SLS 15RS-3043 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 176
BY SENATOR CORTEZ
COMMENDATIONS. Commends George Harris for his outstanding football coaching
career and dedication to Lafayette's youth.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend George Harris for his outstanding football coaching career and dedication to
3 Lafayette's youth.
4 WHEREAS, George Harris has dedicated over three decades to the youth of
5 Lafayette through his leadership and coaching; and
6 WHEREAS, Coach Harris, in his twenty-one years with South Lafayette Youth
7 Sports, Inc. (SLYSI), compiled a record of 139 wins, 16 losses; five losses less than years
8 he coached; and
9 WHEREAS, in defeating teams from Baton Rouge, Jennings, Kaplan, and Beaumont,
10 Texas, a George Harris coached team never lost to an opponent outside of the SLYSI league;
11 and
12 WHEREAS, having his teams participate in fifteen Turkey Bowl championship
13 games, Coach Harris led his teams to thirteen championships; and
14 WHEREAS, from 1972 to 1975, Harris coached teams of the Optimist Club, the
15 predecessor to SLYSI, with a winning record of 19 wins, 6 losses, and 3 ties; and
16 WHEREAS, from 1986 to 1989, Harris coached the Fatima Warriors Middle School
17 with an overall record of 17 and 3, and completed undefeated seasons in three of the four
18 years; and
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1 WHEREAS, from 1998 to 2001, Harris coached the St. Thomas Moore High School
2 freshmen team with a record of 25 victories to 6 defeats, and went undefeated in 2001; and
3 WHEREAS, since 2004, Harris has coached, under the direction of Head Coach Ted
4 Davidson, the offensive linemen of the Acadiana Wreckin' Rams with a great deal of success
5 as shown in the fact that a multitude of his linemen have been named as all-state players; and
6 WHEREAS, in his thirty-one seasons as head coach, Coach Harris led his many
7 teams to an overall victorious record of 209 wins, 32 losses, and 4 ties, a career 86.7%
8 winning percentage.
9 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
10 does hereby commend Coach George Harris for his outstanding football coaching career and
11 dedication to Lafayette's youth.
12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
13 George Harris.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Margaret M. Corley.
DIGEST
SR 176 Original 2015 Regular Session Cortez
Commends George Harris for his outstanding football coaching career and dedication to
Lafayette's youth.
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