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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
A RESOLUTION
To commend Coach Broderick Fobbs for his outstanding accomplishments as head coach
of the Grambling State University (GSU) football team, to commend him on another
historic season of Tiger football, to commend him for being selected 2016 Football
Coach of the Year for the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), and to
commend him for being selected the 2016 Sheridan Broadcasting Networks (SBN)
Sports Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year.
WHEREAS, Coach Fobbs has engineered a resurgence of one of the greatest football
programs in the history of historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) athletics, and
it is appropriate to commend and celebrate this beloved coach who is a widely respected and
admired resident of Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, Coach Fobbs earned all-state and all-district honors in football and
baseball as a student athlete at Carroll High School in Monroe and was twice selected as
team captain of the football team under legendary GSU head football Coach Eddie
Robinson; and
WHEREAS, the 2016 football season was one of the Tigers' best in school history,
the team finished with a 11-1 overall record, ending the season as 2016 SWAC Football
champions and the HBCU National Football champions with their 10-9 victory over North
Carolina Central University Eagles in the 2016 Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl; and
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WHEREAS, this marks the 24
th
SWAC Football championship in school history and
the 15
th
HBCU National Football championship in school history; and
WHEREAS, under the three-year leadership of Coach Fobbs, Grambling has posted
a 28-9 overall record and an impressive 25-2 record in conference play; and
WHEREAS, at the conclusion of the 2016 football season, Coach Fobbs was selected
as the 2016 SWAC Football Coach of the Year and the 2016 SBN Sports Eddie Robinson
Coach of the Year; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate to recognize Coach Fobbs for his outstanding
achievements, dedication, and contributions to Grambling State University and the
Grambling community, to express gratitude for his monumental achievements in bringing
about the resurgence of the GSU football team, and to extend appreciation for the
tremendous pride and honor that he brings to Grambling State University and the state of
Louisiana.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend and congratulate Coach Broderick Fobbs for
his success and triumph in coaching the great sport of football, does hereby recognize and
record for posterity his outstanding accomplishments, and does extend to him every good
wish for continued success and happiness at the helm of GSU Tiger football.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to Broderick Fobbs, head coach of the Grambling State University football program.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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