Southland Conference

 "Hall of Honor"

NSU Members

BRIAN O’NEIL BROWN

NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY 1986 - 1990

HALL OF HONOR INDUCTION MARCH 10, 2000

Former Northwestern State student-athlete Brian O’Neil Brown was a six-time All-American and a four-time Southland Conference Champion in both indoor and outdoor track. His premier event is the high jump, and at 7’ 8 3/4”, his highest jump still ranks as one of the world’s best. After establishing a Southland Conference record of 7’ 6” at the 1989 indoor meet, Brown went on to secure the NCAA indoor title and was named the TAC Mobil Outdoor National Champion. While attending Northwestern State, Brown was the epitome of a student-athlete, always demonstrating great leadership both on campus and within the track program. He graduated from Northwestern State in 1990 and was an Olympic Trials Finalist for both the 1992 and 1996 games. Brown was ranked 10th in the world while completing a doctoral degree and serving as an athletics administrator at the University of Missouri.

JAMES SMITH

NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY  1987 - 2004

HALL OF HONOR INDUCTION JUNE 2, 2005

In 17 seasons as head coach, beginning with Northwestern State's first year of Southland Conference membership in 1987, James Smith guided the Lady Demons among the nation's 40 winningest women's college basketball programs. His 340-155 (.687) record made him the winningest women's basketball coach in conference history. Smith led Northwestern State to two NCAA Tournament berths (1989 at-large, 2004 automatic), three SLC regular-season titles (1995, 1999, 2004), three WNIT appearances (1993, 1995, 1999) and 10 SLC Tournament championship game appearances. His Lady Demons posted wins over national powers Notre Dame, Arkansas, Iowa, Clemson, Long Beach State and Ole Miss. Five of Smith's former assistants became Division I head coaches. His teams produced four NCAA Division I statistical champions and 14 entries in the NCAA record book. Smith is one of only 34 Division I women's basketball coaches to average 20 wins per season while coaching at least 17 years.

LaMARK CARTER

NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY 1991 - 1993

HALL OF HONOR INDUCTION JUNE 1, 2006

LaMark Carter was a four-time NCAA Division I All-American for Northwestern State's track and field team. He won the 1993 Southland Conference Indoor and Outdoor Field Performer of the Year awards. Carter was a three-time SLC Outdoor champion in the triple jump, setting the school record with a 55-2 3/4 mark to win the 1993 title. Carter also won the 1993 SLC Indoor High Point Award with 28 of the Demons' conference-best 101 points. He led NSU to its first SLC track title by winning the triple jump and 55-meter dash and finishing second in the long jump. Outdoors that season, he gave up his redshirt status at the SLC Championship and led the Demons to their first SLC Outdoor crown by winning the triple jump, anchoring the winning 4x100 relay and finishing second in the long jump, all in NCAA qualifying performances. In all, he won seven SLC titles (1992, 1993 Indoor TJ, 1993 Indoor 55-meter dash, 1991-93 Outdoor TJ, 1993 Outdoor 4x100-meter relay).

SAMUEL JAY GOODWIN

NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY 1983 - 1999

HALL OF HONOR INDUCTION MARCH 9, 2001

Sam Goodwin served as the head football coach at Northwestern State University for seventeen seasons. At the time of his retirement in May of 2000, Goodwin was the winingest coach in NSU history with a record of 102-88-3 overall, and 49-33-2 in Southland Conference competition. Northwestern State football teams under Goodwin’s direction won Southland Conference championships in 1988, 1997 and 1998 and made three Division I-AA playoff appearances. Goodwin coached sixteen All-Americans and thirty-eight future NFL players in his tenure at NSU. Sam Goodwin, an alumni of Henderson State University, has been inducted into the Henderson State Reddie Hall of Honor as well as the Graduate N Club Hall of Fame at Northwestern State University.

TYNES HILDEBRAND

NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY 1965 - 1996

 HALL OF HONOR INDUCTION MARCH 5, 1999

Tynes Hildebrand's relationship with Northwestern State University began when he was a student-athlete in 1950, continued as the head men's basketball coach and concluded as the Director of Athletics. Under his direction, Northwestern State University joined the Southland Conference in 1987. Prior to Hildebrand's retirement in 1996, Northwestern State captured eleven Southland Conference championships in seven sports. Hildebrand served as a member of the NCAA Voting Committee, participated on NCAA athletics certification teams, was a I-AA Playoff Game Administrator and chaired the Southland Conference Athletics Directors Committee in 1987-88 and 1995-96. Following retirement, Hildebrand's contributions to the Southland Conference continued through his service as a men's basketball  officiating evaluator.