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Football |
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Biographical details |
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Place of birth |
Athens, Georgia |
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Combined Coaching Record (H.S. & College) |
1948-1977
1963-1976 |
187-69-11
Fort Valley State University |
*Record at FVSU 86-31-7 .693
Inducted into Georgia Sports Hall of Fame (1996)
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Hall of Fame (1986)
Fort Valley State College Alumni Hall of Fame (1979) |
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Leon J. “Stan” Loamax (born in Athens, Georgia) is a former
American football coach whose coaching career in the State of Georgia spanned 29 years (1948-1977). His high school and college football coaching record is 187-69-11.
While at Risely High School in Brunswick, Lomax led his football teams to the 1950 and 1957 state championships while compiling a 101-36-4 record. In 1950, his team scored 427 points and allowed only 35. He also won two state titles in basketball and five consecutive track & field championships.
Lomax was named head football coach at Fort Valley State College 1963. He spent 15 years at the Wildcat helm, amassing an 86-33-7 record. He led the Wildcats to four Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships and advanced to the NCAA playoffs twice. Lomax’s Wildcats became the first all-black college football team to be featured in a national television game against Fisk University on ABC in 1972.
Lomax also served as the men’s basketball coach at Fort Valley State College from 1963-1967.
He was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.
