March 22, 2017 - The Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC) has awarded Hiram Harrison the Outstanding Coach Award.
TABC recipients are nominated by Texas high school basketball coaches and voted on by regional coordinators and committees and Harrison was selected for Class 4A Region II.
Coach Harrison lead the Roughriders through a great season which ended in the Regional Semifinals round of playoffs with a 8-0 district record and 32-5 season.
Under his leadership, 12th grader Octaxious Evans was selected as TABC Boys All State Class 4A. He also had two players, Octaxious Evans and 11th grader JaTerious Evans selected as TABC 2016-17 Boys All-Region Selections.
Being awarded Outstanding Coach for Class 4A Region II also made Harrison one of four finalists for the overall Don Coleman Award which is one nominee from each of the four UIL regions. Although the award did not go to Coach Harrison, it is still a great honor to be in the finalist list. The award is named after Don Coleman, Hall of Fame coach and former TABC president from Memorial High School in Spring Branch ISD (Houston).
