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{{Infobox person
| name=Leta Mae Rains Andrews
(Winningest high school girls' basketball coach in U.S. history)
| birth_date=July 7, 1937
| birth_place=Place of birth missing<br>
Resident of Granbury, Hood County, [[Texas]], USA
|spouse=David Earl Andrews (married 1956-2018, his death)<br>
'''Children''':<br>
Linda Andrews Waggoner<br>
Sharon Kay Andrews, wife of Lawrence Tiberia<br>
Lisa Andrews Parker<br>
Four grandchildren
|party=Republican Party|Republican]]
|religion=[[Christianity]]
'''Letamae Rains Andrews''', known as '''Leta Andrews''' (born July 7, 1937), <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/leta-andrews/e14313194310|title=Leta Andrews, 82, Granbury, TX|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=March 15, 2020}}</ref> is the winningest high school basketball coach in U.S., history with 1,416 victories to her credit, a record unlikely to be toppled.. She led fifteen teams to state tournament berths over a 52-year coaching career that included stops in Tolar, Gustine, Comanche, Granbury, and Corpus Christi, Texas. In Corpus Christi, she coached at Calallen High School, at which she won her lone state title in 1990 with the team led by Amy Acuff, who finished fourth in the high jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in [[Athens, Greece|Athens]], [[Greece]].<ref name=husbanddies/>
Andrews' story is told in the [[PBS]] production released in 2018, ''It’s All in the Game: The Leta Andrews Story,'' written and produced by Janet Kelly, a former professor at [[Texas Christian University]] in Fort Worth. ''It's All in the Game'' is narrated by Bill Walton, the basketball Hall of Famer and three-time college player of the yearfor the [[University of California at Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/dfwvarsity/girls-prep-basketball/article194304924.html|title=PBS profiles Leta Andrews, legendary high school basketball coach|publisher=''Fort Worth Star-Telegram''|date=February 11, 2018|author=Stephen Shroates|accessdate=March 15, 2020}}</ref>
Andrews is also the subject of a feature which aired the week of March 14, 2020, on the syndicated travel series, ''Texas Country Reporter,'' hosted by Bob and Kelli Phillips. In the broadcast, Andrews told the Phillipses that hard work is essential to success in sports or any other field as well.
Upon her death, Andrews will be interred beside her husband at Long Creek Cemetery in Granbury.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188448435/david-earl-andrews|title=David Earl Andrews|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=March 15, 2020}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Basketball]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
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| name=Leta Mae Rains Andrews
(Winningest high school girls' basketball coach in U.S. history)
| birth_date=July 7, 1937
| birth_place=Place of birth missing<br>
Resident of Granbury, Hood County, [[Texas]], USA
|spouse=David Earl Andrews (married 1956-2018, his death)<br>
'''Children''':<br>
Linda Andrews Waggoner<br>
Sharon Kay Andrews, wife of Lawrence Tiberia<br>
Lisa Andrews Parker<br>
Four grandchildren
|party=Republican Party|Republican]]
|religion=[[Christianity]]
'''Letamae Rains Andrews''', known as '''Leta Andrews''' (born July 7, 1937), <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/leta-andrews/e14313194310|title=Leta Andrews, 82, Granbury, TX|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=March 15, 2020}}</ref> is the winningest high school basketball coach in U.S., history with 1,416 victories to her credit, a record unlikely to be toppled.. She led fifteen teams to state tournament berths over a 52-year coaching career that included stops in Tolar, Gustine, Comanche, Granbury, and Corpus Christi, Texas. In Corpus Christi, she coached at Calallen High School, at which she won her lone state title in 1990 with the team led by Amy Acuff, who finished fourth in the high jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in [[Athens, Greece|Athens]], [[Greece]].<ref name=husbanddies/>
Andrews' story is told in the [[PBS]] production released in 2018, ''It’s All in the Game: The Leta Andrews Story,'' written and produced by Janet Kelly, a former professor at [[Texas Christian University]] in Fort Worth. ''It's All in the Game'' is narrated by Bill Walton, the basketball Hall of Famer and three-time college player of the yearfor the [[University of California at Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/dfwvarsity/girls-prep-basketball/article194304924.html|title=PBS profiles Leta Andrews, legendary high school basketball coach|publisher=''Fort Worth Star-Telegram''|date=February 11, 2018|author=Stephen Shroates|accessdate=March 15, 2020}}</ref>
Andrews is also the subject of a feature which aired the week of March 14, 2020, on the syndicated travel series, ''Texas Country Reporter,'' hosted by Bob and Kelli Phillips. In the broadcast, Andrews told the Phillipses that hard work is essential to success in sports or any other field as well.
Upon her death, Andrews will be interred beside her husband at Long Creek Cemetery in Granbury.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188448435/david-earl-andrews|title=David Earl Andrews|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=March 15, 2020}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Andrews, Leta}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Women]]
[[Category:Educators]]
[[Category:Basketball]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Christians]]