Lamar Names New Coach to Re-Start Dormant Program

[MrMustang1965]

BEAUMONT — Lamar has hired junior college coach Ray Woodard to lead the football program's return from a 21-year hiatus in 2010.

Navarro College went 9-3 last year and made its first postseason appearance in six years in Woodard's only season as head coach. Woodard, who was hired Monday, was Navarro's defensive coordinator the previous two seasons.

The 46-year-old former Texas Longhorn was the head coach at Burton High School in 2004-05 and spent time as an assistant in the NFL's European league. He was drafted by San Diego in 1984 and had other NFL stops in Kansas City and Denver. He played in the 1987 Super Bowl with the Broncos.

Texas State University System regents in February approved an athletics fee designed to fund football's return to Lamar. The program has been dormant since 1989.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5790479.html

[Highflyingstangs]

and will do a great job at Lamar. Great coach and a great person...The Cardinals did well.

[Lotus]

How does this pertain to us?

[DiamondM]

Well, my brother in law is the asst AD and SID at Lamar, so it will probably mean a lot to him, and thus to me (although he knew this was a possibility about a year ago when he took the job).

[Rayburn]

Interesting. May have to see what Lamar has cooking.

[pony warrior]

Great Pick...