R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is pleased to 1-2 extend congratulations to Don Haskins, longtime basketball coach of 1-3 The University of Texas at El Paso, for the prestigious honor 1-4 bestowed on him; and 1-5 WHEREAS, The highly regarded coach who has won a total of 687 1-6 games and coached in over 1,000 games in his phenomenal career at 1-7 The University of Texas at El Paso was elected to the Basketball 1-8 Hall of Fame recently; and 1-9 WHEREAS, He began his remarkable career coaching the boys' 1-10 and girls' basketball teams at Benjamin High School in Benjamin, 1-11 Texas, where he led the boys' squad to a 20-win season; and 1-12 WHEREAS, When Coach Haskins accepted the head coaching job at 1-13 Texas Western College in 1961, he had already established himself 1-14 as an outstanding basketball coach among his colleagues; and 1-15 WHEREAS, Over the next 35 years Coach Haskins led the Miners 1-16 to seven Western Athletic Conference championships and 14 National 1-17 Collegiate Athletic Association appearances; and 1-18 WHEREAS, The seventh all-time winning coach in National 1-19 Collegiate Athletic Association history, Don Haskins was the first 1-20 coach to win a national championship with five starters who were 1-21 African-American; and 1-22 WHEREAS, In 1966, his team won the National Collegiate 1-23 Athletic Association title game over the heavily favored Kentucky 1-24 Wildcats by a score of 72-65; and 2-1 WHEREAS, Throughout his notable career, Coach Haskins has 2-2 been supported by the love and devotion of his wife, Mary, and 2-3 their children; and 2-4 WHEREAS, Coach Haskins has become an icon who has a passion 2-5 for coaching, winning, coyote hunting, and entertaining and who 2-6 allows the spotlight to shine on his players, the school, and the 2-7 city but never on himself; and 2-8 WHEREAS, Coach Haskins exemplifies the best in collegiate 2-9 athletics, and he is a credit to his school, his city, and his 2-10 state; his contributions to college basketball have added 2-11 immeasurably to the sport for the players, their coaches, and their 2-12 fans; now, therefore, be it 2-13 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas 2-14 Legislature hereby commend and applaud Coach Don Haskins on his 2-15 selection to the Basketball Hall of Fame with best wishes for 2-16 continued success in the years ahead; and, be it further 2-17 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be prepared for the 2-18 distinguished gentleman as an expression of the esteem of the Texas 2-19 Legislature. Moreno Laney Gutierrez Oliveira Alexander Haggerty Olivo Allen Hamric Palmer Alvarado Hartnett Patterson Averitt Hawley Pickett Bailey Heflin Pitts Berlanga Hernandez Place Bonnen Hightower Price Bosse Hilbert Puente Brimer Hilderbran Rabuck Burnam Hill Ramsay Carter Hinojosa Rangel Chavez Hirschi Raymond Chisum Hochberg Reyna of Bexar Christian Hodge Reyna of Dallas Clark Holzheauser Rhodes Coleman Horn Rodriguez Cook Howard Roman Corte Hunter Sadler Counts Hupp Seaman Crabb Isett Serna Craddick Jackson Shields Cuellar Janek Siebert Culberson Jones of Lubbock Smith Danburg Jones of Dallas Smithee Davila Junell Solis Davis Kamel Solomons Delisi Keel Staples Denny Keffer Stiles Driver King Swinford Dukes Krusee Talton Dunnam Kubiak Telford Dutton Kuempel Thompson Edwards Lewis of Tarrant Tillery Ehrhardt Lewis of Orange Torres Eiland Longoria Turner of Coleman Elkins Luna Turner of Harris Farrar McCall Uher Finnell McClendon Van de Putte Flores McReynolds Walker Gallego Madden West Galloway Marchant Williams Garcia Maxey Williamson Giddings Merritt Wilson Glaze Moffat Wise Goodman Moreno Wohlgemuth Goolsby Mowery Wolens Gray Naishtat Woolley Greenberg Nixon Yarbrough Grusendorf Oakley Zbranek _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 486 was adopted by the House on March 26, 1997, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House