Hall of Fame

Devone Payne

  • Class
  • Induction
    2007
  • Sport(s)
    Football
FOOTBALL COACH 1954-57
He was the first ULM coach to be named Gulf States Conference Coach of the Year in '56 when he guided the Indians to one of their greatest seasons, an 8-2 record. He was hired two months before the season in '54 with an incomplete team but succeeded in rebuilding the program. He died before the 1958 season at the age of only 44, leaving a team that compiled a 6-3 record under Jack Rowan.
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