Originally Posted by
dawg80
Coach Hogg is also being inducted into the Louisiana Sports HoF this summer. She joins Barmore and a host of Techsters already in.
Willie Roaf is also being inducted this summer.
For those that don't know, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame is located in Natchitoches and construction has begun on a brand new facility. It was housed in the airplane hanger on NSU's campus...er, Prather, for decades.
My daughter was active in basketball the summer Barmore went in, so I took her to most of the events, which included a coaching clinic. Rudy Macklin, former LSU hoops' star, was also being inducted that summer, and during the clinic, I saw my little girl "schooling" Macklin and Barmore in a little one-on-one, hah!
But, tell ya what, Coach Mike McConathy called all the kids together and introduced Coach Leon Barmore for a little talk on the fundamentals of basketball. You could have heard a pin drop. I stood back and watched the kids as they listened to him. They were mesmerized. Remember the commercials, when E.F Hutton talks, everyone listens...well.