Athletics

SHS has been one of the most successful football programs in the state of Texas in recent years. Though it did not make the playoffs from 1952 to 1989, the arrival of Art Briles

Art Briles

Arthur Ray Briles is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at Baylor University, a position he has held since the 2008 season. From 2002 to 2007, Briles was the head coach at the University of Houston.-Playing career:A native of Rule, Texas, Briles...

 finally turned the program around. Briles got the Yellow Jackets to the playoffs from 1989 until his departure after the 1999 season, winning four state titles (1993, 1994, 1998, 1999) along the way. The 1998 team posted a then national record 8,650 yards of total offense and still holds the third and fourth positions on the national all-time list. Since Briles left for the collegiate ranks, Stephenville has continued to make the playoffs (with the exception of 2003).

SHS Honeybee volleyball won state in 2003, Honeybee basketball won state in 1968.

Notable alumni

• Hugh Wolfe, 1930, American football fullback for the New York Giants
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• Branndon Stewart
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  Branndon Stewart is a former American football player. He played quarterback for the University of Tennessee and Texas A&M University.- High school career :...
  
  , 1993, American football quarterback at the Texas A&M University
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• Kevin Kolb
  Kevin Kolb
  Kevin Benjamin Kolb is an American football quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Houston....
  
  , 2003, American football quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals
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  , attended the University of Houston
  University of Houston
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• Jevan Snead
  Jevan Snead
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  , 2006, American football quarterback at the University of Mississippi
  University of Mississippi
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