# Travis Raven

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**Travis Roland Raven** (August 31, 1922 – May 11, 2004) was an [American football](/source/American_football) [coach](/source/Coach_(sport)). He built [John H. Reagan High School](/source/John_H._Reagan_High_School_(Austin,_Texas)) of [Austin](/source/Austin,_Texas) into a Texas [high school football](/source/High_school_football) powerhouse, winning 4A state championships in 1967, 1968 and 1970. His record at Reagan was 62–10–1 which included a 35-game winning streak from 1967 to 1969. He was chosen as the Texas High School Coach of the Year in 1969. Previously, he had coached at [Lockhart High School](/source/Lockhart_High_School) and [Austin High School (Austin, Texas)](/source/Austin_High_School_(Austin,_Texas)), where he guided the Maroons to the state baseball championship in 1958.

Raven was born and raised in [Austin, Texas](/source/Austin,_Texas), where he attended Austin High School. In 1940, he was a member of the State Junior College Championship Team at [Schreiner Institute](/source/Schreiner_Institute). He entered the [University of Texas at Austin](/source/University_of_Texas_at_Austin) in 1941 and graduated in 1948, with service in the [United States Army Air Forces](/source/United_States_Army_Air_Forces) from 1943 to 1946. While at University of Texas, he played football and was on one conference championship team and two winning [Bowl](/source/Bowl_game) teams.

Raven took over as the [Austin school district's](/source/Austin_Independent_School_District) [athletic director](/source/Athletic_director) in 1974. This was after a highly publicized scandal in which he faced a [felony](/source/Felony) charge of "compelling prostitution with a minor." He was accused of inducing a 16-year-old girl into prostitution with several prominent men named as clients. He was convicted of the lesser misdemeanor offense of engaging in prostitution and fined two hundred dollars.[1]

## References

1. ["Raven v. State"](https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/1976/50227-3.html). *Justia Law*. Retrieved 2024-07-11.

## External links

- [Travis Raven obituary](https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/Statesman/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=2225627)

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