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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, David Gilpin, athletic coordinator and head |
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| 6 | 7 | | football coach for Veterans Memorial High School in Mission, has |
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| 7 | 8 | | devoted nearly 30 years to enriching the lives of student-athletes; |
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| 8 | 9 | | and |
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| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, A native of Mission, Coach Gilpin graduated from |
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| 10 | 11 | | Mission High School in 1984 and earned a degree from the University |
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| 11 | 12 | | of North Texas; he began his coaching career in 1990 with Mission |
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| 12 | 13 | | Junior High School, guiding the seventh grade B football team for |
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| 13 | 14 | | two years before his promotion to Mission High School; there, he |
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| 14 | 15 | | initially coached the sophomore team and then became a varsity |
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| 15 | 16 | | assistant coach; he transferred to the newly opened Veterans |
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| 16 | 17 | | Memorial High School in 2002 and was an assistant until 2009, when |
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| 17 | 18 | | he was hired as head coach and athletic coordinator; and |
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| 18 | 19 | | WHEREAS, During the past five years, Coach Gilpin has helped |
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| 19 | 20 | | his players achieve historic success; the Patriots advanced to the |
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| 20 | 21 | | second round of the UIL state playoffs in 2014, 2015, and 2017 and |
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| 21 | 22 | | to the third round in 2016; that set the stage for 2018, when the |
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| 22 | 23 | | team reached the fourth round for the first time in school history, |
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| 23 | 24 | | finishing with an outstanding overall record of 12 wins and 2 |
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| 24 | 25 | | losses; moreover, the season became even more special when his son, |
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| 25 | 26 | | Veterans Memorial quarterback Landry Gilpin, became the first Rio |
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| 26 | 27 | | Grande Valley athlete to be named the Mr. Texas Football Player of |
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| 27 | 28 | | the Year by Dave Campbell's Texas Football magazine; and |
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| 28 | 29 | | WHEREAS, David Gilpin's dedication, leadership, and |
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| 29 | 30 | | commitment to excellence have helped hundreds of students to excel |
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| 30 | 31 | | both on and off the field, and he is indeed worthy of recognition |
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| 31 | 32 | | for his inspiring record of service; now, therefore, be it |
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| 32 | 33 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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| 33 | 34 | | Legislature hereby honor David Gilpin for his accomplishments as a |
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| 34 | 35 | | coach and educator and extend to him sincere best wishes for the |
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| 35 | 36 | | future; and, be it further |
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| 36 | 37 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 37 | 38 | | prepared for Coach Gilpin as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 38 | 39 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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