First of all, I want to make it clear that this web site is not about me. My friend pointed out to me that the people that view this site might want a little background on the web master. After careful consideration, I decided to open a small window into the reasons and the history of the site.

I went to Oak Grove my entire school career. I won two state championships under Coach Dalrymple in football and watched my dad win two more as the head baseball coach during that same time period. I love the smell of fresh cut grass on a field of battle. I love the fact that there is no place to hide between the white paint. I love underdogs. I love winners more. I love the competition...

• I lived in Oak Grove, Monroe, and West Monroe.
• I went to college at NLU.
• I am currently the Athletic Director and Head Football Coach at Caldwell Parish Jr. High School.
• I have two children...Raylee and Coda.

• I have farmed, pipe-lined, worked construction, been a gas station clerk; I was a student worker at college, taught social social studies, and coached.
• I love the deer camp, my chair, and any high school football stadium in Louisiana.
• Nothing better than a high school football game on a Friday night or a college game on Saturday night.
• My favorite movies are Goodfellas, The God Father, and Scarface.
• My favorite TV shows are the Sopranos and Sanford and Son. That's  S  A  N  F  O  R  D period.
• My favorite athletes: the Boz, anybody from the "U", and nobody from LSU (except for the kids i coached).
• Sports Teams that I pull for: O.G., Miami Hurricanes, N.E. Patriots, Baltimore Ravens, N.Y. Yankees...I gotta thing for winners.
• Sports Accomplishments: 1) Played little league baseball until I was 14. (Played on the only All Star State Championship Team West Carroll Parish has ever had. I was 13 and it was the only time my dad coached summer league.) 2) Made 2nd Team All District in football on the 1991 State Championship Team. Also made Academic All State Honorable Mention in 1991.
• My favorite book is Friday Night Lights (only book I read in high school)
• I like the Rolling Stones and anything that doesn't sound like garbage.
• People in coaching that I have met and have great respect for: My Dad, Vic Dalrymple (always play like you're 2 TDs behind),  J.T. Curtis (living Legend), Alton "Red" Franklin (see J.T. Curtis), Brad Bradshaw (if you ain't cheating, you ain't trying), Mike Collins (take away what they do), Scot Lee, Dell Ashley (calm), Mac Brown, Jeff "Mad Dog" Madden (not calm), Phillip Fulmer, Al Davis (well, lets just say it was a much bigger deal in the 90's), and many others...
• I don't think college football should have a playoff. I don't even think it should have a championship game. Give me the old days...Give me the SEC in the Sugar, the Big 8 (12) in the Orange and the slow teams that no one wants to watch in the Rose!
• I think, I think I've said enough...

The Dome Trip…
I made my first trip to the Dome in 1986 to watch Oak Grove play Southern Lab for the state championship. I road on a Grey Hound bus with my girlfriend, Grandmother, and about fifty other people. The bus ride was better than the game. Anyway, I got my first view of the “Big Lights,” as Coach Dalrymple would later call them. Having been there before, it made a big difference in 1989, when I showed up as a 145-pound linebacker to face the Golden Tornado of Haynesville. I bought a game program and fell in love with the “records” and “statistics” section. I fell in love with the Dome too. Since 1986, I have made 20 trips to see the Prep Classic: two as a player, fifteen as a fan, and two as a King (get to that later). On my first trip in 1986, I got to witness a rarity, a John Curtis loss to the Wossman Wildcats. I was introduced to the athleticism of Southern Lab also. Oak Grove got shelled, but I was hooked. I got to come back in 1989 and 1991 and win state championships as a player. I almost got to go as a coach in 1998, while coaching at Mangham, but a semifinal loss to St. John kept the “Holy Trinity” from being complete. And by that I mean going as a fan, player, and coach. I didn't go in 1992, but I haven’t missed since. For 17 straight years I have made the “Pilgrimage to Mecca.” Over the years I stayed in various hotels and motels, from the Five Star Le Pavillon, to the Two Star Shoney’s Inn in Metairie and not to be out done by the Half Star Best Western off of Tulane Avenue with the Chinese manager that put us in a meat locker and damn near killed us with sub arctic temperatures. We have settled in at the Baronne Plaza for last few years though. It’s not just a trip, it’s an adventure! I have gone with various people over the years. I've taken all the ex-wives and a girlfriend; went with my cousin once, Coach Collins, at Sterlington, and his son Wade, but most of the years my friend, Jason Custer, has made the journey with me.
Now, back to the trip as a king. The last three years we did it right. We got a 300 level suite, had the food and drinks catered…this is the only way to go. We talk about it ever year…“why doesn't this thing sell out every year?” I can’t understand it, but there is nothing like listening to the Commodores on the way to New Orleans. It is a trip that I’ll always take...even if the roads look like they did on I-55 on the Thursday before the DOME in 2008...Yes this is I-55! Most people missed this.
















I started coaching in 1997 at Sterlington. These are some of the guys I have had the honor of coaching and being around.

Team	Site
Oak Grove	Home
West St. John	Edgard
Menard	Alexandria
North DeSoto	Stonewall
South Plaquemines	Port Sulphur
Delhi	Delhi
Buckeye	Deville
Delhi Charter	Delhi
Delta	Mer Rouge
Grambling Lab	GSU practice field
Crowville	Crowville
Block	Jonesville
Gilbert	Gilbert
St. Marys	Northwestern Stadium
Grambling Lab	Eddie Robinson Stadium
Winnsboro	Winnsboro
Franklin Parish	Winnsboro
Northwood	Shreveport
Washington-Marion	Lake Charles
Bastrop	Bastrop
Sterlington	Sterlington
Mangham	Mangham
Haynesville	Haynesville
LaSalle	Olla
Logansport	Logansport
U-High	LSU Practice Field
Tallulah	Tallulah
OCS	Monroe
St. Joseph	Greenville, MS
Riverside Christian	Reserve
Superdome	New Orleans
St. Charles	LaPlace
Jonesboro-Hodge	Jonesboro
Rayville	Rayville
West Ouachita	West Monroe
Springhill	Springhill
Carroll	Monroe
Lake Charles-Boston	Lake Charles
St. John	Plaquemine High
Neville	Monroe
Bernice	Bernice
Cedar Creek	Ruston
Sam Houston	Lake Charles
Salmen	Slidell
Richwood	Richwood
Madison	Tallulah
Newellton	Newellton
Sacred Heart	Ville Plate
Minden	Minden
Joe Aillet Stadium	Ruston
Independence Stadium	Shreveport
Wossman	Monroe
Caldwell	Caldwell
West Monroe	West Monroe
Airline	Shreveport
St. Fredrick	Monroe
Port Barre	Port Barre
Evangel Christian	Shreveport
Calvary Baptist	Shreveport
Farmerville	Farmerville
Ruston	Ruston
Ouachita	Monroe