Coach Eddie Wolski Leaves a Lasting Legacy
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Updated: September 7, 2021
photo: Midland Reporter-Telegram
Coach Eddie Wolski, a mainstay as an assistant football coach at Midland Lee and a longtime Assistant Executive Vice-President for the Texas High School Coaches Association, and Waiver Officer for the University Interscholastic League, as well as other rolls has died at 75.
A post from the Texas High School Athletic Directors Association said Wolski's service to the THSADA and UIL was immeasurable, calling Wolski "a true legend."
Wolski coached in locales that spanned the state of Texas -- with stops in Alice, Mexia, Odessa (Permian High) and Shallowater -- with the majority of his coaching years spent at Lee.
He served four head football coaches with the Rebels and was head coach of the track and cross-country teams. One highlight of Wolski's tenure on the gridiron was the Rebs' 1983 trip to the state finals. That Lee team was coached by the legendary Spike Dykes.
The terrific angle to that story, for Wolski, was that he had been coached two decades earlier by Dykes at Coahoma. Wolski was a two-way standout at tackle for the Bulldogs, graduating in 1965. He played at Angelo State University before a shoulder injury de-railed his collegiate play. But his schoolboy days at Coahoma High led to his induction into the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame in 2004. Wolski was inducted into the Midland ISD Hall of Legends in 2017. He was interviewed for the Hall of Fame and Lone Star Gridiron in 2020.
Wolski spent seventeen years in service to the THSCA. "Eddie was one of the most genuine men I've ever met," said Chris Doelle of Lone Star Gridiron. "I loved talking with him."
A memorial service for Wolski will be held Sept. 14 at First Baptist Church in Georgetown.
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