… Check out the “Pig Stand” sports grill, featuring tremendous barbeque and a collection of memorabilia on the walls that soon will include NSU items.
It’s technically located in Madison, a suburb of Jackson, capital of the Magnolia State.
Former Demon quarterback Wayne Van owns the restaurant. The Monroe native has been involved in business in the Jackson area for several years.
Among the items, he’ll showcase a “Demons of Destiny” poster celebrating the 2006 NSU basketball team’s success, and a collection of photographs of former Demon defensive lineman Ed “BeBe” Orgeron, now the head football coach at Ole Miss.
We’ll probably also throw in a shot or two of former Demon defensive coordinator John Thompson, who recently joined Coach O with the Rebels.
It sure will be odd seeing those guys competing against Northwestern next Nov. 3 in Oxford. But at least we’ll have an even larger crowd of former Demon players who were alongside Orgeron playing and coaching when Thompson was at NSU on Sam Goodwin’s first staff beginning in 1983.
Doug Ireland, SID
Friday, February 02, 2007
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Back in charge
Former NSU volleyball coach Leigh Mullins has a knack for taking charge.
She did so well enough to breathe life into what was a long-struggling program at Northwestern. The Lady Demons became very competitive in the SLC in her four seasons, reaching the SLC Tournament for the first time in her final year.
That’s also the year she became a mother, and after the 2005 season, she and daughter Avery moved to North Carolina, where husband/daddy Ty Mullins is based. He is a helicopter pilot.
Her former assistant coach, nanny and successor, the effervescent Brittany Uffelman, passed along this update on Leigh: she is now a high school principal.
Leigh is laying down the law at a private school in Raleigh, N.C. Initially hired as a substitute teacher, her ability to handle kids so impressed administrators and parents that when the school was looking for a principal, they offered her the job.
So if you happen to be in the area, don’t dally in the hallway after the bell rings for class and keep your gum in the car! Mrs. Mullins means business.
-Doug Ireland, SID
She did so well enough to breathe life into what was a long-struggling program at Northwestern. The Lady Demons became very competitive in the SLC in her four seasons, reaching the SLC Tournament for the first time in her final year.
That’s also the year she became a mother, and after the 2005 season, she and daughter Avery moved to North Carolina, where husband/daddy Ty Mullins is based. He is a helicopter pilot.
Her former assistant coach, nanny and successor, the effervescent Brittany Uffelman, passed along this update on Leigh: she is now a high school principal.
Leigh is laying down the law at a private school in Raleigh, N.C. Initially hired as a substitute teacher, her ability to handle kids so impressed administrators and parents that when the school was looking for a principal, they offered her the job.
So if you happen to be in the area, don’t dally in the hallway after the bell rings for class and keep your gum in the car! Mrs. Mullins means business.
-Doug Ireland, SID
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