Johnny B. Felder was born in Chappell Hill, Texas and his family relocated to Houston during his early years. He graduated from Phillis Wheatley High School in 1953 as a highly decorated student-athlete in football and track.  Coach Felder accepted a scholarship to attend Texas Southern University where he excelled in football and track before earning his BS degree in 1957. Felder also received his Master degree in Administration from Prairie View A&M in 1962. Johnny B, as he was widely known started his coaching career in Brookshire Texas at Ralph Bunch High School before moving to Ryan Junior High in 1959. In an 11 year span at Ryan, Felder won an amazing 7 city championship titles before moving on in 1971 to become the second head football coach in Kashmere’s history.   The Commander in Chief of Kashmere Football, Johnny B. Felder coaching legacy stands apart from the rest!! Beginning in 1971, after taking over for Billie Matthews, he blazed a trail unmatched in Houston during the 1970’s!! From 1974 through 1979, Felder won six straight district championships!! He leads Kashmere against Port Neches-Groves in a record-breaking crowd to witness a high school game in the Astrodome in 1977 (38,750). Coach Felder fulfilled the promise of upholding Billie Matthews’s tradition by putting the Rams in an atmosphere most schools, to this day, have yet to match. By the time Coach walked away from Kashmere in 1983, he had amassed 108 victories; 3 Coach of the year awards, countless players signed to Division I schools and a record seven players from 1977-1979 teams to earn athletic scholarships at Southern Methodist University which were Eric Ferguson, Michael Charles, Gary Smith, Anthony Smith, Harvey Armstrong, Donald Pettway, and All-American Stanley Godine. He also placed several other players on High School All American teams during his tenure at Kashmere and numerous players went on to play in the National Football League. Johnny B. was elected to the PVILCA Hall Of Fame and Houston Coaches Association “Ring of Honor” after retirement.