Abilene High School is a public high school located in Abilene, Texas. AHS is classified as a Division 5A school and is part of the Abilene Independent School District. Abilene High School is the name given to three different schools in the past 150 years. The first Abilene High was an old warehouse. Not long after that, the school was moved to what was the former Lincoln Middle School. In 1955, Abilene High was moved to its current location at N 6th and Mockingbird. Its main rival in sports is Cooper High School. The Abilene High Marching Band is accepted to be the oldest marching band in Texas. In 2011, the school was rated "Academically Acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.
In addition to parts of Abilene, its attendance boundary includes Impact.
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Athletics
Coached by P. E. Shotwell, for whom Shotwell Stadium is named, Abilene High won its first state championship in 1923. Coach Dewey Mayhew guided the Eagles to their second state title in 1928, and a third one in 1931. Under Chuck Moser, Abilene won three consecutive state titles (1954–56). In 2009, the Eagles had an undefeated season and won the Division II State Finals, giving the Abilene Eagles their seventh state championship and first in 53 years.
State titles
Baseball –
1956(All), 1957(4A)
Football –
1923(All), 1928(1A), 1931(1A), 1954(4A), 1955(4A), 1956(4A), 2009(5A/D2)
Team Tennis –
1991(5A), 1999(5A)
Boys Track –
1925(All) 1954(2A), 1959(4A), 1960(4A), 1961(4A), 1976(4A), 2001(5A)
One Act Play –
1930(All), 1943(All), 1946(All), 1949(2A), 1950(2A), 1964(4A), 1972(2A)
Baseball –
1950(All), 1955(All)
Boys Basketball -
1938(All), 1941(All)
Football –
1922(All), 1927(1A)
Fine arts
Pure Gold
Pure Gold is a by audition only, select choir made up of mostly juniors and seniors (but occasionally some sophomores).
Notable people
Maury Bray, NFL player for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Randall "Tex" Cobb, actor
Wayne Coffey, American football player
Jack Favor (Class of 1929), rodeo star falsely imprisoned for two murders in Louisiana
A. C. Greene, historian, author, and newspaperman, known as the Dean of Texas Writers. 1923–2002
Glynn Gregory, football player
Chuck Harrison, MLB first baseman from 1965 to 1971
Chuck Hughes, NFL wide receiver
Bernard Kamungo, soccer player
John Lackey, retired MLB pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs; three-time World Series champion (2002, 2013 & 2016)
Dave Parks, NFL wide receiver and end
Solya, singer-songwriter
Harold Stephens, football player
Jim Welch, running back, Southern Methodist University at Dallas, Baltimore Colts, Detroit Lions