Stephenville High School

Public school in Stephenville, Texas, United States

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Stephenville High School, or SHS, is a public high school located in Stephenville, Texas and classified as a 4A school by the University Interscholastic League. It is part of the Stephenville Independent School District located in central Erath County. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.^[2]

Athletics

The Stephenville Yellow Jackets compete in the following sports ^[3]

Cross Country, Volleyball, Football, Basketball, Powerlifting, Soccer, Golf, Tennis, Track, Softball & Baseball

SHS has been one of the most successful football programs in the state of Texas in recent years. Though it did not make the playoffs from 1952 to 1989, the arrival of Art Briles helped turn the program around. Under Briles, the Yellow Jackets advanced to the playoffs from 1989 until his departure after the 1999 season, winning four state titles (1993, 1994, 1998, 1999) along the way. The 1998 team posted a then national record 8,650 yards of total offense and still holds the third and fourth positions on the national all-time list.^{[citation needed]} Since Briles left for the collegiate ranks, Stephenville has continued to make the playoffs (with the exception of 2003) ^{[citation needed]}

Stephenville won their 5th state title in 2012 under head coach Joe Gillespie (a former player and coach under Art Briles), and their 6th state title in 2021 under head coach Sterling Doty, also a former Yellow Jacket.

State titles

Girls Basketball - ^[4]
- 1968(3A)
Football - ^[5]
- 1993(4A), 1994(4A), 1998(4A/D2), 1999(4A/D2), 2012 (3A/D1), 2021 (4A/D1)
Volleyball - ^[6]
- 2003(4A)
Girls Soccer
- 2017(4A), 2019 (4A)

Notable alumni

Hugh Wolfe, 1930, American football fullback for the New York Giants^{[citation needed]}
Branndon Stewart, 1993, American football quarterback at the Texas A&M University^{[citation needed]}
Kelan Luker, American football player and rock musician and a current American football coach
Kevin Kolb, 2003, American football quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals, attended the University of Houston^[7]
Jevan Snead, 2006, American football quarterback at the University of Mississippi^[8]
Cody Davis, 2008, American football safety at Texas Tech University^{[citation needed]}
Brock Holt, 2006, American baseball infielder for Boston Red Sox
Jarrett Stidham, 2015, American football quarterback for the Denver Broncos and previously for Auburn University
Shelby Slawson, Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 59 (2021-Present)
Luke McCollum, 1979, retired Vice Admiral and former Chief of the Naval Reserve (2016-2020)^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "STEPHENVILLE H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
^ "2015 Accountability Rating System" (PDF). Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-10.
^ The Athletics Department
^ UIL Girls Basketball Archives
^ Lone Star Football Network
^ UIL Volleyball Archives Archived 2015-12-21 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Kevin Kolb, QB for the Arizona Cardinals at". Nfl.com. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
^ "Jevan Snead - Yahoo! Sports". Rivals.yahoo.com. 2005-11-13. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
^ "Vice Admiral Luke McCollum". www.navy.mil. Retrieved 2021-12-11.