A Small-Town Volleyball Coach Just Became the Winningest in Texas History

Digital subscribers can listen to this article. Subscribe today for unlimited access to Texas Monthly. Already a subscriber? Log in. Gym number two at Bastrop Middle School was an unlikely setting for Susan Brewer to break the record for the most victories for a high school volleyball coach in Texas history, but on Friday, the second afternoon of the Bastrop Classic, that’s what she was trying to do. Actually, that’s not true. Susan Brewer wasn’t trying to become anything other than what she’s been for 49 years: the head coach of the Bellville Brahmanettes. But she did want to win, obviously. The annual varsity girls tournament attracted 32 teams from the region, including Bellville High School (student population: 769), about an hour and fifteen minutes east of…

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