Coach Gene Stallings will be the Keynote Speaker at the District Conference on Friday (19th) at Noon.

Coach Gene Stallings will be the Keynote speaker at the District Conference on Friday at noon. Coach Stallings will be telling about his son-in-law, Dr. David Vanderpool's, decision to give up his practice in Memphis, Tennessee and move to Haiti to operate a hospital. Coach Stallings has raised in excess of $300,000 to build the hospital and somewhat equip it.

The Hospital, known as, MOBILE MEDICAL DISASTER RELIEF, and contributions to MMDR are 100% tax exempt. 
 
Gene Stallings was born March 2, 1935 and is a former football player and national champion head coach. He played college football at Texas A&M University (1954–1956), where he was one of the "Junction Boys", and later served as the head coach at his alma mater from 1965 to 1971. Stallings was also the head coach of the St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals of the NFL (1986–1989) and at the University of Alabama (1990–1996). Stalling's 1992 Alabama team completed a 13–0 season with a win in the Sugar Bowl over Miami and was named the consensus national champion. Stallings is currently a member of the Board of Regents of the Texas A&M University System. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2010.

Stallings received a number of national coaching awards in 1992 and was the SEC Coach of the Year twice, in 1992 and 1994. In 2000, Stallings was awarded Distinguished Alumnus of Texas A&M University. He was awarded the Legends Award from the All Sports Association in Dallas in 2001. Stallings has also received many humanitarian awards, including the Arthritis Humanitarian Award of Alabama, National Boys Club Alumni of the Year, Dallas Father of the Year, Humanitarian Award of the Lion’s Club of Alabama, and Paris Boys Club Wall of Honor.

Stallings has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, Texas Sports Hall of Fame, Texas A&M Hall of Fame, Gator Bowl Hall of Fame and Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame. He also received an honorary doctoral degree from Harding University. 

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