That’s the big takeaway I have from my experience with Coach Hall.”Hall has worked at Brack for so long that he has coached about a dozen sons whose fathers played for the Eagles when Hall was on the coaching staff. 2016 High School Football Preview - Brackenridge HS Coach Willie Hall I would have felt bad leaving those kids because I know what they have to go through every day.”The Eagles have gone 136-120 and made the playoffs 15 times under Hall, who was born and raised in Roswell, N.M. While passionate about football and still as competitive as he’s ever been, Hall learned long ago that his job entails much more than coaching a sport.“He’s a great mentor,” said Ramon Richards, a 2014 Brack graduate who was a defensive back with the Los Angeles Rams the past two seasons. The only gift the Eagles could give their coach, The Eagles (6-4, 4-2) jumped ahead early and held off Highlands' second-half challenges for a commanding 42-17 victory.“It's sensational,” Hall said of the milestone, set in his 18th season as Eagles coach. I was a straight-A student, but he always stayed on me.“He wanted to make sure I wasn’t getting caught up in other drama. He treats his players like family. “It’s more than football with him. He played football at Eastern New Mexico and came to San Antonio in 1983 to try out for the Gunslingers, the city’s USFL franchise.SAISD Athletic Director Todd Howey lauded Hall’s longevity at Brack, and shared an anecdote that speaks volumes about the way Hall approaches his job.“We had some issues in the weight room and the locker room at Brackenridge in 2018,” Howey said. © 2020 KENS-TV. The community has been good to me. I had some job opportunities that could have taken me away from Brackenridge to more prestigious schools, but I just felt obligated to stay. “I love coaching, I love the kids that I’m coaching and I love where I’m at. I think that one of Willie’s greatest strengths is his humility. Brackenridge High School football coach Willie Hall speaks with team members before their District 28-5A high school football game against Memorial High … He was a great role model at the time. Hurd’s NFL career ended when the Bears cut him on Dec. 16, 2011 following his arrest on drug-related charges. A 45-yard pass play from Richards to Highlands finally broke through with a 29-yard field goal from Americo Ayala Jr. Jacolby Bass scored on a two-yard run to bring the Owls within 28-10 at the 6:34 mark of the third quarter. “This is it,” he said. Hall also a daughter, Wendy, 6.“I’m going to miss the kids and the coaches, but I’m looking forward to having more time to do other things,” Hall said. He joined the Eagles’ coaching staff in 1983, when Ronald Reagan was in the third year of his presidency, and was promoted to head coach 12 years later.Hall, who turned 64 in February, is the longest-tenured active head football coach at one school in San Antonio. I think that one of Willie’s greatest strengths is his humility.

Butler played football for three years at TCU before graduating from UTSA and earning two master’s degrees from UT-Permian Basin and Western Governors University.“What a lot of people don’t know about Coach Hall is that he is a father figure to a lot of kids in that community,” Butler said. “He’s like family.”After the funeral of Richards’ father on Saturday, Hall paid to provide a meal for nearly 50 mourners who gathered to pay their respects.Hall’s gestures of kindness toward his players and their families, especially when they’re in need, have become common through the years.Former Brack quarterback Tremaine Butler, 39, is one of the football program’s shining success stories. For Coaches. “This is it,” he said. That is what a leader is all about. The community has been good to me. Watch all the can't-miss high school sports top plays. A 2002 Brack graduate, Hurd starred at Northern Illinois for four seasons before signing with the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent after the 2006 NFL Draft.Hurd earned a spot on the Cowboys’ roster as a rookie and played five seasons in Dallas before going to the Chicago Bears as a free agent in July 2011. He will be a senior at the Red McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas in Austin when the fall semester starts. I remember talking to Coach Hall before games and asking him what it too to become a varsity player.“We talked more about life than football. 9/227:30p @ Jefferson (San Antonio, TX) Location: Jefferson High School. ... Willie Hall Address 400 Eagleland Dr, San Antonio, TX 78210 Overall 5-5 District 4-4 National Rank ... Brackenridge High School. “Somebody sent me a picture of Coach Hall mopping the floor. Longtime Brackenridge High School football coach Willie Hall had a three-word reply a few days ago when he was asked if the 2020 season would be the last of his career.

“I love coaching, I love the kids that I’m coaching and I love where I’m at. He wants you to go on and be successful in life. Hurd is currently incarcerated at the Federal Correctional institution in Bastrop.“I still think highly of that young man,” Hall said of Hurd. Not that I view myself as a great coach, but I think Brackenridge High School deserves a good coach, too.“I’m invested in the community. Brackenridge is like home. Hurd’s NFL career ended when the Bears cut him on Dec. 16, 2011 following his arrest on drug-related charges. I was a straight-A student, but he always stayed on me.“He wanted to make sure I wasn’t getting caught up in other drama. He just took time out for people.”Hall coached his oldest of two sons, William, a cornerback who graduated from Brack in 2017.

“I’d like to travel. That allows him to be somebody who can relate to those kids.”When Richards’ father died May 17, one of the first people who called to express his condolences was Hall.“He’s called me every day since then,” Richards said. “He was a great young man regardless of whatever was said or whatever was done.

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