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HISD Roundtable of Coaches gives insight into inner city sports past and present
Houston ISD athletic director Andre Walker had a brainstorm on a Sunday a few months ago.
His vision was to have an HISD Roundtable with coaches past and present to talk candidly about the profession, the challenges of building great programs, the modern athlete, Social Media, a winning culture and everything in between.
Legends like football coaches Ray Seals (Madison) and Tommy Nolen (Lamar) to state-winning basketball coaches Greg Wise (Yates) and Jim Duffer (Milby) to the dean of baseball Rocky Manuel of Bellaire talked of how they built successful programs. HISD is loaded with talent and have some of the best coaches in the state even as they battle a disparity in the haves and have-nots.
VYPE's Matt Malatesta was tasked to moderate nearly 40 of the HISD's best ever as coaches learned from others past and present.
It was historic getting all these coaches in one room at one time and VYPE was honored to be a part of it.
VYPE Live High School Football: Marshall vs. Madison
The Marshall Buffs, ranked #5 in Texas in Class 5A football, finish the regular season today as heavy favorites against the Madison Marlins (1-8, 1-6), and you can hear the game live on vypefortbend.com starting at 12:45PM.
Marshall (8-1 and 6-1 in District 11-5A Division II) lost only to district champion Manvel this year, and the Buffs will enter the playoffs next week vs. the 3rd-seeded playoff team out of District 12 (probably Crosby, Port Neches-Groves or Nederland, all of which are 4-2 in district play and sharing 2nd place in the standings entering the season's final week).
Marshall reached the state championship game at Arlington's AT&T Stadium last year, losing 55-19 to Aledo. It was Marshall's only loss in their 15-1 season.