Randy’s Longhorns Blog | Mack Brown won Inaugural Stallings Award

Randy’s Longhorns Blog
Randy’s Longhorns Blog | Mack Brown won Inaugural Stallings Award
By Randy Maltz – Founder/Editor Silver and Blue Report & Hook’em Report

Texas Longhorns coach Mack Brown won the inaugural Stallings Award.  Stallings started the Rise School in Tuscaloosa, Ala., when he was coach of the Crimson Tide, to provide a school for children with development delays.
There are now Rise Schools in Austin, Dallas and Houston.  Brown volunteers at the Rise School in Austin.  Brown also had a relationship with Stallings’ late son, Johnny, who was born with Down syndrome.  Johnny Stallings was the real inspiration behind the award.

Stallings stated, “It goes to somebody who makes a difference in the community.  It’s not about won-loss record. Mack has made a difference in a lot of different ways and lot of different programs not only in Austin but throughout the country. We wanted him to be the first recipient of this award. It goes to somebody who makes a difference in the community.  It’s not about won-loss record. Mack has made a difference in a lot of different ways and lot of different programs not only in Austin but throughout the country. We wanted him to be the first recipient of this award.

Brown stated: “The award means a lot to me because I knew Johnny. I knew him well. I watched Coach Stallings. He is a big tough football coach. He was a mentor to us all. When I was around him with Johnny you saw the special bond he had with his son. It was the driving force for Sally [Mack's wife] and I to get involved with the Rise School in Austin.”