He promised them he would travel across the state to outline his vision and visit every football-playing high school in Louisiana.
He was educated at The Harvey Grammar School, Folkestone, a prominent football-playing school.
The 1987 event was the last with eight major football-playing schools.
The SCC also decided to realign its football-playing schools, primarily based on student enrollment.
He attended Grosvenor Grammar School, not traditionally a football-playing school, but despite this, made a name for himself at Crusaders.
In June 2012, the nine football-playing schools in that conference announced plans to break away and form a new all-sports conference.
On November 2, 2010, the Big East Conference officially announced its plans to expand from 8 to 10 football-playing schools.
All three football-playing schools in the Bay Area are in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the highest level of NCAA college football.
All of the football-playing schools of the MHC participate in the Mid-Indiana Football Conference.
In June 2012, the football-playing schools of that conference, including Shepherd, announced plans to break away to form a new Division II conference.