Football
Early years
The varsity team began 2003 with coach Gerber at the helm in which the all junior varsity team went 1-9. The following season now having its first senior class the team went 6 and 0 before its first lost. The team swept Elsik and Hastings finishing the season 8 and 2 and making the playoffs for the first time in the programs young history. In the 2004-05 season, the team had a 5-4 record during which they came from behind to upset the Katy Tigers 23-21. The 2005-06 season was less successful. They won 3 games and lost 5 with room for improvement. They bounced back in the 2006-07 season with a 6-5 record and for the first time went to the playoffs where they lost to Cy-Falls in the first round. The 2007-08 Season was the least successful with the team winning 3 games from 10. Over that summer coach Gerber resigned and Coach Trevor White stepped in.
The Emerging Powerhouse Era
This era established Alief Taylor as a growing competitive athletic program and made inroads to laying the path to future success by dominating the playing field . This era began during the 2008-09 season was a sign of progress with 6 wins and 5 defeats and a victory against Alief Elsik that bought the Lions back into the playoffs against Cinco Ranch in which they lost 14-50 . The 2009-10 season saw the team win 6 games from 10 and once again they qualified for playoffs. Not wanting to exit in the first round, they beat rival Katy Taylor 17-10 and continued into the second round against Aldine in which Ismael Becerra provided the winning field goal to win 38-35 and in the third round, they lost to Brazoswood 19-45 thus ending the season with 9 wins and 4 defeats.
Over the summer, Coach White resigned and took the Head Coaching position at George Ranch High School. Coach J.D Jordan took the wheel. They finished that season with 10 wins and 2 defeats and with only losing one game against Katy High School, they once again headed into the playoffs beating Cy-Ridge in a nerve wracking 37-36 victory, confident, they headed into round two against past district rival Spring Branch Memorial, however they lost 28-35.The 2011-12 Season was a roller coaster ride, They began With an unexpected loss to Pasadena Dobie and then a shutout from rival school, Katy High School, but team bounced back with a six game win steak beating rivals, Alief Elsik nine years in a row and Alief Hastings four years in a row, along with Fort Bend Dulles, Conroe, Eisenhower, and MacArthur's football teams respectively, but then they suffered defeats from Aldine Nimitz and Aldine, losing the District Championship but they still qualified for The Texas 5A Division II Playoffs. With pressure on the line, they went up against Langham Creek High School. It was an intense game, with an offensive Shootout going back and fourth eventually culminating to a 48-47 win over Langham Creek. Unfortunately, they once again lost to Memorial at Home. the Lions had success on the JV level, with the JV White Team finishing the season winning a district title with 8 wins, a loss, and tie breaker on the season, with offensive standout Devonta Locks and defensive standout Noah Iheanacho, and Lendalle Johnson. 2011-2012 varsity star Greg Allen has committed to Kansas University to compete his college career as a Jay Hawk.
The Taylor era
As an established contender, the Alief Taylor football program holds many expectations of future success and this is marked by The 2012-2013 season with many sport publications such as Vype magazine, Dave Campbell's Texas football, Texas 5A football.com and The Houston Chronicle ; predicting that Alief Taylor to finish 1st in the 18-5A district in 2012 . The Alief Taylor Lions team carries a lot of expectations . The roster includes 7 players with division one football offers. Players on Alief Taylor with offers include Torrodney Prevot (USC), Ogbonnia Okoronkwo (Oklahoma State), Trevorris Johnson (TCU), Duke Ejiofor (Rice), Jonathan Wiggins (Texas A&M),Chris Hardeman (LSU), and Keenen Brown (4 Offers-Uncommitted).
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