its first game at Walt Driggers Field on February 12, 1997 with a 7-3 win against Wayland Baptist Pioneers. The school officially renamed the field before a home game against the Lubbock Christian Chaparrals shortly thereafter. Notable alumni Vernon Asbill, educator and former member of the New Mexico Senate V. O. Key, Jr., political scientist Jorge Antonio Solis, federal judge Grant Teaff, former head football coach for Baylor University; executive director for the American Football Coaches Association Sarah Weddington, U.S. attorney in Roe v. Wade Dick Compton, NFL player Ernie Park, NFL player Brad Rowland, NFL player Karl Scott, NFL coach William Arthur Ward, writer Charlene Holt, actress Notable faculty William Curry Holden, historian and archeologist Virgil E. Bottom, experimental physicist and humanitarian References External links Official athletics website Educational institutions established in 1923 Private universities and colleges in Texas Education in Taylor County, Texas 1923 establishments in Texas Buildings and structures in Abilene, Texas