83R5358 BGU-D
By: Marquez H.R. No. 314
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Mike Price retired as head football coach at The
University of Texas at El Paso in November 2012, drawing to a close
an eight-year tenure with the Miners and more than four decades as a
collegiate coach; and
WHEREAS, After arriving in El Paso in 2004, Coach Price
guided the Miners to three bowl games, helped boost attendance at
home games, and increased awareness of the UTEP program at the
national level; at the time of his retirement, his 177 career
victories ranked sixth among active Football Bowl Subdivision
coaches; and
WHEREAS, A graduate of the University of Puget Sound, Coach
Price began his career as an assistant at Washington State
University in 1969; he also gained experience as an assistant on the
staffs of the University of Missouri and his alma mater before
taking his first head coaching job in 1981 at Weber State
University; and
WHEREAS, From 1989 to 2002, he was head coach at Washington
State, and he led the Cougars to two Pacific 10 Conference
championships, two Rose Bowl games, and three other bowl
appearances; one of his most successful seasons came in 1997, when
he earned a host of Coach of the Year accolades; and
WHEREAS, The skill, professionalism, and commitment to
excellence demonstrated by Mike Price greatly benefited the UTEP
football team, and he may indeed reflect with pride on his many
achievements as he embarks on the next exciting chapter of his life;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Mike Price on his retirement from
The University of Texas at El Paso and extend to him sincere best
wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Coach Price as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.