• Played football (linebacker/offensive guard) and baseball (catcher) for the Gold Rush and was a member of XULA's last intercollegiate football team in 1959
• Gained his greatest fame as the head football coach at St. Augustine High School in New Orleans during the 1970s
• His St. Aug teams won state championships in 1975, 1978 and 1979 in the LHSAA's highest classification at the time, AAAA
• Record of 113-17-1 (.866) during Washington's 11 seasons (1969-79) as St. Aug's coach, with 11 winning seasons and seven district championships
• Parlayed his St. Aug success into football jobs at LSU, Southern and Tulane, including head coach of the Jaguars from 1981-86
• Became the first African American assistant football coach at LSU, coaching the offensive line on Jerry Stovall's staff in 1980
• Received a bachelor's degree from XULA in 1961
• Other inductions:
— New Orleans High School Sports Hall of Fame
— Allstate Sugar Bowl Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame in 1994
— Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame in 2012
— Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 2015
• Born in 1939 and died in 2019 at age 80
•
2019
obituary
• 26-minute video: Otis Washington discusses
St. Aug football
