Marvin Gustafson​

Marvin “Gus” Gustafson never had a losing season in his career of coaching high school football and basketball. He graduated from Harlandale High School where he played football, basketball and track, and from the University of Texas where he received a track scholarship. He began coaching in Odessa as an assistant, but he soon moved back to South Texas to begin his impressive coaching career that resulted in a football record of 136-31-4, and a basketball record of 216-51.​

Gustafson’s 1959 Devine High School basketball team had a 33-1 record and placed third in the state championship tournament. His overall district record of 90-6 at Devine includes 74 consecutive wins which are still a school record. He coached the 1972 Uvalde Coyotes to the Class 3A state football championship, finishing the season 15-0. The next year he became the athletic coordinator and head football coach at Winston Churchill High School, where he led the Chargers to the state regional finals in each of the next two seasons.​

In 1975 he moved from coaching to administration, first with the S.A. Independent School District and then at Northside ISD where, as Athletic Director, he spent 14 years. The original Northside football stadium is named in his honor. Gustafson served as President of the Texas High School Athletic Directors Association and has been inducted into the Hall of Honor for both the Athletic Directors Association and the Texas High School Coaches Association​.