Bill Text: TX HR95 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Tim Buchanan and Steve Wood for leading the Aledo High School football team to a UIL record 11 state championships.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-02 - Reported enrolled [HR95 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR95-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 95 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Head football coach Tim Buchanan and athletic | ||
| director and former coach Steve Wood retired from the Aledo | ||
| Independent School District in 2023 after having guided the Aledo | ||
| Bearcats to a total of 11 state titles, setting the University | ||
| Interscholastic League record for the most football championships; | ||
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| WHEREAS, Tim Buchanan arrived at Aledo in 1993, and his | ||
| successful efforts to build a winning culture for the football | ||
| program transformed the Bearcats into a powerhouse; during the 25 | ||
| years that he coached the team, Aledo won eight state | ||
| championships, and the Bearcats added three more titles during the | ||
| five-year period when he stepped away from coaching to serve as | ||
| athletic director before returning to the sidelines in 2019; his | ||
| final championship victory came on December 17, 2022, when Aledo | ||
| defeated College Station High School in the 5A Division 1 state | ||
| final; with the win, Coach Buchanan closed out his career with a | ||
| 281-58-3 ledger; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Coach Buchanan first joined the coaching ranks in | ||
| 1984 as an assistant at Bastrop High School, and he later held | ||
| assistant positions at Killeen Ellison, The Colony, and A&M | ||
| Consolidated High Schools, the latter of which claimed the 1991 4A | ||
| state title during his tenure; one of the most respected figures in | ||
| the game, he was inducted into the Texas High School Coaches | ||
| Association Hall of Honor in July 2023; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Steve Wood joined the Aledo High faculty in 2002 as | ||
| the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator for the football | ||
| team, working under the direction of Coach Buchanan; over the next | ||
| two decades, he played an instrumental role in the Bearcats' | ||
| phenomenal success; after helping the team win four state crowns | ||
| during his tenure as assistant head coach, he served as head coach | ||
| from 2014 through 2018, guiding his players to three state | ||
| championships in four title game appearances and racking up 75 wins | ||
| against only 4 losses; in 2019, he concluded his coaching | ||
| responsibilities to become the district's athletic director, and | ||
| during the next four years, he provided essential support to the | ||
| team as it made three more state championship runs; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Earlier in his career, Mr. Wood distinguished | ||
| himself as a teacher and as a football, basketball, track, and | ||
| powerlifting coach; beginning in 1981, he was employed at Calhoun | ||
| High School in Port Lavaca, and he went on to work at J. Frank Dobie | ||
| High School in Houston and at Boswell High School in Fort Worth; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Architects of a gridiron dynasty at Aledo High | ||
| School, Tim Buchanan and Steve Wood set a new standard for coaching | ||
| excellence in Texas high school football, and their achievements | ||
| will resonate for years to come; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate Tim Buchanan | ||
| and Steve Wood for leading the Aledo High School football team to a | ||
| UIL record 11 state championships and extend to them sincere best | ||
| wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Wood as an expression of high | ||
| regard by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Rogers | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 95 was adopted by the House on | ||
| November 1, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
