My Dale Brown experience

I went to Louisiana Boys State in the Summer of 1989. Coach Brown gave a speech to a room of about 700 teenage boys one night, and I sat there mesmerized as a soon-to-be Senior in high school. His enthusiasm and wisdom filled the room with optimism and pride. Even as a 17-year-old kid, he made me want to do something - to be something - great. By the time he was done, we were all standing and yelling L-S-U! L-S-U!! It is, to this day, one of the most electric moments of my life.

I’m sad that Daddy Dale is gone, but he’ll live on in my memory as the man who gave a room full of young men an electric enthusiasm for the future and tremendous pride in LSU. RIP Coach Brown.