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Regular Session, 2011
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 158
BY SENATOR WALSWORTH
COMMENDATIONS. Commends West Monroe High School Football Coach Don Shows
upon his induction into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
A RESOLUTION1
To commend West Monroe High School Football Coach Don Shows upon his induction into2
the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.3
WHEREAS, Don Shows was reared in Ruston in Lincoln Parish where he graduated4
in 1958 from Ruston High School, winning four state championships in track, and lettering5
in baseball and football; and6
WHEREAS, Don Shows graduated from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston in7
1963, receiving a teacher certification in science and physical education before starting his8
legendary coaching career; and9
WHEREAS, Don Shows coached football at Jonesboro-Hodge High School, taking10
the Tigers to the 1977 state championship, playing the title game in the old Tulane11
University Stadium in New Orleans, the last game ever played there; and12
WHEREAS, Coach Shows also coached at Farmerville in Union Parish and Pineville13
High School in Rapides Parish before going back to college at Northeast Louisiana State14
University and coaching the linebackers for the Indians; and15
WHEREAS, Coach Shows then brought his extraordinary coaching talents to16
Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, helping the Demons on to a conference17
championship in the 1988 season; and18 SR NO. 158
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WHEREAS, Coach Shows began his incredible reign at West Monroe High School1
in 1989, pulling a Rebel team that couldn't win out of the district cellar and turning it into2
a powerhouse that would go undefeated in district for the first time; and3
WHEREAS, Coach Shows would ultimately lead West Monroe High School to seven4
state championships in football, compiling a 252-40 record and playing in the title game six5
additional times; and6
WHEREAS, Coach Shows' 321 victories over an overall thirty five-year career rates7
No. 3 in Louisiana prep football history, and he has been honored twenty-one times as8
district coach of the year and multiple times as the state football coach of the year; and9
WHEREAS, in January 2010, Coach Shows was again honored when he received the10
A.O. Evans Award for community service from the West Monroe-West Ouachita Chamber11
of Commerce; and12
WHEREAS, Coach Shows' Rebels will enter the 2011 season with a streak of fifteen13
consecutive years of double-digit victories and, fittingly, on twelve occasions, there have14
been no fewer than twelve wins; and15
WHEREAS, coaching young football players has been a major part of Coach Shows16
life, he is most proud of his family and the support he receives from his wife, Dawn, and his17
children, Stephanie, Kim, Casey, and Haley.18
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana19
does hereby extend its highest commendations to West Monroe Football Head Coach Don20
Shows for his remarkable career in athletics and for his 2011 nomination and induction into21
the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.22
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to23
Coach Don Shows and to West Monroe High School.24
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Heyward Jeffers.
DIGEST
Walsworth SR No. 158
Commends West Monroe High School Football Coach Don Shows for his induction into the
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.