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January 12, 2012
At today’s meeting, Wiley Cutts led us in prayer and Maureen Murphy led us in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Our speaker today was Coach Brent Barker, Head Football Coach and Athletic Director at Faulkner University in Montgomery, AL. Coach Barker presented a very interesting PowerPoint presentation on the football program at Faulkner University. The motto of the program is “Faith, Family, Football.” He told club members of the new things in store for the 2012 football season. He presented statistics from last year’s program that showed Faulkner was number one in offense in the NAIA stats. He said they will have a new defensive staff this year. He showed us pictures of some outstanding players, including one Faulkner player selected as All-American. Coach Barker previously served as the golf coach at Faulkner prior to being appointed as head football coach. He has been successful at fund-raising as well, and showed some slides of the new weight room, locker room, as well as plans for the new football stadium. They expect to be playing on the new field in fall 2012. The new football stadium features a grand entrance with a statue of Gene Stallings and his son (see picture to the right). The football field is named in honor of Gene Stallings’ son, John Mark Stallings, who died in 2008.
In other news, our thoughts and prayers go out to Ann Ball, who is ill and is in Nashville, TN. Please keep Ann, Steve, and their family in your prayers this week.
At today’s meeting, Wiley Cutts led us in prayer and Maureen Murphy led us in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Our speaker today was Coach Brent Barker, Head Football Coach and Athletic Director at Faulkner University in Montgomery, AL. Coach Barker presented a very interesting PowerPoint presentation on the football program at Faulkner University. The motto of the program is “Faith, Family, Football.” He told club members of the new things in store for the 2012 football season. He presented statistics from last year’s program that showed Faulkner was number one in offense in the NAIA stats. He said they will have a new defensive staff this year. He showed us pictures of some outstanding players, including one Faulkner player selected as All-American. Coach Barker previously served as the golf coach at Faulkner prior to being appointed as head football coach. He has been successful at fund-raising as well, and showed some slides of the new weight room, locker room, as well as plans for the new football stadium. They expect to be playing on the new field in fall 2012. The new football stadium features a grand entrance with a statue of Gene Stallings and his son (see picture to the right). The football field is named in honor of Gene Stallings’ son, John Mark Stallings, who died in 2008.
In other news, our thoughts and prayers go out to Ann Ball, who is ill and is in Nashville, TN. Please keep Ann, Steve, and their family in your prayers this week.
Proposed entrance to the Faulkner University Football Stadium