George Gervin's most durable scoring streak has nothing to do with basketball. In 2025 the George Gervin Academy, the tuition-free public charter school he co-founded with his sister Barbara Gervin-Hawkins, marked thirty years of educating San Antonio's children.
The academy opened in 1995 and today serves students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade across three San Antonio campuses, offering a dual-language program, free transportation and free meals to a student body drawn almost entirely from economically disadvantaged families.
The milestone year came with fresh momentum. Community members gathered at the academy's Blanco Road campus to celebrate its grand re-opening and preview a new playground - with the Spurs Coyote on hand to make it official, a fitting crossover between the franchise Gervin defined and the schools he built.
The academy is one piece of a larger commitment. The George Gervin Youth Center, founded in 1991, extends the mission with job readiness, education and wraparound services that reach from teenagers to seniors.
Ask Gervin about his legacy and the banners come up last. The schools come up first - thirty years in, still growing.