Voting for TABC 2nd Vice-President Elect is Underway
To vote for the TABC 2nd vice-president (who will serve as TABC president for 2025-2026), click on the box beneath the candidate’s bios that says VOTE NOW. You will need to input your first and last name along with your school and your TABC membership ID# that is printed on the front of your TABC membership card. Voting ends on May 1 and the winner will be announced at the TABC Clinic on May 18th. The candidates’ bios and pictures are below.
Vickie Benson
Vickie Benson is currently the Head Girls Basketball coach at Westlake High School in Austin, Tx. Vickie served at the helm of the Bowie High School girls basketball program in Austin ISD where she spent 12 years as head basketball coach and classroom teacher. She led the Bulldogs to five consecutive basketball district championships and advanced to the 6A state playoffs 10 consecutive years. She marks more than 400 career victories and earned Coach of the Year honors from the Austin American-Statesman in 2014. Vickie launched the BeYOUtiful Classic in 2013 as an opportunity to offer more at a tournament than just basketball games. There is a mental health component and opening ceremony that is second to none. It has grown to 32 teams and is noted as “the kickoff” to girls’ basketball in Texas.
Prior to Bowie, Benson coached basketball, track and volleyball at Hyde Park Baptist Schools in Austin, where she also served as the girls’ athletic director. She began her coaching and teaching career at McNeil High School in Round Rock ISD in 1999. Vickie has served on the TABC board of directors for 3 years and has been a District Rep, Regional Coordinator and Assistant Regional Coordinator for TABC. Vickie also piloted a program for TABC to offer professional development for member coaches through Virtual Mini Clinics (VMC’s) Vickie is married to Kacy Benson, the campus pastor at Bannockburn South in Austin. They have two sons, Coleton, who plays basketball at Army West Point and Tyton, a Senior at Austin Bowie.
Marlena Brown
Coach Marlena Brown is a graduate of Tarleton State University and is in her 15th year as head coach at Jarrell High School and her 21st year of coaching. Marlena is happily married to her husband Chris and together they have three children (Jacob 20) (Riley 18) & ( Karis 12). Marlena began her career in Callisburg coaching 7th grade volleyball, basketball, and track. After two years, she and her husband moved to Central Texas and Marlena took a job at Jarrell in which she coached JH basketball and High School track for three years until she took over the head basketball position in 2007. The Jarrell Lady Cougars have made the playoffs for the last 13 consecutive seasons.
Coach Brown has been privileged to serve TABC in multiple capacities over the past several years including: TABC Board of Directors (2017-2020), TABC All-Region Committee (2014-present), TABC All-State Committee (2014-present), TABC Regional Coordinator (2014-Present). “I am extremely honored and humbled to be considered for the 2nd Vice President position considering all the tremendous coaches in our great state. If voted in, my goal would be to work closely with the TABC Board to continue to help grow Texas basketball.
2022-2023 State Champions
President’s Message
Dear TABC Members,
We hope this President’s Message finds you doing well. Congratulations to all 2023 State Champions!! I enjoyed following all your team’s successes this season. I know all of us are extremely busy this time of the year, hence the nickname “March Madness” but we are excited to be preparing for the TABC Clinic, TABC Camp of Champs and TABC Showcases. Please visit the website, continue to promote via social media outlets as we will have more information coming soon about these upcoming events. We had a great board meeting a few weeks ago and are extremely excited to work for you!
In hoops regards,
C.J. Villegas – TABC President
2023 TABC Girls Showcase
June 15-17
3 Games $300/Team
Deadline: May 15, 2023
The Texas Association of Basketball Coaches, in conjunction with the UIL, NFHS, and the NHSBCA, will be hosting a certified event for all college coaches, Division 1 thru Junior College.
The TABC GIRLS JUNE SCHOLASTIC EVENT SHOWCASE will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 15-27, 2023 at Katy ISD (Katy).
This will be the inaugural June Scholastic Event for high school girls teams in Texas and the first time that UIL high school coaches can coach their own team. (This pilot program allows coaches to coach their teams during this event only. The head coach is allowed to coach their team during the TABC Showcases, only, in the summer.)
Registration opens March 1, 2023. Ticket information will be added at a later date.
Committed Teams as of 3/27/23
| Austin Bowie | Katy Taylor |
| Austin Westlake | Klein Collins |
| Boerne Champion | Martin’s Mill |
| Cypress Springs | Montgomery |
| Decatur | North Forney |
| Denton Guyer | Round Rock Westwood |
| Douglass | SA Sotomayor |
| Floresville | South Grand Prairie |
| Frisco Memorial | Victoria East |
| Huntington |
2023 TABC Boys Showcase
June 23-25
3 Games $300/Team
Deadline: May 15, 2023
The Texas Association of Basketball Coaches, in conjunction with the UIL and NFHS, will be hosting a certified event for all levels of college coaches, including Division I college coaches thru Junior College.
The TABC BOYS SHOWCASE will be held Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 23-25, 2023, at Duncanville Fieldhouse (Duncanville), the Southwest Athletic Center (Carrollton), and Hebron HS (Carrollton). The head coach is allowed to coach their team during the TABC Showcases, only, in the summer.
With 289 teams participating last year and over 2500 participants, the TABC Boys Showcase was the largest single state June Scholastic Event in the entire nation! Even more teams are expected this year!
Registration opens March 1, 2023. Ticket information will be added at a later date.
Committed Teams as of 3/27/23
| Aldine Davis | Garland | Nacogdoches Central Heights |
| Alief Elsik | Garland Sace | New Braunfels |
| Arlington Grace Prep | Grapevine | North Garland |
| Austin | Gunter | North Hopkins |
| Austin Anderson | Houston Booker T. Washington | Plano John Paul |
| Austin Bowie | Houston Concordia Lutheran | Plano West |
| Azle | Houston Mickey Leland College Prep | Ponder |
| Beaumont West Brook | Houston St Francis Episcopal | Poolville |
| Belton | Houston Westbury | Prestonwood Christian Academy |
| Bishop Gorman | Houston Westbury Christian | Richmond Randle |
| Brentwood Christian | Humble Atascocita | Rockwall |
| Buda Hays | Huntington | Round Rock McNeil |
| Celina | Irving Nimitz | Round Rock Stony Point |
| Cibolo Steele | Ivanhoe Sam Rayburn | Rowlett |
| College Station | Jersey Village | SA Cole |
| Comal Pieper | Kaufman | SA Harlan |
| Cypress Creek | Keller | SA Holmes |
| Dallas Madison | Kerrville Tivy | SA Reagan |
| Dallas Parish Episcopal | Klein Cain | SA Sotomayor |
| Dallas Prince of Peace | Kountze | SA Veterans Memorial |
| Dallas Roosevelt | Krum | San Marcos |
| Dallas St. Marks | La Marque | Southlake Carroll |
| Dallas Trinity Christian Academy | Leander Vandegrift | TACA |
| Denton Braswell | Leander Vista Ridge | Temple |
| Ferris | Life Waxahachie | The Colony |
| Flower Mound Marcus | Lucas Lovejoy | The Woodlands College Park |
| Floydada | Lufkin | Tyler |
| Fort Bend Elkins | Mansfield Timberview | Weatherford |
| Fort Worth Brewer | McKinney Boyd | West Plains |
| Fort Worth Christian | McKinney North | Woodrow Wilson |
| Fort Worth Lake Country Christian | Mesquite Poteet | Wylie |
| Frisco Legacy Christian Academy | Midland Legacy | |
| Gainesville | Nacogdoches |
Richard Bacon, head coach at Desoto HS, has been selected to coach the East team, in the McDonald’s All-American Game, March 28, 2023, in Houston. Duncanville’s Ron Holland, was the only Texas player selected to play in the game this year.
Virtual Mini Clinic – VMC Series
Hurry up and join TABC!!! As a member you will have access to our 1st of 3 Virtual Mini Clinic set to release Wednesday, September 14th.
TABC Virtual Mini Clinic
Current members will receive an email from Coaches Insider to access the clinic.
Not sure you are a member for 2022-2023? Please contact the TABC office.
281-313-8222 office@tabchoops.org
GAMES AND JOB BOARD
We proudly partner with Hardwood,Texas and direct TABC members to the hardwoodtexas.com games and job board.
TABC CAMP OF CHAMPS 2023
Brenham, TX
June 1-3 Girls Fundamental Camp & JH Team Camp #1
June 4-6 Girls JH Team Camp #2 & HS Team Camp
June 7-9 Boys Fundamental Camp & JH Team Camp
June 10-12 Boys HS Team Camp
The TABC, Texas Association of Basketball Coaches, invites your son or daughter to come and find out why the TABC Camp of Champs has come to be known as “the basketball camp FOR the basketball player.” Over the past 30 years, these camps have become a Texas Hoop Tradition. Our primary goal each summer is to help every player improve his or her skill level, while expanding their Basketball I.Q. and most importantly, having FUN! The TABC Camp of Champs Experience is guided by the ideal of helping each player by putting “the FUN in Fundamentals.” Our reputation for the camps has come from a focus on “All Basketball, All the Time!”
2023 TABC
CAMP OF CHAMPS
Brenham, TX
June 1-3 Girls Fundamental Camp & JH Team Camp #1
June 4-6 Girls JH Team Camp #2 & HS Team Camp
June 7-9 Boys Fundamental Camp & JH Team Camp
June 10-12 Boys HS Team Camp
The TABC, Texas Association of Basketball Coaches, invites your son or daughter to come and find out why the TABC Camp of Champs has come to be known as “the basketball camp FOR the basketball player.” Over the past 28 years, these camps have become a Texas Hoop Tradition. Our primary goal each summer is to help every player improve his or her skill level, while expanding their Basketball I.Q. and most importantly, having FUN! The TABC Camp of Champs Experience is guided by the ideal of helping each player by putting “the FUN in Fundamentals.” Our reputation for the camps has come from a focus on “All Basketball, All the Time!”