Clyde Wolf – Health and Physical Education, 1958; M. Ed., 1966

Clyde Wolf

B.S. in Health & Physical Education, 1958; M.Ed. in 1966

                I came to SLI in January 1955 from Effingham, Illinois, after serving in the army from 1952 to 1954 (during the Korean War).  My older brother, Dallas Wolf, was the center on the SLI basketball team.  Dallas told Ray Didier, the football and baseball coach, about me, so I came down and played baseball four years for SLI.  Coach Didier left after my second year to coach at LSU.

                When you are in athletics, you make friends for life.  If you lived in McNaspy in a room with “Dizzy” Gore, Don “play it slow” Corley and whoever else had the guts to make it four to a room (they came and went, but never stayed), there is no way you forget those friends.  Outstanding men and fine athletes, such as Sonny Roy, Rick Lalonde, Marvin Leonard, Bob Petitfels, and naturally my “roomies” are people you remember the rest of your life.  I really shouldn’t mention names because I’ll leave out people, such as Gene Bacque and my off-campus roommate, Curtis Joubert.  Curtis really helped with my Gulf States Conference home run championship swing by forcing me to practice hitting the cap off of a coke bottle which was placed at the foot of his bed, while he reclined in the bed. (The things roommates will do to help each other).

                I  majored in Health & Physical Education and Mathematics, but was never able to take a class with Dr. Authement.  He was one of the best professors and his classes always filled early.  After graduation I taught Math and Health & Physical Education and coached  at Cecilia and Carencro High Schools.

                In 1966, I returned to USL as a member of the Health & Physical Education faculty and remained there until 1992.  The four “horsemen” were Ed Dugas, Fred Nelson, Marty Bourg and myself.  Of course there were other great teachers like us in the Department!  “Go Bulldogs!”