Prairie View Interscholastic League Coaches Association

"Remembering the Past With Pride"

Robert Brown

David O'Neal

Elwood Plummer

Tanuya Worthy

Dr. Johnny Brown

PVILCA Board of Directors

  • Robert Brown, Chairman of the Board – Houston
  • Lewis Ritcherson II – Cluster I, Waco
  • Leroy Bookman, Jr. III – Cluster II, Austin
  • Elwood Plummer – Cluster III, San Antonio
  • Bennie Sherman – At Large Position A, Fort Worth
  • David O'Neal – At Large Position B, Galveston

Management Staff Officers

  • Tanuya Worthy, Executive Director –Port Arthur
  • Dr. Johnny E. Brown, Asst. Executive Director – Port Arthur
  • Michael Hurd, Historian – Woodlands
  • Eddie Henry, Secretary – Houston
  • Ed Roby, Consultant
  • Dr. J. Kenyatta Cavil, Treasurer

Leroy Bookman, Jr. III

Lewis Ritcherson II

Dr. J. Kenyatta Cavil

Bennie Sherman

Michael Hurd

Eddie Henry

Ed Roby


The PVILCA is a nonprofit -- 501(c)(3) -- whose purpose is to:

  • Preserve the past and remember the glory years of the Prairie View Interscholastic League, which existed from 1920 to 1970, and instill
    personal pride and self-esteem by increasing the cultural awareness of the PVIL heritage.
  • Identify former PVIL coaches inducted into the Texas High School Coaches Association Hall of Honor.
  • Develop a museum to house the PVIL memorabilia.

The goals and objectives of the corporation are to:

  • Seek PVILCA memberships from young male and female coaches.
  • Acquire University Interscholastic League (UIL) sanction and recognition of all individual athletic, school, and coaching records from the
    PVIL in baseball, basketball, football, swimming, tennis, and track and field.