1. Eric King December 21 st 1976 – August 24th 2015 38 years of age

3. Eric Thomas King was born on December 21 st 1976 to Pam and Gene King of Madisonville Texas at St. Joseph Hospital in Bryan Texas. Eric King was raised in Temple and Madisonville Texas thru his school years in Madisonville as he was a member of first Baptist church of Madisonville and was a member of the football, basketball, powerlifting, tennis, and track teams in High School.

7.  Eric grew up with dreams of being a coach and idolized the following coaches.

8. Tom Landry

9. R.C. Slocum

10. Jimmy Johnson

11.  Eric graduated from Madisonville High School in 1995. And decided to enter the United States Navy that summer. Eric was stationed in Concord California aboard the U.S.S. Mount Hood from 1995 – 1998. While on board the Mount Hood. Eric became a 3 rd class petty officer in 2 years and reached such countries as Mexico, Canada, Japan, Thailand, Australia, U.E.A., Qatar, Panama, and Brazil.

13.  In 1998 Eric decided to enter college once his naval contract was up. That August Eric enrolled in Blinn Jr. College in Bryan, Texas. Eric attended Blinn Jr. College from 1998 to 2000.

15.  After Eric graduated from Blinn Jr. College Eric enrolled at Sam Houston State University and majored in Social Studies with a minor in physical education. Eric graduated from Sam Houston on December 7 th 2002.

17.  Eric began his coaching career in Trinity Texas in 2003 at Trinity High School in Trinity, Texas. Eric taught World History and coach football, basketball, and tennis.

19.  At the end of the school year in 2004 Eric accepted a junior high coaching position in Coppell. Eric moved to the Dallas fort worth area where taught Texas history and coached football, cross country, and track at Coppell Middle School East.

21.  Eric finished his time in Coppell and received a call to be the receivers coach at Lewisville High School in Lewisville, Texas. Eric taught U.S. history and coached football and basketball until 2007 in Lewisville. During this time Eric met his future wife Brandy Hadley in 2006.

24.  In 2007 Eric moved to East Texas as a defensive coordinator at Jefferson High School in Jefferson Texas and taught World History. During this time Eric also coached basketball and golf. In 2007 and 2008 the Jefferson football team won back to back district championships. In 2009 Eric King married Brandy Hadley.

26.  On March 7 th 2009 Eric King got his first head coaching job in Elysian Fields Texas. On June 3 rd Eric and Brandy had their first daughter Ashtyn Reece King.

29.  On August 22 nd 2011 Eric and Brandy had their second daughter Brooklyn Faith King.

32.  In 2011 Eric received his masters degree from the University of Texas at Tyler in Educational Administration.

33.  In 2012 Eric took his team to the State Semi-Finals at Elysian Fields as head coach as was named the East Texas Coach of the Year for 2012.

37.  In 2013 Eric and his family got the opportunity to move closer to family and got a job teaching history and coach football and track in Willis Texas.

43. 10 years goals

44. Go To Las Vegas

45. Attend a future Super Bowl

46. Become Debt Free

47. Have a 3 rd child

48. Own a boat

49. Become a head coach again

50. Be a good father

51. Win a state championship

52. 25 years goals

53. Retire from education

54. Visit Bora-Bora

55. Get my daughter’s in and out of college

56. Get my daughter’s married off