Showing posts with label Coach Douglas Porter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Coach Douglas Porter. Show all posts

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Out of the shadows: Legendary Grambling assistant built Hall of Fame resume as a head coach too

GRAMBLING — Until this week, Douglas Porter was most often referred to as a former assistant under Grambling State’s mythical Eddie Robinson.

Porter stood, without complaint, inside the dark outline of that coaching legend’s shadow — despite having assembled a terrific, if seldom decorated, career of his own.

“That couldn’t have been easy with a person of his skill,” said James “Shack” Harris, Porter’s first quarterbacking protΓ©gΓ© at GSU. “He was able to do it without ego, and to do it well.”

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