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[RedTails]

ULM's new staff is just Bill Clark's old team from UAB

Get ready for a team that plays dirty then.

[old alum]

LOL ok

Let's go after Belichick.

He might be feeling nostalgic and want to coach at Louisiana where his dad once coached.

Did his father really coach here, or was that a joke?

[Gumbeaux]

Pretty sure Belichecks dad did coach here in the SLI days

[Turbine]

Did his father really coach here, or was that a joke?

Steve Belichick (Bill's dad) was an assistant coach here at Louisiana in 1943.

They went undefeated.

[R1Letterman]

Your point?

My point if we don't discuss it, we have no clue who can, will, won't want to come here.

Closing the door in your own mind always leads to less than optimal.

Isnt by discussing it (and martin hall reading it) the best way to ensure it does not happen

[R1Letterman]

Steve Belichick (Bill's dad) was an assistant coach here at Louisiana in 1943.

They went undefeated.

Yet no extension? What was his grad rate?

[Turbine]

Yet no extension? What was his grad rate?

100%

[old alum]

Pretty sure Belichecks dad did coach here in the SLI days

That is a very cool trivia fact!!!

[Turbine]

That is a very cool trivia fact!!!

There was an article in the Vermilion at the time (early 1944) about the students being sad that he was leaving.

[RedTails]

Steve Belichick (Bill's dad) was an assistant coach here at Louisiana in 1943.

They went undefeated.

Are you sure? It looks like he coached for SLI of Texas according to this blurb I found in a cached page of RP:

In what is perhaps the recruiting coup of the century, 1943 saw Louisiana (SLI) participate in the Navy’s (Varsity)-12 program. Over 175 two-year starters from various colleges around the country came to Louisiana (SLI) for the Naval officer training program.

When the V-12 program was instituted, the State board of Education issued an intercollegiate football playing ban on Louisiana (SLI).

In a stroke of genius Athletic Director Bob Browne conceived an in school "All Star" game.

Since SLI had over 175 two-year varsity football players enrolled, he made plans to have a series of in school games, and there were enough players to field “four full teams.” The only one that went off however, (that I have found) was the Texas "All Stars" vs. the mostly Louisiana "All Stars." The SLI Louisiana group was composed of SLI players mostly from Louisiana the likes of Alvin Dark, and sprinkled with players from Oklahoma, Colorado, and Mississippi.

Steve Belicheck, Bill Belicheck’s father coached the SLI TEXAS “All Stars”, as SLI of Texas took on SLI of Louisiana & Co.

This evidently got some attention and the attention of the Louisiana State board of Education, as they suddenly lifted the edict on Louisiana (SLI) participating in 1943 intercollegiate football. Fortunate as this was, it was already half way through the 43 season, and although they tried to play LSU, Rice, Notre Dame, Tulane, and Fordham on what was thought to be open dates, these schools declined and stated “schedule problems.”

Louisiana was forced to play other V-12 participating schools some of these schools were sporting former NLF players on their squads.

Besides any in-house “All Star” games held at McNaspy stadium in 1943, Louisiana was able to play 5 other games and went 4-0-1. According to Alvin Dark’s autobiography SLI played a total of 8 games that year (perhaps three were in house) he also states that SLI was up for the Sugar bowl, but no school would play them.

A second source indicated the mere 5 games as an indication of an untested team.

Another source states that an overriding deal was struck during a bleak period of the game that produced Louisiana’s only tie that season. The deal sent another team to the Sugar Bowl.

Fortunately the Oil Bowl was instituted expressly for the nations best team of 1943.

[Turbine]

Extracted nationally from the 1942 football season powerhouses of the South, Louisiana had the best players from Texas, Louisiana, Mississipi, and Arkansas on the football team that year.

So many players on the squad they played themselves.

SLI-Texas and SLI-Louisiana were both from the same Louisiana squad.

Norte Dame and LSU both declined a matchup.

The media still voted decimated traditional teams #1 that year.

[RedTails]

Extracted nationally from the 1942 football season powerhouses of the South, Louisiana had the best players from Texas, Louisiana, Mississipi, and Arkansas on the football team that year.

So many players on the squad they played themselves.

SLI-Texas and SLI-Louisiana were both from the same Louisiana squad.

Norte Dame and LSU both declined a matchup.

The media still voted decimated traditional teams #1 that year.

Ahhh that makes sense now. Thanks