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Regular Session, 2013
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 69
BY SENATOR LONG AND REPRESENTATI VES BROWN, COX AND HOWARD
COMMENDATIONS. Commends and congratulates Coach Mike McConathy for being the
most winning coach in Louisiana men's collegiate basketball history.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To commend and congratulate Northwestern State University Head Coach Mike McConathy2
for being the most winning coach in Louisiana men's collegiate basketball history.3
WHEREAS, it is with great pride that the citizens of Louisiana and the Legislature4
of Louisiana have learned of the exciting news that Northwestern State University Demon5
head basketball coach Mike McConathy has recently become the king of Louisiana men's6
college basketball career wins; and7
WHEREAS, Northwestern State demons basketball celebrated its centennial this8
season, and there could not have been a more appropriate coach to be in charge this year than9
head coach Mike McConathy who has engineered many of the greatest accomplishments in10
the program's rich history, along with his father, uncles and sons all having their places in11
the Northwestern University Demon basketball lore; and12
WHEREAS, the 2012-2013 season played out just right, and then some, with one of13
the most exciting, entertaining teams in the school's history, finishing with a 23-9 record,14
posting the second biggest win total ever at Northwestern, ranking among the nation's top15
100 teams in eleven NCAA statistical categories, including second nationally in scoring16
averaging 80 points per game and sixth in steals averaging 9.8 per game; and 17
WHEREAS, Coach Mike McConathy became the men's college basketball coach18 SCR NO. 69
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with the most wins in Louisiana history with the combining of his 352 career victories at1
Bossier Parish Community College over sixteen seasons with the 223 wins in fourteen2
seasons at Northwestern State University, surpassing all other Louisiana collegiate3
basketball coaches with a career high of 575 wins in thirty seasons; and4
WHEREAS, the demons have won eighty-four percent (37-7) of their home games5
in the last three seasons, two of the four best win totals in a season in the school's history6
have come in the last seven years with twenty games televised nationally, and an additional7
twenty-six regional television appearances in the last fourteen seasons at Northwestern State8
University; and9
WHEREAS, during his coaching career, he has not only coached these young men10
to numerous victories on the court, he has inspired them to achieve academic success with11
eighty-five percent of the seniors under his tutelage graduating; and 12
WHEREAS, because Coach Mike McConathy has always instilled and promoted13
educational values in his players, their academic success has resulted in Northwestern State14
University ranking among the state, Southland Conference, and even nationally consistently15
as a leader in NCAA's Academic Progress Rate and in Graduation Success Rate; and16
WHEREAS, he has seven Southland Tournament Championship game appearances17
in fourteen years, three NCAA Tournament berths and two NCAA Tournament wins; and18
WHEREAS, Coach Mike McConathy has been on ESPN/USA Today Coaches Top19
25 voting panel for the last five seasons and was South Central Region coaches' advisory20
representative for the NCAA Selection Process for the last three seasons; and 21
WHEREAS, Coach Mike McConathy was the 2012 recipient of the Guardian Game22
Pillar Award for Education from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC)23
which is among the most prestigious awards presented by the NABC; and24
WHEREAS, the success of the state of Louisiana, the strength of our communities,25
and the overall vitality of American society depends, in great measure, upon the dedication26
of great men and coaches like Coach Mike McConathy who inspire the young men they27
coach to strive to be best both on and off the court.28
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby29
honor, acknowledge, commend and congratulate Coach Mike McConathy for being the most30 SCR NO. 69
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winning coach in Louisiana men's collegiate basketball history.1
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be presented to Coach2
Mike McConathy.3
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Tammy Crain Waldrop.
DIGEST
Long SCR No. 69
Commends and congratulates Northwestern State University head basketball coach Mike
McConathy for being the most winning coach in Louisiana men's collegiate basketball
history.