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==Background==
==Background==
Fant was born in Hamilton in Marion County in northwestern [[Alabama]]. He graduated from Lee High School in Columbus in Lowndes County in northeastern [[Mississippi]]. From 1946 to 1949, he played basketball at the [[Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College of Louisiana in [[Shreveport]]. He led the team, known as the Gents, to a 21–16 record and a second place finish in the newly formed Gulf States Conference.<ref name=gents>{{cite web|url=http://www.centenary.edu/news/1997/March/hallfa97.html|title=Centenary Athletic Hall of Fame Announces New Inductees|dagte=March 1997|publisher=centenary.edu|accessdate=January 5, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref> He obtained his master’s degree from the [[University of Alabama]] at [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]]. From 1950 to 1953, Fant coached at Delhi High School in Delhi in Richland Parish in northeast Louisiana. For the 1953-1954 season, Fant was the athletic director and head coach at [[Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]]. From 1954 to 1957, he coached at East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, [[Texas]].<ref name=fant>{{cite web|url=http://www.bayou.com/~suelynn/obituaries/lofobit.html|author=Paul J. Letlow|title=Coliseum funeral put coach back on court he loved|publisher=''The Monroe New- Star''|date= October 15, 1998}}</ref>
Fant was born in Hamilton in Marion County in northwestern [[Alabama]]. He graduated from Lee High School in Columbus in Lowndes County in northeastern [[Mississippi]]. From 1946 to 1949, he played basketball at the [[Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College of Louisiana in [[Shreveport]]. He led the team, known as the Gents, to a 21–16 record and a second place finish in the newly formed Gulf States Conference.<ref name=gents>{{cite web|url=http://www.centenary.edu/news/1997/March/hallfa97.html|title=Centenary Athletic Hall of Fame Announces New Inductees|dagte=March 1997|publisher=centenary.edu|accessdate=January 5, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref>
He obtained his master’s degree from the [[University of Alabama]] at [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]]. From 1950 to 1953, Fant coached at Delhi High School in Delhi in Richland Parish in northeast Louisiana. For the 1953-1954 season, Fant was the athletic director and head coach at [[Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]]. From 1954 to 1957, he coached at East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, [[Texas]].<ref name=fant>Paul J. Letlow, "Coliseum funeral put coach back on court he loved|," ''The Monroe New-Star,'' October 15, 1998.</ref>
==Northeast Louisiana University==
==Northeast Louisiana University==