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Tuesday, January 12th, 2020, Coach Brian Rodricks and the Community Christian School High school basketball team won their 10th game this year, but this was a much bigger win for Brian. On that day, Brian earned his 500th win in his coaching career. Brian has been a high school basketball coach since 1995. In 2015 and 2016, while coaching for Nazarene Christian, his team became the state champions. Last year was his first year at Community Christian, and so far, he has enjoyed the players that are eager to Compete.

We sat down with Coach Rodricks and asked him about some of the highlights of his career so far.

What would you say is your most memorable game?

“That would probably have to be the game against Waco Methodist Children’s Home in the State Semifinals in 2015. They were rolling along and had a really good record. If they had played us 10 times, we would have lost 9 times. On paper, they had a kid averaging 32.8 going off to play college ball. So we were trying to devise a plan. They ended up taking a little lead, so we came storming and won the state championship with that game. That day still plays over in my mind. On paper, we were supposed to lose that game, but our guys really stepped up. That was a special group.”

How long do you think you will keep coaching for?

“Until they put me six foot under. Teaching wise, I teach PE, and I love kids. Being out here has been a blessing. Community Christian has really been good to me. I’m 54 years old, not too old but climbing that ladder of life, you know, maybe 5-10 more years teaching. But as long as they’ll have me, I’ll coach. Basketball is in my blood. I just love it. Coaching kids is an important teaching key, so as long as they’ll have me, I’ll coach.”

What made you get into coaching?

“It’s a God thing. I was born in Pakistan, lived in Nepal for ten years, and came to the United States when I was 12. In college, my father had worked for the government overseas. I was going to be a political science major, and that was what I was going to do. Foreign affairs, go overseas, work somewhere in an embassy make good money. That was going to be my life. As I was going through college, I worked at the YMCA and started running their sports program. Coaching soccer, coaching basketball, if they were short a coach, I had to do it because I can’t leave a team unattended. So I started doing that at about 23-24 years old. I met my wife to be, and I was still working there and going to school. I just really felt a love for coaching. I was like, this is what I want to do. I’m not going to work in Political Science and do stuff that’s not exciting. So when I finally changed my major, God kind of straightened me out a little bit and said I needed to take this just living life path. Then I found the Lord and started living my life right. I met a wonderful woman and changed my degree to physical kinesiology to be a PE teacher and coach basketball. And that’s Been it ever since.”

How did you feel about getting 500 wins in your career so far?

“No different. The team asked, coach, do we get the day off tomorrow? I said no, we go for 501. I was telling another teacher earlier, just in casual conversation, 500 is just another day. It’s not about me. It’s about the kids. Because of TABC (Texas Association of Basketball Coaches), they asked us to keep a record. But they said, “Hey, you know what, you’re getting close. Can you send your record to us? Because we send a plaque with the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches. So I made up a little sheet, but I didn’t really put much emphasis on it. I ended last year with 490 wins. This year Doug Jefferson started a countdown. “You have five more. You have four more!” I didn’t really, to be honest, think about it. We’re 4-0 in the district right now. And that’s all that matters to me. One day when I’m 70 sitting on the rocking chair drinking tea, I will think that was nice. If I had 600, 500, or whatever it is, I will look back and say it was good, but it’s just another number and another day.”

“To me, it’s about reaching lives and young men and teaching them how to be productive young citizens. Just good godly young men and try to be an example the best I can. I’m sure I fail sometimes. But no one is perfect. At CCS, it is like a different world, these kids just want to play, and they play hard, and as a coach, that’s what it is all about. The wins and loses will come, but that is what it’s all about.”

It was a pleasure to sit down with Coach Rodricks. We hope to see him stay at CCS continuing to do what he loves.

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