LONGVIEW, Texas (KETK) \u2013 Two East Texas football coaches were inducted into the Texas High School Coaches Association\u2019s Hall of Honor on Saturday, after making their mark in East Texas\u2019 legendary football history.<\/p>\n
Longview Lobos head football coach John King was inducted into the Hall of Honor on Saturday along with former Marshall High School head coach Dennis Parker.<\/p>\n
King has served as the Lobos head coach since 2004 and has led the team to 17 district titles and the 6A State Championship title in 2018. In his time as the Lobos head coach, King has earned a record of 240-52, the best record of any coach in the school\u2019s history.<\/p>\n
King has also served as the president of the Texas High School Coaches Association and as one of their board members. King coached his son Haynes in 2018 when the Lobos won the 6A state championship. Haynes went on to play quarterback for the Texas A&M Aggies, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and is now with the Carolina Panthers.<\/p>\n
Parker\u2019s over 50 years in coaching started in 1972 and included a stint with Marshall High School where he coached the Mavericks to victory in the 1990 6A State Championship game. Parker also saw championship success with Converse Judson High School, and earned the distinction of becoming the youngest head coach of a 5A Texas football team at just 24-years-old.<\/p>\n
\u201cKnown for his \u2018Coaching to Change Lives\u2019 philosophy, Parker\u2019s lasting legacy lies in his commitment to character development, mentorship, and the profound impact of coaching on young lives,\u201d the Texas High School Coaches Association said of Parker.<\/p>\n
To learn more about the Hall of Honor, visit the Texas High School Coaches Association online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LONGVIEW, Texas (KETK) \u2013 Two East Texas football coaches were inducted into the Texas High School Coaches Association\u2019s Hall of Honor on Saturday, after making their mark in East Texas\u2019 legendary football history. Longview Lobos head football coach John King was inducted into the Hall of Honor on Saturday along with former Marshall High School … Continue reading Longview, Marshall football coaches inducted into THSCA Hall of Honor<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1452],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1525886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-07-22 03:06:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[0],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1525886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1525886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1525886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1525887,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1525886\/revisions\/1525887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1525886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1525886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1525886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}