Danny Nix is synonymous with basketball in Burkburnett.
Perpetually a legend in his hometown, Nix will now be enshrined into the Texas Excessive Faculty Basketball Corridor of Fame as a member of the Class of 2025.
Nix and former Archer Metropolis standout Darryn Shearmire had been elected to the corridor of fame Wednesday together with six different inductees. Becoming a member of Nix as coaches are Tommy Aldridge (Longview), Pamela Crawford (Crosby, Clear Brook, Clear Springs) and Stan Leech (Yorktown, Boerne, Boerne Champion).
The opposite gamers getting into with Shearmire are present Texas Tech ladies’s basketball coach Krista Gerlich (Sudan, Spearman), Greg Kite (Houston Madison) and Laquan Stallworth (Silsbee).
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Danny Nix’s Corridor of Fame resume
Nix is a 1973 Burk grad and commenced his teaching profession at his alma mater in 1978. He spent 43 years teaching at Burk, together with 40 as head basketball coach and 26 as athletic director.
Nix compiled a report of 866-406, profitable 49 postseason video games. The Bulldogs gained 19 district titles and made 11 regional tournaments in his tenure. He led the Bulldogs to the state event in 2008 and 2011, falling within the championship sport every time.
Nix ranks thirty fourth nationally in all-time wins at one college and has the third most wins at one highschool in UIL historical past.
Nix retired in 2022. The principle gymnasium at Burkburnett Excessive Faculty has been renamed Danny Nix Gymnasium.
Darryn Shearmire’s Corridor of Fame resume
Shearmire starred at Archer Metropolis from 1979 to 1982 the place he helped lead the Wildcats to 3 straight undefeated district titles and two state event appearances. The Wildcats went 116-23 throughout his highschool profession and scored greater than 2,600 factors.
Shearmire was the state’s main scorer in 1982, averaging 37 factors per sport at a time the 3-point line didn’t exist.
Shearmire was named all-state in 1981 and 1982. He went on to play faculty basketball at Abilene Christian earlier than starting a 39-year profession as a basketball coach. He’s presently the top coach of the Bridgeport women basketball program.
