Husmann Gets Back into Coaching
He led Schulenburg to Two State Titles in 1991 and 1992
Local football coach David Husmann couldn’t stay retired for long. Husmann, one of the winningest high school head coaches in Texas football history, came out of retirement on Aug. 10 to accept the position of athletic director and head football coach at Sacred Heart Catholic School in Hallettsville.
“This is my calling,” Husmann said. “It gives me a chance for more fulfillment, Godly fulfilment. It’s a Christian environment. It’s a real good fit.”
Husmann’s 40-year career in coaching started in Pearland where he was an assistant coach for three years. From there Husmann went to Gonzales where he accepted a position as assistant coach.
“My wife and I knew we wanted to raise our daughters in a small town,” Husmann said. “So after my wife got her nursing degree, we moved to Gonzales where I was an assistant there for six years.”
In 1985, Schulenburg High School offered Husmann his first job as head football coach. He stayed there through 1998. Those years were legendary for football in Schulenburg. He led the Shorthorns to two state titles in 1991 and 1992. The Horns made another appearance at state two years later.
“In 1994 we were 15-0 and lost to Goldthwaite at state in a real tough game,” Husmann said. “We had some good years after that, all the way to ‘97. We were in the playoffs 11 straight years.”
Husmann left Schulenburg and went to Gladewater in 1998 and stayed there for eight years.
Husmann’s Gladewater team lost to Forney at a regional game in 2000. That same year, La Grange beat Forney at state. In 2001, Husmann’s Gladewater team reached the quarterfinals but lost to Commerce. Commerce went on to beat La Grange at state that year.
“We won district in 2002 and had a good three-year run, won a lot of playoff games,” Husmann said. “I ended there with a record of 49-41. We had some real good seasons and some that were average.”
From there, he went to Shiner and served as principal for a year before taking the offensive coordinator position at Halletsville High. He spent two years in Hallettsville under Brahma head coach Rick Masek, who is now Husmann’s defensive coordinator at Sacred Heart.
“He’s the one who got a hold of me and told me what a good situation it was at Sacred Heart,” Husmann said.
Husmann was offensive coordinator at Victoria Memorial under head coach Mickey Finley in 2009. Husmann finished his public school career at Weimar, where he served two years as an assistant and another five as head coach before retiring after the 2017 season.
Husmann, who just turned 67, compiled a UIL career record 217-99-1 as head coach in public schools.
According to the website texashighschoolfootballhistory. com, Husmann is number 68 on the all-time list of winningest head football coaches in Texas and number 14 among active coaches. He is number 31 on the all-time list of coaches with the most playoff wins, and number 28 on the list of coaches with the most playoff appearances.
“We’re trying to get it going here at Sacred Heart, it’s my second week,” Husmann said about his new job. “But they have a great tradition here. It’s a very spiritual environment, and that’s a good thing, that’s the only thing that matters.”
Sacred Heart has seven games scheduled this season. Like all schools in Texas, public and private, Sacred Heart had to adjust its football schedule due to COVID-19. Their first game is set for Sept. 26 against St. Joseph High School of Victoria.