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- Bob Springer -
Bob Springer started coaching in 1965 and retired from coaching in the year 2000. He has always
promoted basketball across the State and the Nation. He is a member of the Texas High School Coaches
Association (THSCA 4l years), a member of the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Association
(TABC 38years), a member of the Texas Sports Writer Association (TSWA 20 years), and a member of
the United States Basketball Writers Association (19 years).
Bob is a graduate of Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas where he was an All-Conference
player for two years, and an All-American as he led the Nation in Field Goal Percentage in 1964 with a
68.4 percentage. He also averaged 16 points a game and 10.2 rebounds a game for his two year career.
He also played l0 years of Semi-Pro Basketball, playing on two National All-Star Teams from Texas
and in the inaugural NABC Hall of Fame game in Springfield, Mass. in 1968.
In 1988, Bob started up Texas Basketball Magazine after he attended a meeting to honor a local sportswriter that was going to
write a basketball magazine, but bowed out. Bob without any formal journalism
background, and with his 9" Macintosh, and a lot of encouragement from friends started the magazine.
Bob also has a Antique shop in Carmine,
Texas where he collects and sell everything that is old and has some history behind it. While promoting
basketball across the State and the Nation, he is in contact with Sports Moguls Doug Huff: Street &
Smith, High School Prep Magazine, David Krider and Barry Sollenberger
who have National syndicated
Polls.
Bob also purchased a building in Carmine, Texas for the sole purpose of opening the Texas Basketball
Museum, which will have its Grand Opening in the Fall of 2008, just as the 08-09 basketball season
starts. Besides his 40 year collection of basketball memorabilia he will have the entire High School Basketball collection from
the Texas Sports Hall of Fame on preview.
Bob has had the distinction of being: a nominee for the South All-Star Coach (THSCA) in 1980, Served
as the Advisory Chairman for Basketball (THSCA) in 1983, South All-Star Assistant Chairman in 1994,
South All-Star Chairman in 1995 (THSCA), and Chairman of the All-State teams in 1992 (TSWA) for
both boys & girls.
Bob Springer editor & publisher
21st Year of Service "Dedicated to the Best in Texas High School Basketball" est. 1988
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