The Landry Award
What Is The Landry Award?
The best high school football player in North Texas will be honored with an award named in memory of former Dallas Cowboys head coach Tom Landry.
The Landry Award recognizes the top high school football player (any position, any division, any school) in the DFW area, as chosen by a voting panel of former coaches and players, members of the media and local leaders.
Nominations for The Landry Award are now being accepted online, and the names of the five top finalists will be announced later this year. The public will then be encouraged to vote for the player of their choice. The Landry Award will be presented to the top player's school at a ceremony to be held in December.
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The Landry Award Preseason Watch List
Here are the names of some high school football players coming up in conversations about The Landry Award before the 2014 season even officially begins.
- Demarcus Lodge | WR | Cedar Hill
- Kyler Murray | QB | Allen
- Malik Jefferson | LB | Mesquite Poteet
- Soso Jamabo | RB | Plano West
- Jarrett Stidham | QB | Stephenville
Landry Award Coach Of The Year
In 2014, the Greater DFW Fellowship of Christian Athletes, CBS 11, TXA 21 and Fred Loya Insurance will recognize a Landry Award Coach of the Year. This coach will exemplify the Christian values that defined Tom Landry on and off the field. A coach's job is first about teaching life skills and molding young lives. They are shaping young people into the leaders of tomorrow. So many coaches in North Texas donate their time to be more than just a coach to kids. They are father figures, friends and, most of all, role models. They nurture them with unconditional love and turn them into the kind of adults today's world needs. The Landry Award Coach of the Year, selected by DFW FCA leadership and The Landry Award Committee, will be one who encourages leadership, selflessness, maturity, respect and kindness.
The Landry Award 2013 Winner
Congratulations, Myles Garrett! The Arlington Martin defensive end was recognized as The Landry Award 2013 honoree. Garrett was selected from a field of top finalists who each demonstrated both positive character and leadership attributes last season.
Past Winners
- 2012: Jake Oliver, Jesuit
- 2011: Johnathan Gray, Aledo
- 2010: Johnathan Gray, Aledo
Tom Landry: 1924-2000
One of the greatest icons of the game began his football legacy in Mission, Texas. As quarterback, Landry led his high school team to a 12-0 season in his senior year. After returning from duty as a bomber pilot, he attended the University of Texas. After graduating from Texas, Landry played professionally for the All-America Football Conference’s New York Yankees, and later the New York Giants. He played five years as a pro.
Landry started coaching as an assistant with the Giants while he was still playing, and later became a full-time assistant coach with the team. Of course, he is best known as the first head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, a position he held for 29 seasons, including a record 20 consecutive winning seasons. During this time, Landry coached America’s Team to five Super Bowl appearances, winning twice. He won 270 games, the third-most in NFL history. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1990.
Beyond the Xs and Os, Landry was known as a man of strong faith. He was an active supporter and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Greater Dallas Fellowship of Christian Athletes for 30 years, and he encouraged his players to demonstrate leadership on and off the field.