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RIP Ron Abernathy Asst. Basketball Coach 1976- 1989
Posted on 6/24/26 at 9:07 pm
Posted on 6/24/26 at 9:07 pm
Posted by Rudy Macklin who I follow on Facebook and also by the most hated sports beat writer from Tiger Rag.
Edited to add:
Rudy's Tribute to Coach Ron
Edited to add:
Rudy's Tribute to Coach Ron
This post was edited on 6/24/26 at 9:19 pm
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Posted on 6/24/26 at 9:14 pm to Red Stick Tigress
I recall Coach Abernathy from my time at LSU. Think he was one of Daddy Dale’s ace recruiters.
That 1979/1980/1981 MBB run was so much fun.
That 1979/1980/1981 MBB run was so much fun.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 9:24 pm to Red Stick Tigress
I remember Ron back in the day
Posted on 6/24/26 at 9:25 pm to TexTgrTed
quote:
Think he was one of Daddy Dale’s ace recruiters.
Yes.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 9:30 pm to Red Stick Tigress
Dale's best move may have been hiring Ron Abernathy from Shawnee High School in Louisville to help seal the deal with Rudy Macklin. Macklin was the single most important recruit in LSU basketball history as he was the rock upon which the Fantastic Climb to the Top was built.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 9:55 pm to Red Stick Tigress
Wasn't he the one who "lost" $25k on a recruiting trip? Or had it stolen?
Posted on 6/24/26 at 10:02 pm to SloaneRanger
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Wasn't he the one who "lost" $25k on a recruiting trip? Or had it stolen?
Don't remember that story.
I was barely in high school in 1976. When did that happen?
Posted on 6/24/26 at 10:04 pm to SloaneRanger
quote:
Not linking the article
By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor
Ron Abernathy, the man behind the man of LSU basketball’s storied history of the 1970s and ’80s under coach Dale Brown who signed Shaquille O’Neal and recruited key members of the Tigers’ 1981 Final Four team hailed as greatest in school history, has died.
Abernathy died at age 75 on Tuesday in Jackson, Tennessee, of cancer. He is survived by his wife Sharon, son Ron Jr. and daughter Charity.
A native of Louisville who was born on Dec. 13, 1950, Abernathy played basketball at and graduated from Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky. He was one of Brown’s top assistant coaches from 1976-89 – an era that featured the Tigers’ rise to national prominence after bad to average seasons from 1954-55 through 1968-69 before Pistol Pete Maravich’s senior season when LSU (22-10, 13-5 SEC runner-up) and reached the NIT in Madison Square Garden in 1970.
“Ron Abernathy couldn’t have been a nicer guy,” Brown told Tiger Rag from his home in Baton Rouge on Wednesday night. “Just a perpetual smile on his face. He was such a great recruiter for us. He dressed so well. He made me feel like a hobo. The kids loved him and loved playing for him.”
This post was edited on 6/24/26 at 10:18 pm
Posted on 6/24/26 at 10:12 pm to SloaneRanger
Might have been Art Tolis that lost the moneybag, recall hearing a story but not who was involved.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 10:15 pm to Red Stick Tigress
RIP
He was instrumental in helping Dale Brown build LSU basketball into a powerhouse. Rudy was the first piece of the puzzle.
He was instrumental in helping Dale Brown build LSU basketball into a powerhouse. Rudy was the first piece of the puzzle.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 10:20 pm to Red Stick Tigress
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When did that happen?
1980s I think.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 10:30 pm to SloaneRanger
Excerpt from the New York Times NYT Article 5/3/1982
SPORTS WORLD SPECIALS
By Thomas Rogers
May 3, 1982
Money Matters
Being robbed of $2,000 is a traumatic experience for most people, but a recent loss was particularly bad for Ron Abernathy, an assistant basketball coach at Louisiana State University. Last month, not long after Coach Digger Phelps of Notre Dame had charged that many universities were paying college basketball players as much as $10,000 a year, Abernathy was robbed of $2,000 in cash while on a recruiting trip to Gulfport, Miss.
SPORTS WORLD SPECIALS
By Thomas Rogers
May 3, 1982
Money Matters
Being robbed of $2,000 is a traumatic experience for most people, but a recent loss was particularly bad for Ron Abernathy, an assistant basketball coach at Louisiana State University. Last month, not long after Coach Digger Phelps of Notre Dame had charged that many universities were paying college basketball players as much as $10,000 a year, Abernathy was robbed of $2,000 in cash while on a recruiting trip to Gulfport, Miss.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 10:32 pm to TexTgrTed
It was Johnny Jones
Tolis got caught stealing booze
Tolis got caught stealing booze
Posted on 6/24/26 at 10:41 pm to Curtis Lowe
quote:That would be $2.000 in cash going to Chris Jackson.
Abernathy was robbed of $2,000 in cash while on a recruiting trip to Gulfport, Miss.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 10:47 pm to Red Stick Tigress
Red Stick Tigress.........Were you an actual Tigress that danced at LSU basketball games?
Posted on 6/24/26 at 10:58 pm to semjase
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Were you an actual Tigress that danced at LSU basketball games?
No. I was not a Tiger Girl. I chose Red Stick Tigress because when I moved back to Louisiana from ATL, I got a job in Baton Rouge. Now I am in Metairie.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 11:08 pm to semjase
quote:
Abernathy was robbed of $2,000 in cash while on a recruiting trip to Gulfport, Miss.
That would be $2.000 in cash going to Chris Jackson.
Chris Jackson was in grade school at teh time. Abernathy was recruiting Kenny Jimmerson. He carried cash becaus the coaches didn't have Tiger cards back then.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 11:24 pm to semjase
It was Kenny Jimmerson , who was at Harrison Central and wound up at McNeese State
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