SONORANNEWS.COM - Sam Tipton | NFHS Coaches Association

After 25 years as a high school teacher, coach and athletic coordinator at several Texas high schools, Sam Tipton became executive director of the Texas Girls Coaches Association (TGCA) in 2001 and has led that organization to new heights in the past 10 years.

With a membership of more than 6,000, the TGCA is the largest association in the world for coaches of girls sports. The TGCA is the only organization in Texas for coaches of girls cross country, volleyball, basketball, track and field, softball, golf and soccer. In addition to overseeing day-to-day operations of the organization, Tipton is liaison to the Texas University Interscholastic League and a lobbyist at the state legislature for the promotion and improvement of girls athletics in Texas.

A graduate of Baptist Christian College in Shreveport, Louisiana, Tipton began his coaching career in the Millsap (Texas) Independent School District in 1970. He also coached in the Texas communities of Texline, Sunray, Amarillo and San Marcos before entering the business world for seven years.

Tipton returned to education work in 1986 and served 13 years as girls athletic coordinator and coach at Frenship High School in Wolfforth, Texas, and two years in a similar capacity at Snyder (Texas) High School before becoming only the second TGCA executive director in 2001.

As a basketball coach, Tipton was honored as District Coach of the Year, City Coach of the Year and South Plains Coach of the Year twice. He was selected as an all-star coach for the TGCA and the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC).

Before joining the TGCA staff, Tipton was very active in the organization, serving on numerous committees, the board of directors and as its president. He was also active in the TABC, serving on four committees. In May 2008, he was inducted into the Texas High School Basketball Hall of Fame.

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