[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 61 (Monday, April 16, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H3331-H3332]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




COACH CARL IRLBECK INDUCTED TO THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL HALL OF 
                                  FAME

  (Mr. ARRINGTON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. ARRINGTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the newest 
inductee to the Texas High School Basketball Hall of Fame, my former 
coach and dear friend, Carl Irlbeck. Mr. Irlbeck coached for 48 years, 
had over 1,000 wins, and was the 1994 Texas Basketball Coach of the 
Year.
  But it is not his win-loss record that will be most remembered; it is 
his ability to shape the character of those he coached. The best 
coaches teach us how to be successful in the game of life more than any 
particular sport, and he did just that for almost five decades.
  He taught us that preparation and perspiration were 90 percent of 
winning. He preached the importance of playing as a team, and he 
modeled grace in victory as well as defeat. I still apply the 
principles I learned as a Plainview Bulldog under the strong and loving 
leadership of Coach Carl Irlbeck.

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  Congratulations to Coach Irlbeck on a much-deserved honor in the 
Texas High School Basketball Hall of Fame.
  God bless the Irlbeck family.
  Go Bulldogs, and go west Texas.

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