SLS 15RS-84 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 65
BY SENATOR LONG
COMMENDATIONS. Commends Pat Collins on being named to the 2015 Louisiana Sports
Hall of Fame Induction Class.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To commend Pat Collins on being named to the 2015 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame
3 Induction Class.
4 WHEREAS, it is with great pride that the citizens and state of Louisiana have learned
5 of the prestigious honor bestowed upon Pat Collins on his induction into the Louisiana
6 Sports Hall of Fame; and
7 WHEREAS, the inductees are chosen after extensive deliberations by a panel of
8 Louisiana Sports Writers' Association members from across the state who annually consider
9 more than one hundred twenty nominees for this honor; and
10 WHEREAS, Pat Collins was born August 20, 1941, and he became one of the most
11 respected and admired football coaches in Louisiana college football history; and
12 WHEREAS, he is remembered for his award-winning career at the University of
13 Louisiana at Monroe, which was then called Northeast Louisiana University, where he
14 headed the football team from 1981 until 1988; and
15 WHEREAS, he maintains the school's record as the all-time leader in wins with a 57-
16 35 record for a winning percentage of .620; and in 1983, under his direction, the team won
17 the Southland Conference crown; and
18 WHEREAS, it was in 1987 that Coach Collins and his team scored their biggest
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1 victory by winning the NCAA Division I-AA National Championship, which is still the only
2 title ever won by a Louisiana school even though most of the colleges in the state have been
3 I-AA members at one time or another, and it remains the only time a Southland Conference
4 team ever won the national title; and
5 WHEREAS, the long and stellar career of Pat Collins has earned him a place among
6 the many greats in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
7 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
8 commend and congratulate Pat Collins on being named to the 2015 Louisiana Sports Hall
9 of Fame Induction Class.
10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Pat
11 Collins.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by McHenry Lee.
DIGEST
SCR 65 Original 2015 Regular Session Long
Commends Pat Collins on being named to the 2015 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction
Class.
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