Coach Gary Crissman
Head Softball Coach
Children: Anne Gaines, 22
Grandchildren: 1 grandson ( Sean), 1 granddaughter ( Madison)
Hometown: Weatherford, Oklahoma
Graduated: 1972
College: I attended Southwestern Oklahoma State University, where I played college baseball and graduated with a B.S. in Ed. in 1976
I earned my Masters in Ed. from University of Houston in 1985.
My college major was in Phy. Ed with minors in Earth Science and Geography
Teaching Experience: 35th year in education with the last 30 of them in Fort Bend.
Coaching background: Most of my years have been at the middle school level. Other sports in my past tenures include; boys and girls golf, varsity boys basketball, sub-varsity boys basketball and baseball, jv girls softball, and now this year I can add 9th grade girls basketball to my list.
Softball background: I didn't fall in love with the sport until I remarried and my daughter became hooked on it. So, for the past 13 years, it has been almost a year round passion. . Being a coach by profession, I was called upon to assist with just about every team that she played for over those long hot summers.Upon graduation from high school,I started umpiring the sport full-time, but a notice came out about working with jv softball at Kempner in spring of 2006. I was able to get that job and as luck would have it, that helped me get this job at Travis.
JV Coach - Dena Garcia
Coach Garcia has been teaching at Travis for 2 years. This is her first
year coaching softball here, and she also coaches freshman volleyball.
She is married with two children, Anissa and Michael.