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Donald Harrison Shows, known as Don Shows (February 15, 1940 – March 3, 2014), was an American athlete of five sports, a coach of the Northeast Louisiana Indians (renamed the Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks in 2006) and the Northwestern State Demons. Most of his career was as a high school football coach whose last team, from 1989 until 2012, was the Class 5-A West Monroe High School Rebels in West Monroe, Louisiana, USA.〔At least one poll declared the Rebels in both 1998 and 2000 as national champions, a subjective designation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Marq Mitcham, Memorial service planned for West Monroe coach Don Shows: Hall of Fame coach Don Shows, who guided West Monroe to eight state football championships and a pair of national titles, died early Monday morning at age 75, March 3, 2014 )〕 On June 25, 2011, Shows (pronounced SHAUZ) was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, located in Natchitoches. Chosen by a 30-member committee of the Louisiana Sportswriters Association, the 2011 nominees brought the number honored to that time to 285.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Former Pineville coach elected to La. Hall of Fame, December 12, 2010 )〕 ==Background== One of three sons of George Melvin and Thelma Shows, Don Shows was born and reared in Ruston in Lincoln Parish. He graduated in 1958 from Ruston High School, where he lettered in baseball, basketball, and track and field, as well as football.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Coach Donald Harrison Shows )〕 He played under the legendary Ruston High School coach Hoss Garrett: "We ran the Notre Dame Box. I played tailback, which is essentially the same as a quarterback in the 'gun'. I also ran track and played baseball. I won four state championships in track."〔 As a child, Shows preferred baseball and basketball to football. Hence for much of his life he faithfully watched other sports competitions besides football. He attended Louisiana Tech University in Ruston on a track scholarship, having graduated in 1963 with teacher certification in science and physical education.〔 Shows and his wife, Daune Elizabeth Ducote, originally from Alexandria, had four children, Stephanie McBride and husband Jere of Houston, Texas, and Kimberli Porter and husband Randell, Casey Harrison Shows and wife Ashley, and Haley Elizabeth Shows, engaged to Shane Lowery, all of West Monroe. There were nine Shows grandchildren at the time of the coach's death.〔〔 Shows was also an active hunter and fisherman〔 and outstanding bowler, who in his early years turned down an offer to turn professional.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Don Shows」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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