ULM Warhawks

Class of 2004

Larry Giambelluca

Giambelluca was the first ULM athlete to graduate from the College of Pharmacy. He played end and quarterback for the Warhawks from 1958-60, but made his mark as a cornerback, earning Most Valuable Player honors in the Holiday Football Bowl in 1960. Giambelluca, who was selected ULM's Most Popular Male Student of the 1960-61 senior class, is now the Coroner of Plaquemines Parish and owns Belle Chasse Family Medical Clinic. He is originally from New Orleans.

Billy Laird

Laird lettered for the ULM football teams in 1955 and in 1956. The Warhawks finished 8-2 in his final season, which included ULM's first-ever win over Louisiana Tech in a game in which Laird hauled in a touchdown pass.However, Laird made even larger contributions to ULM off the football field as an administrator from 1967-97. During those years, Laird served as Alumni Director, Executive Director of the ULM Foundation and retired as Associate Vice President of University Advancement. He was instrumental in developing the L-Club, ULM's letterman association, and private gifts to ULM grew from $322,000 in 1975 to $3.3 million in 1996 under his dirction.

Bob DeMoss

The former football co-caption at Oklahoma State who played on Cotton Bowl and Sugar Bowl winners, DeMoss came to ULM as an assistant football coach in 1957 and a year later also became the head golf coach. He led the Warhawk golf team into the Gulf States Conference where they were league runners-up six of the next seven years. After a stint in private business, DeMoss returned to ULM as Director of Enterprises in 1966. During the same time he began a long and distinguished relationship with the ULM Athletic Scholarship Foundation serving as President and later earning the prestigious Slim Sogin Award for outstanding service. He directed all Sky Box activities at Malone Stadium from the time the stadium opened in 1978 until 2002 and he was President of the Letterman's Association and is a lifetime member.

Harold Thompson
Thompson is the all-time leading tackler in ULM history, recording 509 career stops from 1976-79. His 175 tackles in 1977 still stand as the school single-season record and he was named to the All-South Independent Team his senior season. The Monroe native helped lead the Warhawks to a 6-4-1 record in 1978, John David Crow's first season as head coach. Thompson earned his bachelor of science degree in building construction from ULM in 1980, graduating Cum Laude and he was selected to Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities.


Larry Turner
Turner was an NAIA All-American baseball player for the Warhawks in 1970 when they advanced to the NAIA World Series. He was also a member of the NAIA National All-Tournament team that season. He led ULM in batting in 1970, hitting .335 for the Gulf States Conference champions and he led the 1969 team in nine offensive categories, including average (.359), runs batted in, home runs and total bases, to earn Gulf States Most Valuable Player honors. He earned his bachelor of science degree from ULM in 1971 and entered the insurance business in 1971 as an estate planner. In 1972 he became Series 7 Member of the National Association of Securities Dealers and in 1985 formed an insurance consulting business.