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2016 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 134
BY REPRESENTATIVE JEFFERSON
A RESOLUTION
To commend Arcadia High School boys' basketball coach Marcus Jackson upon being
named the 2015 Class A Boys State Coach of the Year.
WHEREAS, Marcus Jackson has achieved many milestones in his twelve year career
as a basketball coach; and
WHEREAS, Marcus Jackson has a lifetime coaching record of three hundred sixty
wins against eighty-four losses, an incredible eighty-one percent success rate; and
WHEREAS, in his twelve years as a head coach, Marcus Jackson's teams have made
ten appearances in the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) Top 28 state
championship tournaments; four of those appearances were with Arcadia High and six were
with Athens High School; and
WHEREAS, Marcus Jackson has two LHSAA state championships under his belt:
his Arcadia High team won in 2015, and his Athens High team won in 2010; his teams have
been state runner-up six times; and
WHEREAS, the title of district champion has gone to Marcus Jackson's teams in
each of his twelve years as head coach; he won five district championships with Arcadia and
seven with Athens; and
WHEREAS, in 2005, Marcus Jackson was named Class C Boys State Coach of the
Year; in 2008, he was named Class C Girls State Coach of the Year; and in 2010 and in
2015, he was named All-Area Shreveport Times Coach of the Year; and
WHEREAS, at Arcadia High School, Marcus Jackson's teams boast a home court
winning streak that has lasted four years, from 2012 to 2016; and
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WHEREAS, Marcus Jackson has been named 2015 Class A Boys State Coach of the
Year, and it is fitting to recognize and honor the amazing feats of coaching and player
development Marcus Jackson has made with his teams in twelve years of high school
coaching.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Marcus Jackson upon being named 2015
Class A Boys State Coach of the Year and does hereby offer highest congratulations to this
exceptional basketball coach.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to Coach Marcus Jackson.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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