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Date: 6/1/00
Contact: Christina Chapple 35
SOUTHEASTERN TO HOST 2ND ANNUAL COACHING CLINIC
HAMMOND Have you ever wanted to know how your favorite basketball teams run
their Man-to-Man Defense or what strategy to use in a game-deciding situation? Coaches from
youth league to junior high and high school can learn all about teaching and coaching their teams
to victory in a one-day coaching clinic at Southeastern Louisiana University.
The clinic, sponsored by Southeastern's Continuing Education and Kinesiology and
Health Studies departments, will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, June 16 in D
Vickers Hall. Registration begins at 8 a.m. The $25 registration fee includes the Coaching
Legends luncheon, which will honor Southeastern alumni coaching greats Ray "Coon" Porta,
Allie Smith, Stanley Galloway, Pat Kenelly, and Gerald Keller.
The clinic's six breakout sessions will include seminars in basketball, football, and
baseball/softball. Guest Speaker Rick Ball, creator of the Coalition of Americans to Protect
Sports (CAPS) educational programs, will open the clinic, followed by sessions from some of the
area's best area coaches.
Participants can learn
"Post Play" from Southeastern women's basketball coach Frank Schneider and
"Offensive Basketball" the University of Southern Mississippi way with coach James Green and
"Developing the Man to Man Defense" with Southeastern men's basketball coach Billy
Kennedy and "Match Up Zone" with Martha Gore, coach of women's basketball at the
University of Mobile
"Fast Break Basketball" by Billy Fitzgerald, Newman High basketball coach.
techniques of coaches who have led their teams to NCAA Baseball regional play,
including Tulane University baseball coach Rick Jones, "Pitching Skills and Situations"; LSU
assistant baseball coach Bill Dailey, "Base Running" skills; Southeastern assistant baseball coach
Johnny Brechtel, "Hitting"; and Southeastern softball coaches Pete Langlois and Howard
Dobson, "Fundamentals of Hitting and "Defensive Skills/Drills."
"Defensive Line Play and Skills" from LSU defensive coordinator Pete Jenkins and how
to play "Wing T Football" from coach Rick Gaille of St. James High School.
how to run the "Salmen 5-2 Defense" from Salmen High football coach Jerry Leonard
and the "Passing Game vs. Zone Defense" from East Ascension High coach Robbie Mahfouz.
"Quarterback Play and Drills" from Notre Dame High football coach Lewis Cook and
all about "Baker Football" from Bob Howell of Baker High.
The Coaching Legends luncheon will honor five veteran coaches who are Southeastern
graduates.
Coach Ray "Coon" Porta presently is assistant superintendent of auxiliary services for the
East Baton Rouge Parish school system, where he has worked since graduating from
Southeastern in 1955. As assistant football coach at Istrouma High School from 1955 to 1962,
his coached his teams to six district and five state championships. As Istrouma's head baseball,
Portas' team won five district championships and was twice state runner-up. He was also
selected as 3-AAA Baseball Coach of the Year.
In 1959, Porta was appointed assistant coach in football at Southeastern under coach
Stanley Galloway. During his two year stint, the 9-1 Lions were conference co-champs. Porta
moved to Baton Rouge High School as head coach and athletic director in 1963. His teams won
32 games and lost 7, on their way to three district championships and one state title. Porta earned
several "Coach of the Year" honors from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.
Allie Smith has coached football, track and cross country at Covington High School since
graduating from Southeastern in 1964, leading his teams to numerous state and district titles.
From 1964 to 1995, as mentor of the Covington track program, his teams won 18 district and
three regional championships, while capturing two state runner-up trophies.
In 1970, Smith started up a cross country program at Covington High. Over the next
21 years, teams earned 14 district championships, three state championships and were state
runners-up for three years. Football also has been a part of Coach Smiths life for the past 36
years when the Lions have won one state championship and three state runners-up titles. As head
coach the past four years, Smith has led the Lions to two district championships and has been to
the playoffs every year.
Smith has won 27 district Coach of the Year Awards and was nominated for national
Cross-Country Coach of the Year in 1987.
Coach Stanley Galloway, a 1939 Southeastern graduate, has been a successful coach both
at the high school and college levels. As head coach at Bogalusa from 1942-1951, Galloway led
his team to the 1947 Louisiana 4-A state championship and the state runners-up title in 1949. His
record at Bogalusa High was 80-30-5.
His coaching success at the high school level and his love for Southeastern made
Galloway a perfect fit to succeed Ned McGehee as the new head coach at his alma mater.
Galloway led the Lions to conference champions or co-champions on six different occasions. His
1954 Lions had an undefeated 9-0 season. Galloway's success as the Lions mentor did not go
unnoticed as he was named Gulf States Conference Coach of the Year four times.
When Galloway left Southeastern, he became the first Athletic Commissioner of State
Colleges and Universities. Upon the break up of the Gulf States Conference, he was named the
first commissioner of the Gulf South Conference, serving for eight years.
Coach Pat Kenelly graduated from Southeastern in 1947. After a stellar career on the
Strawberry Stadium gridiron, Kenelly was drafted by the Chicago Bears. The lure to coach
proved to be too great and Kenelly returned to the area, as assistant coach at Bogalusa High.
In 1949, Kenelly returned to Southeastern as assistant football coach under Stan
Galloway. In 1965, he became the institution's ninth head football coach, directing the squad
until 1971.
While still serving as an assistant on the football team, Kenelly was pegged to be head
coach of the Lions' diamond nine. During his 14 years as baseball head coach he turned
Southeastern into one of the finest programs in the south, guiding the Lions to five conference
championships and was twice being named conference Coach of the Year. His 230 wins make
Kenelly one of the most prolific coaches in Southeastern baseball history, second only to present
Lion skipper Greg Marten. Kenelly also served as athletic director from 1971 to 1976.
When Coach Gerald Keller graduated from Southeastern in 1958, he became head coach
of boys basketball at French Settlement High School. In his 23 years of head coach he compiled
a won-loss record of 507-281. His teams won 12 district championships and, in the 1965-1966
season, won the Class C state championship, which brought Keller Coach of the Year honors.
For seven years, Keller led the French Settlement girls basketball team to a record of 166-
89. They advanced to the semifinals in 1998 and 2000 and reached the state finals in 1986, only
to lose by one point. Keller received nine coach of the year awards during his seven years of
coaching girls basketball.
For more information on the Coaches Clinic and the Coaches Legend Luncheon, contact
Dr. Ronnie Harper in the Kinesiology Department at (504) 549-2301 or the SLU Office of
Continuing Education at (504) 549-2301 or 1-800-256-2771.
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