Buc getting another honor

How many halls of fame should Tim Buchanan be in? Well, how many are out there?

Saturday, Buc, as he is known to all in Aledo, will receive yet another well-deserved accolade. He will be inducted into the Texas High School Coaches Association Hall of Honor.

It’s part of a big banquet at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, one of those “Sunday best” occasions. And well it should be as some of the best in their profession are going to be honored.

And make no mistake, Buc is without debate among the best at what he did. To argue this would be akin to debating whether or not the sun is hot or water is wet.

Some things just are and don’t need explaining. Buc being in any HOF connected to football is one of these things.

Make that any HOF connected to high school sports. During the five years Buc stepped aside from coaching football to focus on solely being athletic director, teams across the board at Aledo were consistently among the best in the state.

The man simply knows how to motivate and create winners. For some, that’s as commonplace as getting dressed in the morning, and Buc is in that select group.

Oh, we could go over the numbers once again, and there are certainly some that just can’t be mentioned enough. Eleven state football championships (eight with him as coach, three as AD), the only team ever at any level to score 1,000 points in a season (2013), 26 consecutive seasons with at least one playoff win, the only team in Texas to three-peat twice (2009-11 and 2018-20), a 111-game district winning streak dating back 15 seasons.

And let’s not forget that before he came to Aledo in 1993 Buc was defensive coordinator of an A&M Consolidated team that won a state championship. So, he actually has a dozen state championships on his resume’.

You get the point, right? Find me a better high school football coach on the planet, I challenge you.

But let’s also remember Saturday’s induction is into a hall of honor. Along with his on-the-field success, Buc is one heck of an honorable guy.

As much as he loves to win, he has a passion for sculpting young athletes into good human beings. After all, as he has said, winning is about a lot more than having more points than the other team.

All across this nation are former Bearcats - of course, they will say once a Bearcat, always a Bearcat - who are making differences in all aspects of life. And if you ask any of them, odds are they will have something nice to say about Buc and his influence on them.

The same goes for the community around him - and it’s not just because he won a lot of games and championships. Buc is - and I say this as a friend myself - just a likable guy.

Buc is among some elite company in this year’s class, including:

• David Aymond, who resurrected Houston North Shore in 1994 and led the Mustangs to the playoffs for 20 consecutive seasons along with eight consecutive perfect regular seasons.
• Don Cumpton, who turned around a football program at Sanford Fritch in 1974 after the program had gone several years without a single win. He also had success at Muleshoe and Hereford.
• Bryan Dausin, who led San Antonio Roosevelt to a 16-0 record and a 6A state championship in 1997. He also led San Antonio Marshall to the state semifinals and he was instrumental in the opening of Warren High School, where he coached nine teams to the state playoffs.
• Glen West, who led 21 teams to the playoffs at Kemp and Brenham, including 18 at the latter. His Brenham Cubs played in a state final in 2002, 2009 and 2013, the only teams in school history to do so.

Congrats to all for a job well done, starting with Buc. Enjoy your night.

Don’t forget to vote

Remember, if you haven’t done so already, you can help Buc get into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in Waco. Unlike other halls of fame, the general public has a say in who gets inducted in this one.

Here’s how we can help Buc get in. Go to the TSHOF website (www.tshof.org) and buy a membership. They cost as little as $25, and this gives you the right to vote, along with discounted admission and at the gift shop. For $50, you get free admission and even a hat or T-shirt.

If all goes as it should, we’ll have that induction event to prepare for also in the coming months.