Todd Howey
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: Placed on hold
I received a voicemail from a very dear friend the other day. “Howey, need an update, call me.” He was doing what he does best, checking up on the people he loves. Without question he
UNDER THE STETSON: Show up
I was watching a movie last week where a husband and wife were having a conversation about a crisis they were experiencing. The husband had been laid off from his job putting a serious financial
UNDER THE STETSON: Fight the good fight
I was flipping through a spiral notebook the other day and I came across a list of five New Year’s resolutions I had written to myself heading into the year 2020. Four years later, I
UNDER THE STETSON: Dead tree
I spent sixty-nine American dollars last week on a dead tree. I took my dead tree and nailed it to a board and stood it up inside my house next to my four-foot plastic Santa
UNDER THE STETSON: Call a foul, ref!
I read an article last week about the increasing verbal, sometimes even physical abuse, of game officials at the youth, junior high, and high school levels. The National Association of Sport Officials recently surveyed over
UNDER THE STETSON: Founding Father
I spent Thanksgiving in Virginia with my family, grandkids included! We stayed in the Shenandoah Valley, and it was spectacular. The weather was perfect, and the leaves were falling. I spent one day visiting Monticello,
UNDER THE STETSON: Fall Guy
I took a fall last week trying to fill a deer feeder with corn. I should have known better. Actually, I do know better, but I wanted to get them filled before family showed up
UNDER THE STETSON: Sharpening Iron
I spent last weekend with a group of guys that I played baseball with at Texas Tech University in the early 1980’s. We gathered for the second year in a row at a ranch owned
UNDER THE STETSON: Keep on truckin’
If you ever need an 18-wheeler paralleled parked, I’m your guy. I spent the last five weeks attending Roadmaster Truck Drivers School in San Antonio. As of this past Tuesday, I can legally drive the
UNDER THE STETSON: Younger me
It has been almost exactly a year since I began writing my weekly column; “Under the Stetson.” Brownwood News has given me the opportunity to share stories about life and how I have learned to
UNDER THE STETSON: No pain – no gain
I went to a local gym to workout this week for the first time in a very long time. I give myself a solid C+ on staying in shape. I exercise, but not as much
UNDER THE STETSON: Getting older
Getting ready to turn off the lights and go to sleep last week, I received a text saying one of my high school friends had unexpectedly died. In the last 18 months, I have had
UNDER THE STETSON: Fearless
I don’t watch TV very often other than college football and Shark Week, but many years ago I got hooked on the singing competition show, American Idol. Steven Tyler, the lead singer of Aerosmith, was one
UNDER THE STETSON: Time and money
Occasionally when writing, I stare at a blank screen on my computer for hours. Unable to conjure up anything that is meaningful and worth the time to read it. I do not consider myself a
UNDER THE STETSON: Selfish
Going into my senior year of playing high school baseball, I thought I was the best baseball player in the state of Texas. I had good reason to believe that. I had led the city