University of West Alabama Athletics

Served as both head football coach and director of athletics at UWA …  Generally credited for the positive change in Tiger football and in UWA athletic facilities while serving in both positions … Served as head football coach from 2006-10, laying the cornerstone for the success the program has enjoyed over the last few years, including three Gulf South Conference championships since 2012 … 40-year coaching career, 28 as a head coach in both NCAA Division I and Division II … Won three consecutive Division II national championships (93, 94, 95) … 11-time Division II football playoff participant … GSC and Division II Coach of the Quarter Century (1972-1997) … Member of the Division II Football Hall of Fame, GSC Hall of Fame, Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, and UNA Sports Halls of Fame … Winningest coach in GSC history (152 victories) … National Coach of the Year three times … GSC Coach of the Year four times … Only coach to win seven GSC Championships … Three national championships ties him for the most championships by any coach in the division's 39-year history … Led 1993-95 UNA teams to 41-1 record, making him the first coach in college football history to win 40 games in just three seasons …. Multi-sport athlete at Callaway High School in Jackson, Mississippi … Lettering three years each in football, basketball, baseball, and track at CHS … Also earned prep All-America honors … Three-year starter at Mississippi State as a defensive back while earning his Bachelor of Science degree in physical education in 1976.