By Julius Ermis
YOAKUM - Football seemed to be assured for the 1969 season at St. Joseph High School when the Rev. Michael Shaughnessy, pastor and superintendent, signed Teddy Vanek of Schulenburg to a one-year contract as head coach.
Vanek comes to Yoakum after coaching at Bishop Forest High School in Schulenburg as an assistant and head coach for the past three years.
He graduated from Bishop Forest High School in 1962 and attended Sam Houston State University where he received his degree in history as a major and a minor in P.E.
Vanek then went to serve as assistant coach at Bishop Forest in 1966 and was elevated to head coach in the fall of 1967 through the spring of 1969.
During his final two years at Bishop Forest, he was head mentor in football, basketball and track serving as assistant coach in baseball.
Coach Vanek led Bishop Forest to district titles in the Texas Catholic Interscholastic League in football, track and baseball during his stay. In 1966 and 1968, Bishop Forest captured the 2-AA district championship in football, while losing to St. Mary's of Fredericksburg both times in the state finals.
Bishop Forest also won three consecutive track titles as well as taking the district baseball crowns three times. In 1966 and 1969, the powerhouse at Schulenburg bowed to Corpus Christi Academy in the state finals of the TCIL baseball tournament.
At the age of 25 and single, Teddy is attending summer classes at the University of Houston and his plans include moving to Yoakum when he completes his summer semester at the U of H in the latter part of July.
Source: Victoria Advocate, Tuesday, June 24, 1969, Page 10.
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