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  Wendell "Duke" Allgood<br>

  Wendell "Duke" Allgood<br>

  Pam A. Hancock<br>

  Pam A. Hancock<br>

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  Parents: Elton and Bernice Frazier Allgood

Elton and Bernice Frazier Allgood

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Twice Allgood was named the NAIA District 30 Coach of the Year in basketball. In 1986, he was named "Mr. Louisiana Basketball" by the Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches. The LABC inducted Allgood into its Hall of Fame in 1990. He was inducted in 1991 into the Louisiana College Sports Hall of Fame.<ref name=naia>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/sports/2018/09/19/louisiana-sports-hall-fame-coach-billy-allgood-dies-87/1363182002/|title=Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame coach Billy Allgood dies at 87|author=John Marcase|publisher=''The Shreveport Times'' in [[Shreveport]], Louisiana|accessdate=December 26, 2018}}</ref>

Twice Allgood was named the NAIA District 30 Coach of the Year in basketball. In 1986, he was named "Mr. Louisiana Basketball" by the Louisiana Association of Basketball Coaches. The LABC inducted Allgood into its Hall of Fame in 1990. He was inducted in 1991 into the Louisiana College Sports Hall of Fame.<ref name=naia>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/sports/2018/09/19/louisiana-sports-hall-fame-coach-billy-allgood-dies-87/1363182002/|title=Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame coach Billy Allgood dies at 87|author=John Marcase|publisher=''The Shreveport Times'' in [[Shreveport]], Louisiana|accessdate=December 26, 2018}}</ref>

When he was inducted in 1999 into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Allgood said in an interview that he did not want to coach blue-chip athletes. I'd rather coach blue-chip people."< name=ttt>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetowntalk.com/get-access/?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetowntalk.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Flocal%2F2018%2F09%2F19%2Flc-coach-billy-allgood-passes-away%2F1359447002%2F|title=Coach Billy Allgood passes away|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=September 18, 2018|accessdate= December 26, 2018}}</ref>Billy Jones, one of Allgood's players and a pallbearer at the coach's funeral, said that Allgood "made men out of boys. He was someone who truly was a legend, and he's going to be so sorely missed."<ref name=tta/>

When he was inducted in 1999 into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Allgood said in an interview that he did not want to coach blue-chip athletes. I'd rather coach blue-chip people."<ref name=ttt>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetowntalk.com/get-access/?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetowntalk.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Flocal%2F2018%2F09%2F19%2Flc-coach-billy-allgood-passes-away%2F1359447002%2F|title=Coach Billy Allgood passes away|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=September 18, 2018|accessdate= December 26, 2018}}</ref>Billy Jones, one of Allgood's players and a pallbearer at the coach's funeral, said that Allgood "made men out of boys. He was someone who truly was a legend, and he's going to be so sorely missed."<ref name=ttt/>

Allgood died at his Pineville residence at the age of eighty-seven. Services were held in downtown [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana, on September 22, 2018, at the Emmanuel Baptist Church, of which he was an active member. Dr. Chris Thacker, the pastor of Emmanuel, officiated, assisted by former LC basketball players Drexel Robinson and Michael Talbert and manager Butch Morrison. Burial is at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in nearby Ball, Louisiana.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?pid=190276258|title=BillyAllgood obituary|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=September 21, 2018|accessdate=December 26, 2018}}</ref>

Allgood died at his Pineville residence at the age of eighty-seven. Services were held in downtown [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana, on September 22, 2018, at the Emmanuel Baptist Church, of which he was an active member. Dr. Chris Thacker, his pastor, officiated, assisted by former LC basketball players Drexel Robinson and Michael Talbert and manager Butch Morrison. Burial is at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in nearby Ball, Louisiana.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetowntalk/obituary.aspx?pid=190276258|title=BillyAllgood obituary|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=September 21, 2018|accessdate=December 26, 2018}}</ref>

Allgood also built baseball fields for former players who became coaches as well as homes for [[Habitat for Humanity]]. His coaching rival, Tynes Hildebrand of [[Northwestern State University]] in Natchitoches, also a member of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, said  that Allgood always followed the rules of sportsmanship. Hildebran summed up Allgood's legacy: “I think if there is one thing that speaks well of someone, that’s it. We probably won’t ever see someone like him come along again. I don’t think there will ever be another Billy Allgood, and that’s a shame. Young people need Billy Allgood for a role model."<ref name=naia/>

Allgood also built baseball fields for former players who became coaches as well as homes for [[Habitat for Humanity]]. His coaching rival, Tynes Hildebrand of [[Northwestern State University]] in Natchitoches, also a member of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, said  that Allgood always followed the rules of sportsmanship. Hildebran summed up Allgood's legacy: “I think if there is one thing that speaks well of someone, that’s it. We probably won’t ever see someone like him come along again. I don’t think there will ever be another Billy Allgood, and that’s a shame. Young people need Billy Allgood for a role model."<ref name=naia/>

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