HOUSTON - The Texas High School Coaches Association is “not promoting” Name, Image and Likeness at the high school level. That is not changing.

The powers of the Texas High School Coaches Association made a stop in Houston, bringing the F.A.S.T. Hosted by HISD athletic director Andre Walker at Delmar Fieldhouse, Executive Director Joe Martin, and Assistant Executive Director Glen West were on hand to relay the initiative. The F.A.S.T. Clinic is to teach coaches the proper techniques to instruct their players to lead with their shoulders and not their heads. VYPE's Matt Malatesta caught up with Martin and West to get their thoughts on the THSCA's initiative.

"The Texas High School Coaches Association is very excited to announce our partnership with the Dallas Cowboys. "High school football in Texas represents passion, heritage and tradition," said Charlotte Jones, Dallas Cowboys Executive Vice President and Chief Brand Officer. "It spans generations of families in communities that reach from Texarkana to El Paso, and the Dallas Cowboys are proud to join the Texas High School Coaches Association in recognizing the 100 years of high school football in Texas. About the Texas High School Coaches Association: The Texas High School Coaches' Association (THSCA) is the principal advocate and leadership organization forTexas high school coaches. Our mission statement is simply this: To help and serve our Texas high school coaches as they work to help and serve our student athletes.

Coach Burnis Simon (God Rest his soul) was my High School HC and he is the reason I want to be a high school coach and love what I do. In a survey conducted by the Minnesota State High School League in 2007, it stated the average GPA of a high school athlete was 2.84, while a non-athlete was a 2.68. I am forever grateful for my high school coaches and would not be where I am at today without them. The list goes on and on when it comes to the impact of a high school coach and high school sports. High school is the sports Games, band concerts, choir concerts, theater Performances and all that go into your high school years.

Texas Republican Convention attendees stood for the Pledge of Allegiance in Fort Worth in 2012. I am asking them to have a virtual event.A spokesperson for the state party did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Last week, the SREC voted 40-20 to proceed with the in-person convention July 16 to 18 at Houston's George R. Brown Convention Center. According to the Houston Chronicle, Turner recently removed language from an executive order and effectively took away his own authority to cancel the convention. Last week, the Texas Girls Coaches Association also canceled its in-person convention scheduled for this Monday through Thursday in Arlington.

The NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, planned for March at the Albuquerque Convention Center in New Mexico, were canceled because of the new coronavirus. Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports via REUTERSLater this month, thousands of people from across Texas are expected to gather in San Antonio for the states premier annual high school coaching convention. San Antonio is in Bexar County, which has the fourth-highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the state. The pandemic situation continues to evolve and so does San Antonio and its businesses, she said in an email. San Antonio is known to Texans as a safe and comfortable destination and we are all doing everything possible to keep it so.