The heat was on University of Arkansas football Coach Sam Pittman late in the 2023 season following home losses to lower-tier SEC West clubs Mississippi State and Auburn.
The heat was on University of Arkansas football Coach Sam Pittman late in the 2023 season following home losses to lower-tier SEC West clubs Mississippi State and Auburn.
Quad Sanders couldn t believe what he was hearing when he first got word Tuesday morning that Buck James was leaving Bryant High School to become Conway High School s Head Football Coach.
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Don James Secretary Cleo Blackstone was as Organized as the Coach
Passing away on April 7, she came away with a treasure trove of letters, photos and memories.
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Cleo Blackstone saw a flier for a job that sounded interesting enough.
To her family s great surprise, she landed it in 1979, Blackstone became Don James secretary.
It wasn t that she didn t have the right qualifications for this position. To the contrary, Cleo was as organized to the last detail as the legendary University of Washington football coach. She was a perfect fit.
For six exciting years, Blackstone acted as a conduit between James and coaches such as Paul Bear Bryant and broadcasters the likes of NBC-TV s Curt Gowdy, setting up meetings and passing along messages.