Highland Park coach Randy Allen was named the 2013 Grant Teaff Lifetime Achievement Award winner by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes on Monday, presented with the honor at the American Football Coaches Association convention in Indianapolis.
According to the FCA’s website, the award, named after the former Baylor coach, “recognizes a coach that has committed his life to being a Christian influence on the lives of student-athletes.”
The sixth-winningest coach in Texas high school history with a 327-80-6 record in 34 seasons, Allen is only the second high school coach to win the award, joining Brownwood coaching legend Gordon Wood (2000). Allen followed Wood at Brownwood in 1986, coaching there for five seasons, and eight at his alma mater Abilene Cooper before coming to Highland Park in 1999.
Presented annually since 1998, the Teaff Lifetime Achievement Award has been given to several legendary coaches in the college and professional ranks, including Grambling’s Eddie Robinson, Arkansas’ Frank Broyles, Florida State’s Bobby Bowden, Air Force’s Fisher DeBerry and former NFL coach Tony Dungy.
GRANT TEAFF LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS
1998 Eddie Robinson, Grambling
1999 Frank Broyles, Arkansas
2000 Gordon Wood, Brownwood (Texas) HS
2001 Frosty Westering, Pacific Lutheran
2002 Dal Shealy, Richmond, FCA Football
2003 Bobby Bowden, Florida State
2004 Jimmy Keeling, Hardin-Simmons
2005 Parker Dykes, Jones Junior College
2006 Fisher DeBerry, Air Force
2007 Jerry Moore, Appalachian State
2008 Mel Tjeerdsma, Northwest Missouri
2009 Tony Dungy, Indianapolis Colts
2010 Ken Sparks, Carson-Newman
2011 Fred Goldsmith, Duke/Rice
2012 Dr. Homer Rice, Cincinnati/Rice/Duke
2013 Randy Allen, Highland Park (Texas) HS
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