Les DeVall explained

Les DeVall
Birth Date:2 May 1919
Birth Place:Ellisville, Mississippi, U.S.
Death Place:Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1940–1941
Player Team2:Mississippi Southern
Player Positions:Blocking back
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1945–1953
Coach Team2:Hinds
Coach Years3:1954–1955
Coach Team3:William Carey
Coach Years4:1956
Coach Team4:Louisiana College
Coach Years5:1957–1965
Coach Team5:McNeese State
Coach Sport6:Baseball
Coach Years7:1955
Coach Team7:William Carey
Overall Record:75–32–2 (college football)
6–2 (college baseball)
84–13–2 (junior college football)
Bowl Record:1–0
Championships:Football
4 GSC (1957, 1961, 1963, 1965)
Awards:Football
GSC Coach of the Year (1957, 1961, 1963)

Leslie Coombs DeVall Jr. (May 2, 1919 – August 27, 2008) was an American football player and coach.

He played college football at the University of Southern Mississippi in 1940 and 1941 as a blocking back.[1]

DeVall began his coaching career as the head football coach at Hinds Community College in Raymond, Mississippi and served as the head coach at William Carey University during the only two years (1954 and 1955) that the school offered football. He also served as William Carey's baseball coach for one season.[2] DeVall was the head football coach at Louisiana College in Alexandria, Louisiana for one season before serving in the same role for nine seasons at McNeese State University.[3]

DeVall died away in 2008.[4]

Head coaching record

College football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: L.C. (Les) Devall. Southern Miss. December 7, 2018. December 9, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181209123850/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/smis/genrel/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/lc-les-devall.pdf. dead.
  2. Web site: Record Mens Baseball. William Carey University. December 7, 2018.
  3. Web site: Leslie DeVall. mcneesesports.com. December 6, 2018.
  4. Web site: Les DeVall. mcneesesports.com. December 6, 2018.