Northbrook High School

Northbrook High School is a high School in Spring Branch, Houston, Texas. The school is one of four high schools that are part of the Spring Branch Independent School District.HistoryNorthbrook High School was established in 1973 at Spring Woods High School's Campus in the T-Shacks. Northbrook High School's Campus opened during the 1974-1975 school year to ease overcrowding at Spring Branch and Spring Woods High Schools. When a dwindling student population caused Spring Branch High School to close in 1985, Northbrook took in a large number of Spring Branch students.Northbrook was named a 1988-89 National Blue Ribbon School.In 2005, Northbrook received 'Academically Acceptable' as the Texas Education Agency Accountability Rating.FootballNorthbrook has never been to the playoffs in football in the school's history. The best football record was set during the 1981 season with a 7-3 record under then Head Coach Bob French, who was the Offensive Coordinator for the '78 Texas 4A State Champion Stratford Spartans.The Raiders first Head Coach was Horace "Buzzy" Allert. He was head coach from the school's first season in 1974 until the 1979 football season. He was forced to retire due to knee problems he obtained during his playing days in the NFL and CFL. Coach Allert finished his career at Northbrook with a 28-29-3 record, with his best season record at NHS was a 6-3-1 in '75 & '76.After Coach Allert, Coach Bob French came in from Stratford two years after being part of the 1978 Stratford Coaching Staff. Bob French finished his career at Northbrook with a 27-29-4 record, with his best season at NHS being the school record 7-3 in 1981. After French came Coach Howell Ferguson, whom finished his career at NHS with a 20-38-1 record, with his best season being in 1988 with a 6-3 record, Northbrook's 2nd best season ever. One game was cancelled due to Hurricane Gilbert. The 1988 team fell one game short of the state playoffs by losing to Katy 21-9 late in the season.