The Eagles of Second Baptist School have been so close to a TAPPS State Title the past few seasons under the direction of John Herndon.

AS JOHN HERNDON LEANED BACK INTO HIS OFFICE CHAIR, A PAIR OF BLACK-FRAMED GLASSES NESTLED ONTO HIS FOREHEAD AND AN ACOUSTIC PLAYLIST SETTING THE BACKGROUND MUSIC, WE TALKED BASKETBALL – THE GAME, THE RELATIONSHIPS, THE COACHES, THE MEMORIES AND HOW HE HAS DONE IT FOR 37 YEARS.

HOUSTON - The next time you see John Herndon, better known as “CH” around the Second Baptist School campus, ask the veteran coach what word he would use to describe his women’s basketball program run of success.

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From the little second and third graders running frivolously across the gym floor to the high schoolers who pull on the Second Baptist School jersey. An undefeated record in district play brought another district crown to Second Baptist School and a first-round bye in the 2021 TAPPS 5A Playoffs. "They have grown a lot," Herndon said. Ertan played a key role on the team in 2020 that made the run all the way to Waco. Second Baptist School faces Incarnate Word-Corpus Christi on Saturday in Victoria, Texas.

This winter the VYPE Media team visited the campus of Second Baptist School for our annual winter media day! We had the pleasure of sitting down with the talented athletes and coaches at Second Baptist to take you inside the program. Get ready for the season as VYPE goes to the Coaches Corner with Second Baptist School Girls Basketball Coach John Herndon!

HOUSTON – Flight Night is an annual tradition like no other at the Second Baptist School. The Second Baptist School women's' team was the first on the docket, trying to protect a perfect district mark. "This was a big win, I think we came out excited and hyped because it was Flight Night," Olivia Walker said. With the womens' game in the books, the men went toe-to-toe with the defending TAPPS 4A State Champions. The Flight Night tradition continued, and both SBS teams played hard for their community.

Emily Blackmon Photo by Bradley Collier of VYPE MediaThe run to a second straight TAPPS Final Four has put Second Baptist School on the map when it comes to women's basketball. During Herndon's emotional post-game speech, he and other coaches touched on the fact of the young girls at Second Baptist School looking up to them. As the seniors walk away, their goal is that what they have done and the example they have been to every young girl at Second Baptist School pays off years down the road for the program. "We want Second Baptist School to be a girls' basketball powerhouse," Ryan said. I hope they keep sticking with basketball because Second Baptist is about to be a girls' basketball powerhouse for good."