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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Mike Price retired as head football coach at The |
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University of Texas at El Paso in November 2012, drawing to a close |
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an eight-year tenure with the Miners and more than four decades as a |
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collegiate coach; and |
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WHEREAS, After arriving in El Paso in 2004, Coach Price |
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guided the Miners to three bowl games, helped boost attendance at |
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home games, and increased awareness of the UTEP program at the |
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national level; at the time of his retirement, his 177 career |
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victories ranked sixth among active Football Bowl Subdivision |
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coaches; and |
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WHEREAS, A graduate of the University of Puget Sound, Coach |
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Price began his career as an assistant at Washington State |
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University in 1969; he also gained experience as an assistant on the |
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staffs of the University of Missouri and his alma mater before |
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taking his first head coaching job in 1981 at Weber State |
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University; and |
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WHEREAS, From 1989 to 2002, he was head coach at Washington |
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State, and he led the Cougars to two Pacific 10 Conference |
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championships, two Rose Bowl games, and three other bowl |
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appearances; one of his most successful seasons came in 1997, when |
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he earned a host of Coach of the Year accolades; and |
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WHEREAS, The skill, professionalism, and commitment to |
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excellence demonstrated by Mike Price greatly benefited the UTEP |
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football team, and he may indeed reflect with pride on his many |
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achievements as he embarks on the next exciting chapter of his life; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Mike Price on his retirement from |
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The University of Texas at El Paso and extend to him sincere best |
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wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Coach Price as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |