Mar 18, 2013 | Basketball, Coach
Hershel Kimbrell Kimbrell was a star basketball and baseball player at Abilene High. He spent 31 years coaching basketball at McMurry University, winning 448 games and numerous conference championships. He is a member of the NAIA Hall of Fame and McMurry’s...
Mar 18, 2013 | Coach, Swimming
Bev Ball Ball, a native of Throckmorton, spent 48 years as a coach and teacher in the Abilene Independent School District. She coached girls’ tennis at Abilene High for 15 years and then spent 32 years as the swimming coach at both Abilene High and Cooper. She has...
Mar 18, 2013 | Coach, Football
Gordon Wood Wood was a 1934 graduate of Wylie High School. He began his coaching career at Rule in 1940. His coaching journey included stops at Roscoe, Seminole, Winters, Stamford, and Victoria before taking a job at Brownwood in 1960. When he finally retired as...
Mar 18, 2013 | Baseball, Coach
B.L. “Blackie” Blackburn Blackburn became the head baseball coach at Abilene High in 1947. During the next 24 years, he assembled one of the most prolific high school baseball programs in Texas sports history. He won 14 district championships. His teams were state...
Mar 18, 2013 | Coach, Football
P. E. “Pete” Shotwell Shotwell’s coaching career, and as director of athletics, spanned 52 years. He coached at Abilene High School, Hardin-Simmons University, Sul Ross University, Breckenridge High School and Longview High School. He coached three state...
Mar 18, 2013 | Coach, Football
Charles “Chuck” Moser Moser became the head football coach at Abilene High School in 1953 after spending six years in McAllen in the same capacity. His record at AHS includes 78 wins, 7 losses and 2 ties. His teams won district titles six years and won three...
