H.R. No. 95
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Head football coach Tim Buchanan and athletic
director and former coach Steve Wood retired from the Aledo
Independent School District in 2023 after having guided the Aledo
Bearcats to a total of 11 state titles, setting the University
Interscholastic League record for the most football championships;
and
WHEREAS, Tim Buchanan arrived at Aledo in 1993, and his
successful efforts to build a winning culture for the football
program transformed the Bearcats into a powerhouse; during the 25
years that he coached the team, Aledo won eight state
championships, and the Bearcats added three more titles during the
five-year period when he stepped away from coaching to serve as
athletic director before returning to the sidelines in 2019; his
final championship victory came on December 17, 2022, when Aledo
defeated College Station High School in the 5A Division 1 state
final; with the win, Coach Buchanan closed out his career with a
281-58-3 ledger; and
WHEREAS, Coach Buchanan first joined the coaching ranks in
1984 as an assistant at Bastrop High School, and he later held
assistant positions at Killeen Ellison, The Colony, and A&M
Consolidated High Schools, the latter of which claimed the 1991 4A
state title during his tenure; one of the most respected figures in
the game, he was inducted into the Texas High School Coaches
Association Hall of Honor in July 2023; and
WHEREAS, Steve Wood joined the Aledo High faculty in 2002 as
the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator for the football
team, working under the direction of Coach Buchanan; over the next
two decades, he played an instrumental role in the Bearcats'
phenomenal success; after helping the team win four state crowns
during his tenure as assistant head coach, he served as head coach
from 2014 through 2018, guiding his players to three state
championships in four title game appearances and racking up 75 wins
against only 4 losses; in 2019, he concluded his coaching
responsibilities to become the district's athletic director, and
during the next four years, he provided essential support to the
team as it made three more state championship runs; and
WHEREAS, Earlier in his career, Mr. Wood distinguished
himself as a teacher and as a football, basketball, track, and
powerlifting coach; beginning in 1981, he was employed at Calhoun
High School in Port Lavaca, and he went on to work at J. Frank Dobie
High School in Houston and at Boswell High School in Fort Worth; and
WHEREAS, Architects of a gridiron dynasty at Aledo High
School, Tim Buchanan and Steve Wood set a new standard for coaching
excellence in Texas high school football, and their achievements
will resonate for years to come; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate Tim Buchanan
and Steve Wood for leading the Aledo High School football team to a
UIL record 11 state championships and extend to them sincere best
wishes for the future; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Wood as an expression of high
regard by the Texas House of Representatives.
Rogers
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 95 was adopted by the House on
November 1, 2023, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House