HJR565 Summary

• Commends Coach Jim Robbins of Dothan, Alabama for his distinguished 38-year coaching and teaching career.

• Recognizes Robbins' athletic background including baseball walk-on status at Wallace Community College (holding home-run hitting record) and two years of play at Jacksonville State University before beginning his coaching career in 1972.

• Documents his coaching tenure across four schools: 18 years at Ashford High School, 3 years at Northview High School, 8 years at Wicksburg High School (beginning 1994), and Houston Academy Athletic Director with 3 years coaching boys varsity baseball starting in 2003.

• Notes Robbins won multiple Coach of the Year awards and four State Championships coaching Post 12 for 15 years, and led his team to the third round of Alabama High School State Play-offs in 2011.

• Recognizes his impact as a History teacher and his assistance in helping students secure college scholarships.