About
The Southwest Christian Athletic Department’s mission is to glorify God through the pursuit of excellence while utilizing sports as a platform to capture the hearts of student-athletes for Jesus Christ. It allows for opportunities to grow as Christian leaders in the world while learning life lessons through sports. Coaches are committed to promoting sportsmanship at all levels with a strong focus on team play over self.
The Lakeside Campus Athletics course specifically comes with the opportunity to participate in an array of activities with programming that includes 18 different sub-varsity and varsity level sports that often compete at the championship level.
MEET OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
Mr. Tracy Howard is in his 10th year as the school's athletics director and his 22nd year in the field of education. Coach Howard has spent the last 17 years in Christian Education where he has served in various leadership roles.
He has also held assistant and head coaching positions in a number of sports throughout his career; 14 of which he has held the title as a head baseball coach. During his time as a head baseball coach he has accumulated a record of 330 wins and 125 losses with a winning percentage of .725. Coach Howard has been selected as the District Coach of the Year 8 times, and his team season achievements include 7 district championships and 6 state tournament appearances. The most recent team success belongs to the 2021 SCS Varsity Eagle Baseball team who were the TAPPS D2-1 District Champions and TAPPS State Runner-Up.
Coach Howard is a graduate of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, where he was a four-year letterman, team captain, and starting pitcher for the Crusader baseball team. He earned all-academic team honors from the American Southwest Conference his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons. After graduation, Coach Howard married his college sweetheart, Ashley, who also is a part of the SCS family as the Chisholm Trail Campus Principal. The Howard's have been blessed with two children - Houston and Emerson. Houston is 19 years old and is a freshman in college. Their daughter, Emerson, is 13 years old and is in 7th grade at SCS.
