Nicholls State University - La Pirogue Yearbook (Thibodaux, LA)

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coaching at Newman High School, Holy Cross High School, Iesuit High School and Northwestern State Univer- sity. Assistant basketball coach Ierry San- ders is also responsible for recruiting and scouting for the team and spends many a Friday night at high school bas- ketball games. A Nicholls graduate, Sanders joined the staff in 1970 and served as golf coach for five years, and was named GSC coach of the year in 1972 after his team won the crown. The newest member of the football coaching staff is C. I. Moore. graduate assistant coach in charge of tight ends. Moore previously served as assistant coach at Pontchatoula High School and Covington High School. Attending to miseries and injuries of athletes is Bob i Doc Drury, who begins his second full year as the trainer for all intercollegiate sports. A certified member of the National Athletic Trainers Association, Drury came to Nicholls from Slidell High School where he was trainer and biol- ogy teacher. One of the newer members of the department is Al Suffrin, sports inform- ation director. Suffrin. who served as an assistant to previous directors for four and one-half years. was elevated to the slot in March following the resigna- tion of Phil Tullis in the fall. Genevieve Amedee serves as the sec- retary to Didier and as acting business manager. Department secretaries are lean Bourgeois and loy Brown. Dr. Wade Ledet is chairman of the Athletic Council. Coach Bill Clements' hopes for 3 repeat GSC Doc Drury keeps the athletes in top shape for championship did not materialize in the 4-6-1 sea- their sports. and assists with game iniurins. son. i , I 'J ' . I l ?i.,,.-1 ., if ,. if g l O N f it O 'x If 1, and i Suv' to .f .,,, X i i Handling publicity for Nicholls sports is the job ol Al Suflrin. sports information tliretztor. Suffrin is Ai 1977 graduate. Athletic: D1-partm

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Clements took several major steps which eventually resulted in success, and the Gulf South Conference cham- pionship in 1975. He hired four new assistant coaches with the experience and dedication necessary for the Colonels to maintain a quality program. Offensive coordinator Iohn Arms came to Nicholls from Tulane Univer- sity in 1974. Previously he had served as recruiting coordinator at Tulane, head football coach at Iesuit High School, and head basketball coach and assist- ant football coach at Holy Cross High School. Coach Randy Raymond, in his fourth year with the university's athletic department, serves as the football team's offensive line coach and head tennis coach. Raymond previously coached at USL as a graduate assistant. T. C. Calmes doubles as the football team's defensive coordinator and the head baseball coach. He joined the staff in 1972 from Tara High School where he had been head football coach and athletic director. A veteran of 11 years of coaching, he has also served with Hammond High gl i l i Q School, Glen Oaks and Baton Rougel High School. Q Coach Bob Gros coaches the defen-E sive line for football and the golf teams. ' Before coming to Nicholls in 1974, Gros-i coached two state championship teamsil at Hahnville High School, as well asl coaching at South Terrebonne Highl School and St. Francis de Sales. Ei With the athletic department sincel, 1974, Coach Ioey McGoey's main dutyii is the defensive secondary, but he alsoi coaches the women's tennis teamy McGoey's previous experience includesl it if I They make the plans, call the ghgtgi l vf. ' .'q'9f?9 ,Q rv- f- . , .,,n.,, . J, 9 ' f 1 , 1 mic- .'.'s1..'. ...-, . V' rw ,- vz ja ., - is 'M V '4 -f ' 4 ll tw Uwgmz'lxi1e-nl 3 l

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