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Regular Session, 2011 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 158
BY SENATOR WALSWORTH
A RESOLUTION
To commend West Monroe High School Football Coach Don Shows upon his induction into
the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
WHEREAS, Don Shows was reared in Ruston in Lincoln Parish where he graduated
in 1958 from Ruston High School, winning four state championships in track, and lettering
in baseball and football; and
WHEREAS, Don Shows graduated from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston in
1963, receiving a teacher certification in science and physical education before starting his
legendary coaching career; and
WHEREAS, Don Shows coached football at Jonesboro-Hodge High School, taking
the Tigers to the 1977 state championship, playing the title game in the old Tulane
University Stadium in New Orleans, the last game ever played there; and
WHEREAS, Coach Shows also coached at Farmerville in Union Parish and Pineville
High School in Rapides Parish before going back to college at Northeast Louisiana State
University and coaching the linebackers for the Indians; and
WHEREAS, Coach Shows then brought his extraordinary coaching talents to
Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, helping the Demons on to a conference
championship in the 1988 season; and
WHEREAS, Coach Shows began his incredible reign at West Monroe High School
in 1989, pulling a Rebel team that couldn't win out of the district cellar and turning it into
a powerhouse that would go undefeated in district for the first time; and
WHEREAS, Coach Shows would ultimately lead West Monroe High School to seven
state championships in football, compiling a 252-40 record and playing in the title game six
additional times; and
WHEREAS, Coach Shows' 321 victories over an overall thirty five-year career rates
No. 3 in Louisiana prep football history, and he has been honored twenty-one times as
district coach of the year and multiple times as the state football coach of the year; and SR NO. 158 ENROLLED
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WHEREAS, in January 2010, Coach Shows was again honored when he received the
A.O. Evans Award for community service from the West Monroe-West Ouachita Chamber
of Commerce; and
WHEREAS, Coach Shows' Rebels will enter the 2011 season with a streak of fifteen
consecutive years of double-digit victories and, fittingly, on twelve occasions, there have
been no fewer than twelve wins; and
WHEREAS, coaching young football players has been a major part of Coach Shows
life, he is most proud of his family and the support he receives from his wife, Dawn, and his
children, Stephanie, Kim, Casey, and Haley.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby extend its highest commendations to West Monroe Football Head Coach Don
Shows for his remarkable career in athletics and for his 2011 nomination and induction into
the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Coach Don Shows and to West Monroe High School.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE