The achievements Michael Scott Maddox had on the field are second to the encouraging impact he had on the lives of his former players. He was respected by everyone in the program.
Maddox was the baseball coach at Jersey Village High School for all but three of his 32-year coaching career. He finished with 527 wins and 17 playoff appearances, retiring from teaching in 2014.
Last January, Maddox was inducted into the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in Waco.
“It has been something I never thought about much,” Maddox said in a press release. “When you do your job with love and passion it is something that doesn’t enter your thought process. I do know I was shocked when I got the call.”
Maddox’s induction class also
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The selection and voting process is handled by a committee of officers and alumni association members.
Guests of honor receive a plaque with a duplicate also being displayed at the THSBCA Hall of Fame at the Blue Bell Creamery in Brenham, and hall of fame ring.
Maddox knows his Jersey Village family and the trustworthiness from coaches made this attainment possible.
“Since that time I have come to realize this is not just an award for the individual, but an award for the whole family,” Maddox said.
Jersey Village made 15 playoff appearances under Maddox and there was no time for messing around, all his players knew that.
Maddox implanted a code of conduct and an expectation level in each of his players, helping them reach heights beyond their possibilities. He would test them both as a team and personally, wanted each of his teams to embrace it and take on their own personality.
Maddox expected the best from his players, no matter how good their talent was. His guidelines were notorious and penalties were given if not followed. If anyone missed training, they would miss the game too. If someone was messing around, everyone
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The following year the Falcons made the regional semifinals.
Maddox was a nine-time coach of the year recipient. He was also inducted into the Houston Area Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Honor in 2009.
Maddox started his career at Bellaire High School under well-known Ray Knoblauch, a member of THSBCA Hall of Fame’s opening class in 1990. Maddox led the junior varsity to a district title in his only season before moving to his alma mater, St. Piux X. Maddox led the Panthers to a state championship in 1978.
He then moved to C.E. King High School for one year before making his way to Jersey Village in the fall of 1979. Maddox never looked back.
Maddox helped numerous gifted baseball players move on to the next level, professionally or not. That was always an important goal for him.
Current Jersey Village varsity baseball coach Blake Wyatt was a former Falcons player under Maddox. He’s known Maddox for 25 years. Robb Jensen was also a former Jersey Village player and later the head baseball