head coach of The University | ||
of Texas Rio Grande Valley football team on December 12, 2022; and | ||
WHEREAS, The first coach in program history, Mr. Bush is | ||
taking the helm of the Vaquero football team as it prepares to enter | ||
NCAA Division I competition; the school will sign recruiting | ||
classes in 2024 and 2025 and kick off its first game on August 30, | ||
2025; and | ||
WHEREAS, A skilled athlete at the high school and college | ||
levels, Mr. Bush was an All-State quarterback at Gregory-Portland | ||
High School, where he was also a member of the golf and track and | ||
field teams; he went on to play wide receiver at Texas State | ||
University, and in 1999, he was the Bobcats' special teams captain; | ||
after graduating with a bachelor's degree, he went on to earn a | ||
master's degree from Texas Christian University; and | ||
WHEREAS, Coach Bush arrives in Edinburg with experience as a | ||
program builder; while serving as offensive coordinator and | ||
quarterbacks coach from 2010 to 2012, he helped The University of | ||
Texas at San Antonio make its college football debut; he gained | ||
further expertise at the collegiate level as an assistant at TCU, | ||
Texas State, and the University of Houston, and he spent one year on | ||
the Buffalo Bills' coaching staff in the National Football League; | ||
in 2016, he became head coach and athletic director at Seguin High | ||
School, and he held the same titles at Canyon High School in New | ||
Braunfels beginning in 2021; and | ||
WHEREAS, The son of Ida Palacios and Rio Grande Valley Sports | ||
Hall of Fame inductee Bruce Bush, Travis Bush lived in South Texas | ||
for two years during his childhood, when his father coached at | ||
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo High School; in all his endeavors, he benefits | ||
from the support of his wife, Diana, and their two sons, Treyson and | ||
Tyler; and | ||
WHEREAS, Travis Bush will now put his experience and know-how | ||
to work in guiding The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | ||
Vaqueros, and the university's students, alumni, and supporters are | ||
justifiably excited to welcome this proven leader to the Valley; | ||
now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Travis Bush on his selection as | ||
head coach of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley football | ||
team and extend to him sincere best wishes for success in his new | ||
position; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mr. Bush as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Guerra | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1584 was adopted by the House on May | ||
19, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||