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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, David Gilpin, athletic coordinator and head |
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football coach for Veterans Memorial High School in Mission, has |
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devoted nearly 30 years to enriching the lives of student-athletes; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Mission, Coach Gilpin graduated from |
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Mission High School in 1984 and earned a degree from the University |
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of North Texas; he began his coaching career in 1990 with Mission |
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Junior High School, guiding the seventh grade B football team for |
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two years before his promotion to Mission High School; there, he |
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initially coached the sophomore team and then became a varsity |
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assistant coach; he transferred to the newly opened Veterans |
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Memorial High School in 2002 and was an assistant until 2009, when |
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he was hired as head coach and athletic coordinator; and |
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WHEREAS, During the past five years, Coach Gilpin has helped |
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his players achieve historic success; the Patriots advanced to the |
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second round of the UIL state playoffs in 2014, 2015, and 2017 and |
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to the third round in 2016; that set the stage for 2018, when the |
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team reached the fourth round for the first time in school history, |
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finishing with an outstanding overall record of 12 wins and 2 |
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losses; moreover, the season became even more special when his son, |
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Veterans Memorial quarterback Landry Gilpin, became the first Rio |
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Grande Valley athlete to be named the Mr. Texas Football Player of |
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the Year by Dave Campbell's Texas Football magazine; and |
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WHEREAS, David Gilpin's dedication, leadership, and |
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commitment to excellence have helped hundreds of students to excel |
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both on and off the field, and he is indeed worthy of recognition |
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for his inspiring record of service; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor David Gilpin for his accomplishments as a |
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coach and educator and extend to him sincere best wishes for the |
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future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Coach Gilpin as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |