• 2025-26 academic year is his first at Loyola . . .
His appointment was effective Feb. 16, 2026,
and Loyola announced it
eight days later
• This is his 37th year in a sports information office . . . previously:
— 19 years (2006-25) at Xavier University of Louisiana (director)
— 13 years (1987-2000) at the University of New Orleans (director)
— 1 year (1986-87) at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (assistant director)
— 3 years (1977-80) at the University of Missouri (student assistant)
• Received 101 awards, 32 for first place, for sportswriting and sports information in a professional career that
began as a 10th-grader in 1974 in his hometown of Shreveport, La.
• Won 38 awards at XULA, three for conference SID of the year and three consecutive firsts for features in the NAIA's
Dr. W. Jack Bell Writing Contest . . . From 2011-15, his 14 awards in that contest led all