Pearland (TX) Football Coach Wins National Honor

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Pearland (Texas) High School head football coach Tony Heath has been named by MaxPreps.com as its National Coach of the Year.

Heath led the Oilers (16-0) to their first-ever Texas football championship last month.  Pearland beat Euless Trinity, the #1 team in the country at the time, to win the Class 5A Division I championship.

Heath owns a 133-38 record in 14 seasons at Pearland.  He's led the Oilers to the state semifinals three times and the quarterfinal round four times.