NEW ORLEANS — Doug Porter, a Xavier University of Louisiana alumnus and a member of the National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame, died Wednesday (June 5, 2024). He was 95 years old.
        Porter's funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 15 at St. Benedict Catholic Church, 471 Main St. in Grambling, La. Visitation at the church will begin at 10 a.m. that day. A repast will follow the Mass. A remembrance of Porter's life will begin at 6 p.m. Friday, June 14 at nearby Roe Hall.
        Porter played quarterback for XULA in the late 1940s and was a Gold Rush football assistant coach from 1955-59. As a college head coach his teams won 155 games in 27 seasons.
        The National Football Foundation inducted Porter to its hall of fame in 2008. Porter is a nominee for the XULA Athletic Hall of Fame.
        More on Porter:
        •  From Memphis, Tenn., and an alum of that city's Father Bertrand High School.
        •  2023 finalist for the Black College Football Hall of Fame.
        •  Career record of 155-110-5 (.574) in 27 seasons as a college head coach (Mississippi Valley 1961-65, Howard 1974-78, Fort Valley State 1979-85, 1987-96).
        •  His Fort Valley teams were 19-1-1 in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference games from 1980-83, and his 1982 team qualified for the NCAA Division II playoffs.
        •  His Fort Valley teams won SIAC championships in 1982, 1983, 1991 and 1992.
        •  Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 1974 after leading Howard in his first season to an 8-2-1 record, a tie for second in the MEAC and a berth in the postseason Orange Blossom Classic.
        •  Also served Fort Valley as athletic director from 1981-97.
        •  Assistant football coach at Grambling from 1966-73.
        •  Born Aug. 15, 1928.