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2021 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 4
BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHEXNAYDER
A RESOLUTION
To commend St. Charles Catholic High School head football coach, Frank Monica, on the
occasion of his retirement.
WHEREAS, Frank Monica first developed a love for sports while attending Reserve
High School, where he was a standout athlete in both baseball and football; after graduating,
he went on to play baseball at Nicholls State University; and
WHEREAS, Coach Monica began his high school coaching career as an assistant
coach for the Lutcher High School football team in 1971; by 1976, he had been promoted
to head coach of the team; and
WHEREAS, Coach Monica has helmed four Louisiana high school football programs
over the course of his nearly fifty-year coaching career: Lutcher High School, Riverside
Academy, St. Charles Catholic High School, and Jesuit High School; he won state
championships with Lutcher, Riverside Academy, and St. Charles, and he was exceptional
while at Jesuit as well; and
WHEREAS, during his time as a head coach at St. Charles Catholic, Coach Monica
posted an extremely impressive record of two hundred eighty-four wins and only eighty-
seven losses; he retires as the most successful coach in river parishes high school football's
illustrious history; and
WHEREAS, Frank Monica is a Louisiana high school football coaching legend, and
he is most deserving of the highest recognition on the occasion of his retirement.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend St. Charles Catholic High School head
football coach, Frank Monica, on the occasion of his retirement; does hereby thank Coach
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Monica for the tremendous impact he has had on the lives of the many young men who have
had the privilege of playing under him; does hereby highlight Coach Monica's unfathomable
level of success in one of the most competitive high school football states in the nation; and
does hereby extend sincere hopes and wishes that he continue to enjoy the same level of
success as he ventures into retirement.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Frank
Monica.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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