Brandon Gay
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Brandon Gay
@CoachGay10
God, Family, Teacher, Coach! Proud USD Alum. Head Boys Basketball Coach of Shadow Creek HS.
Pearland by way of Mo City Katılım Temmuz 2009
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19 years ago, a high school basketball coach put his team manager into a game for the final four minutes. The kid had never played a single minute of competitive basketball in his life. He scored 20 points.
Jason McElwain was diagnosed with severe autism at age two. He didn’t speak until he was five. He couldn’t chew solid food until he was six. He wore a nappy for most of his early childhood. As a baby, he was rigid, wouldn’t make eye contact, and hid in corners away from other children.
He tried out for his school basketball team every year and got cut every time. Too small. Too slight. Barely 5’6 and about 54 kilograms. But he loved the game so much that his mum called the school and asked if there was any way he could be involved. The coach created a team manager role for him. For three years, McElwain showed up to every practice and every game. He wore a shirt and tie on match days. He ran drills, handed out water, kept stats, and cheered every basket like he’d scored it himself.
On 15 February 2006, the last home game of his final school year, the coach let him suit up in a proper jersey and sit on the bench. With four minutes left and a comfortable lead, the coach sent him in.
His first shot missed. His second missed. Then something shifted.
He hit a three-pointer. Then another. Then another. His teammates stopped shooting entirely and just kept passing him the ball. He hit six three-pointers and a two-pointer. 20 points in four minutes. The highest scorer in the game. When the final buzzer went, the entire crowd rushed the court and lifted him onto their shoulders.
His mum tapped the coach on the shoulder, in tears. “This is the nicest gift you could have ever given my son.”
McElwain won the ESPY Award for Best Moment in Sports that year, beating out some of the biggest names in professional sport. He’s 36 now. He works at a local supermarket, coaches basketball, has run 17 marathons including five Boston Marathons, and travels the country speaking about never giving up.
When asked about that night, his coach still gets emotional. “For him to come in and seize the moment like he did was certainly more than I ever expected. I was an emotional wreck.”
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I know going off to the prep school in hoops is the rage but you cant tell me playing in the atmosphere that North Crowley-Duncanville or Frisco Heritage-Birdville isn't worth it....just unreal theater tonight #txhsbb
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Congratulations Coach!
Humble ISD@HumbleISD
📸: Great to have @ToddFreed57 of @HTownHSS on campus at @HumbleISD_HHS today to interview @Humblebball head coach @CoachCReid for the H-Town High School Sports Coach of the Week Segment!! Humble is fresh off its first playoff win since the 2018-2019 season! See the full interview this Saturday on the show at 9:30 pm on @CW39Houston Re-runs will air throughout next week on @SpaceCityHN
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