In a year like none other, Houston's best public school players and coaches were honored by the Touchdown Club of Houston during its annual awards night on Wednesday.
The evening was capped with the Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year Awards and the coach of the year. Click through the slideshow below to learn more about the winners.
Gary Joseph - Katy HS - Houston TD Club Coach of the Year
@FootballKaty Head Coach Gary Joseph was selected as the @HoustonTDClub Coach of the Year.
— Katy ISD Athletics (@KatyISDAthletic) January 21, 2021
Coach Joseph and his staff are very deserving of this honor. All of the nominees are excellent coaches. To be selected from this group speaks volumes!@katyisd pic.twitter.com/af734lsNGt
Gary Joseph and his staff pieced together arguably the greatest Katy football season ever, in my opinion.
The Tigers had to change quarterbacks just a few weeks in, replacing a senior with a sophomore. Then had to lean on defense and the running game, while Caleb Koger came along.
Once in the playoffs, behind a stout rushing attack fueled by Jalen and Seth Davis, the Tigers made a run all the way to the UIL Class 6A Division II State Championship game.
In the title game, Katy ran past Cedar Hill to claim the program's ninth state championship in program history and first since 2015. Katy is now just one behind Aledo for most all-time in Texas high school football history by an 11-man program.
For Joseph, this marked title eight and his fifth as the head coach of Katy.
@FootballKaty Head Coach Gary Joseph was selected as the @HoustonTDClub Coach of the Year.
— Katy ISD Athletics (@KatyISDAthletic) January 21, 2021
Coach Joseph and his staff are very deserving of this honor. All of the nominees are excellent coaches. To be selected from this group speaks volumes!@katyisd pic.twitter.com/af734lsNGt
|@AuburnFootball QB signee @Dematrius09 named @HoustonTDClub Offensive POY on Wednesday night ... his 50 yard TD run vs Westlake in State Semis was one of his highlights of the year!! #txhsfb @SimoneEli_TV @wareagleextra @AuburnTigers @ShadrachBanks @NSNationFB @MaxPreps pic.twitter.com/lxxruQOQCo
— vypehouston (@vypehouston) January 21, 2021
Congrats to @BridgelandFB’s Bryce McMorris for being selected as the @HoustonTDClub’s Defensive Player of the Year! Tremendous honor! @CyFairISD @CFISDAthletics pic.twitter.com/xA7WKbne3G
— Ray Zepeda (@ray_zepeda1) January 21, 2021
