Todd Howey
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Todd Howey spent over 20 years as a Texas High School Athletic Director at some of the most athletically successful and diverse school districts in the Sate of Texas. A former Texas Tech All – SWC outfielder and Philadelphia Phillies minor leaguer, Todd began his teaching/coaching career in 1989 at Early High School doing the laundry and coaching football, basketball, and baseball. After one year, Todd became the Head Baseball Coach at Howard Payne University and remained there for 5 years, coaching the Yellow Jackets to three conference championships. In 1995, Todd was named the Head Baseball Coach at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas and spent the next 5 seasons with the Buffaloes averaging 33 wins per season and 4 National rankings. In 2000, he left coaching to pursue a career as an Athletic Director, serving in that role for the next 22 years at Canyon ISD, Midland ISD, and San Antonio ISD. Using his experiences as an athlete, coach, parent and school administrator, Todd has published three books covering teamwork, unconditional, leadership, life perspective, and adding value to others.
A Howard Payne graduate, where he is a member of the Athletic Sports Hall of Fame, Todd has deep family ties to the Brownwood community. He received his Master’s Degree from Tarleton State University. You can visit Todd on his website, www.coachhowey.com, to inquire about his books, speaking and teaching opportunities. You can also follow he and his dog ‘Cash’ on Instagram at Coach_and Cash.
Under The Stetson
UNDER THE STETSON: Special
There is a place in Pittsburg, Kansas called Chicken Mary’s. They serve deep fried chicken and vinegar potato slaw that is out of this world, at least to me. I would leave at noon today
UNDER THE STETSON: Excuses
When I was coaching college baseball, it was my job to inspire my players, but oftentimes my players inspired me. The person in charge, be it in business, sport, or life, can learn a great
UNDER THE STETSON: Dumpster
I was headed out of town early in the morning the other day and I noticed a man tossing a few garbage bags into a dumpster. He was an employee of a twenty-four-hour fast-food joint
UNDER THE STETSON: Fourth
By now, most have already shot off fireworks and eaten their share of the 150 million hotdogs that are consumed every year on July Fourth. With Independence Day being on Thursday this year, chances are
UNDER THE STETSON: Certain
Driving back from Mississippi the other day, I pulled up behind a car that had a sticker on the back bumper that read, “What are you 100% certain of in life?” Bold white letters on
UNDER THE STETSON: Cat
I own a cat, well, I don’t guess I actually own it. It showed up on our front porch a few weeks ago seeking shelter during a rainstorm. I was out of town and my
UNDER THE STETSON: Dad
FOUR THINGS MY DAD DEMONSTRATED TO ME. Story of the coal miner. I was in a hitting slump while playing baseball in the minor leagues. I could not get a hit to save my life.
UNDER THE STETSON: Sacrifice
In the game of baseball, the sacrifice bunt is the most unselfish play in the game. For those that are not baseball fans, a sacrifice bunt is when the hitter is willing to put the
UNDER THE STETSON: Used to be me
I was thumbing through a shoebox of pictures last week and I came across a picture of myself from my baseball playing days. I was about twenty-two years old at the time of the photo.
UNDER THE STETSON: Rain
I am not sure what part of the country you are reading this column from but, here in Central Texas, we have gotten a tremendous amount of rain. The evidence was clear during a drive
UNDER THE STETSON: Daylight
I’ve been getting up very early in the morning lately. Does that make sense? Can one use early and lately in the same sentence? The English teacher in me should know that answer, but I
UNDER THE STETSON: Mom
Go get em’ Tiger!” That was the extent of my mom’s motivational speeches before my sporting events. It did not matter if I was playing a pee wee football game or the Texas Longhorns in
UNDER THE STETSON: Business
I heard a sermon about thirty years ago that I still think about today. The preacher was not much older than me, but he spoke as if he had learned what he was sharing the
UNDER THE STETSON: What’s your story?
We all have a story. I know it sounds cliché, but each day we wake up, we are given a blank page to write our story on. What is so incredible about life is that
UNDER THE STETSON: New and Exciting
I was sitting on my back porch relaxing a few days ago as the sun went down. It was a beautiful cool evening, and the sky was a clear light blue. I noticed an airplane