HLS 17RS-1269 ORIGINAL
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 46
BY REPRESENTATIVES JEFFERSON, JACKSON, BAGNERIS, BOUIE, CARPENTER,
GARY CARTER, COX, FRANKLIN, GAINES, GLOVER, HALL, JIMMY
HARRIS, HUNTER, JAMES, JENKINS, JORDAN, TERRY LANDRY, LYONS,
MARCELLE, DUSTIN MILLER, NORTON, PIERRE, PRICE, AND SMITH AND
SENATORS BARROW, BISHOP, BOUDREAUX, CARTER, COLOMB,
MORRELL, PETERSON, AND TARVER
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Coach Broderick Fobbs of the Grambling State
University football team for the accomplishments of his team and his individual
coaching accolades
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend Coach Broderick Fobbs for his outstanding accomplishments as head coach
3 of the Grambling State University (GSU) football team, to commend him on another
4 historic season of Tiger football, to commend him for being selected 2016 Football
5 Coach of the Year for the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), and to
6 commend him for being selected the 2016 Sheridan Broadcasting Networks (SBN)
7 Sports Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year.
8 WHEREAS, Coach Fobbs has engineered a resurgence of one of the greatest football
9programs in the history of historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) athletics, and
10it is appropriate to commend and celebrate this beloved coach who is a widely respected and
11admired resident of Louisiana; and
12 WHEREAS, Coach Fobbs earned all-state and all-district honors in football and
13baseball as a student athlete at Carroll High School in Monroe and was twice selected as
14team captain of the football team under legendary GSU head football Coach Eddie
15Robinson; and
16 WHEREAS, the 2016 football season was one of the Tigers' best in school history,
17the team finished with a 11-1 overall record, ending the season as 2016 SWAC Football
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1champions and the HBCU National Football champions with their 10-9 victory over North
2Carolina Central University Eagles in the 2016 Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl; and
3 WHEREAS, this marks the 24
th
SWAC Football championship in school history and
4the 15
th
HBCU National Football championship in school history; and
5 WHEREAS, under the three-year leadership of Coach Fobbs, Grambling has posted
6a 28-9 overall record and an impressive 25-2 record in conference play; and
7 WHEREAS, at the conclusion of the 2016 football season, Coach Fobbs was selected
8as the 2016 SWAC Football Coach of the Year and the 2016 SBN Sports Eddie Robinson
9Coach of the Year; and
10 WHEREAS, it is appropriate to recognize Coach Fobbs for his outstanding
11achievements, dedication, and contributions to Grambling State University and the
12Grambling community, to express gratitude for his monumental achievements in bringing
13about the resurgence of the GSU football team, and to extend appreciation for the
14tremendous pride and honor that he brings to Grambling State University and the state of
15Louisiana.
16 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
17Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend and congratulate Coach Broderick Fobbs for
18his success and triumph in coaching the great sport of football, does hereby recognize and
19record for posterity his outstanding accomplishments, and does extend to him every good
20wish for continued success and happiness at the helm of GSU Tiger football.
21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
22to Broderick Fobbs, head coach of the Grambling State University football program.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 46 Original 2017 Regular Session Jefferson
Commends Grambling State University head football coach Broderick Fobbs for winning
the 2016 SWAC Football Coach of the Year, the 2016 SBN Sports Eddie Robinson Coach
of the Year, and leading the Grambling State University football team to a win in the 2016
HBCU National Football championship.
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