{"id":654034,"date":"2026-03-14T02:16:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T02:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/654034\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T02:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T02:16:15","slug":"dallas-brothers-win-texas-basketball-titles-slay-the-dragon-at-uil-state-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/654034\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas brothers win Texas basketball titles, \u2018slay the dragon\u2019 at UIL state championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Louise Smith needed everyone inside the Alamodome<\/a> to know who her two sons were.<\/p>\n

After Madison head coach Gerald Smith won his first state championship<\/a> as a head coach Friday morning, he shared a teary-eyed embrace with his older brother, Kimball head coach Nicke Smith, with their mother, Louise, behind them. She proudly exclaimed to everyone who could hear her on the court, \u201cThat\u2019s my son!\u201d<\/p>\n

Five hours later, Gerald was back behind the Kimball bench, gold medal around his neck, watching his older brother Nicke win the program\u2019s 10th state championship<\/a> \u2013 his third as a head coach.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was more nervous at [Gerald\u2019s] game than this because I wanted him to win so bad,\u201d Nicke Smith said.<\/p>\n

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After Madison won its state semifinal game against Brownfield on Tuesday, Louise tried to book a flight to San Antonio from Shreveport, La., where she lives, with no success. Gerald\u2019s wife, Shannon, was coming to the game from New Orleans and offered to personally drive her. <\/p>\n

Even six hours away in another state, she couldn\u2019t miss the chance to see both of her sons coach in state championship games and make history.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just so happy to be here,\u201d Louise Smith said. \u201cNicke\u2019s so happy that I\u2019m here. Gerald\u2019s happy. I told Gerald, if you would have lost, you would have told me, \u2018Mom, you should\u2019ve stayed home.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The last time siblings coached two different teams playing for state championships in boys basketball was, coincidentally, also for Kimball and Madison high schools. In 2014, Rod and Royce \u2018Snoop\u2019 Johnson guided their teams to the finals, with Royce leading Kimball to a state title in 4A. Rod\u2019s Madison team also won that year in Class 3A but later vacated the title to Houston Yates.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mom came and just seeing her over there helped me,\u201d Nicke Smith said. \u201cThat meant everything to me, more than any championship, just having her there. Shoutout, Mom, Louise, I love you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Repeating the feat at the same schools meant a lot to Smith, who accepted the Madison job in 2024 knowing the pressures that came with it. The Johnsons are highly regarded as one of the first families of basketball in Dallas, and now he and his brother are in the same category.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of love in the room today,\u201d Gerald Smith said. \u201cThat was a very, very special moment as a coach to have my mother here.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou only get one mother and you only get one father and when they\u2019re gone, they\u2019re gone, so I embrace that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Louise couldn\u2019t remember the last time she saw Gerald coach, but Gerald believes it was sometime in 2010. Earlier this season, Kimball played Peabody High School in Alexandria, La., less than two hours away from Shreveport, so both of the Smith parents could make it out to see Nicke\u2019s team play. <\/p>\n

Before Madison\u2019s game against Orangefield, Louise had to do her studying, and in doing so, gave Gerald some Biblical words of encouragement. <\/p>\n

\u201cI go online and see what kind of record the team has that he\u2019s getting ready to play for the playoffs,\u201d Louise said. \u201cAll of them had won over 30 games, so I told Gerald, \u2018You are going to be just like David and Goliath. You\u2019re gonna slay the dragon,\u2019 and he did it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Flying high! Dallas Madison soars to its sixth state title in boys basketball<\/p>\n

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The Dallas ISD school won its third state title since 2023 and ninth in program history, one behind the UIL state record. <\/p>\n

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