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Prior to his long tenure at West Monroe, Shows coached the Jonesboro-Hodge High School Tigers in Jonesboro in Jackson Parish to the 1977 state championship. That competition, against John Curtis Christian High School in River Ridge in Jefferson Parish, was the last game played at the previous [[Tulane University]] Stadium in [[New Orleans]].<ref name=shows>{{cite web|url=http://www.olerebels.com/content.asp?SID=1106&CID=115589|title=Coach's Corner|publisher=olerebels.com|accessdate=December 13, 2010}}</ref>

Prior to his long tenure at West Monroe, Shows coached the Jonesboro-Hodge High School Tigers in Jonesboro in Jackson Parish to the 1977 state championship. That competition, against John Curtis Christian High School in River Ridge in Jefferson Parish, was the last game played at the previous [[Tulane University]] Stadium in [[New Orleans]].<ref name=shows>{{cite web|url=http://www.olerebels.com/content.asp?SID=1106&CID=115589|title=Coach's Corner|publisher=olerebels.com|accessdate=December 13, 2010}}</ref>

His first coaching assignment had been in the early 1960s at Haughton High School in south Bossier Parish. In addition to West Monroe, Jonesboro-Hodge, and Haughton, he coached at Farmerville High School, subsequently renamed Union Parish High School, in Farmerville, at Caldwell Parish High School in Columbia, Ouachita Parish High School in Monroe]], at Alexandria Senior High School] in Alexandria, and Pineville High School in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]].<ref name=showsobit/>

His first coaching assignment had been in the early 1960s at Haughton High School in south Bossier Parish. In addition to West Monroe, Jonesboro-Hodge, and Haughton, he coached at Farmerville High School, subsequently renamed Union Parish High School, in Farmerville, at Caldwell Parish High School in Columbia, Ouachita Parish High School in Monroe, at Alexandria Senior High School] in Alexandria, and Pineville High School in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]].<ref name=showsobit/>

In 1985, he was a 45-year-old graduate assistant at the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]], then known as Northeast Louisiana University, where he coached the linebackers for the Northeast Louisiana Indians, subsequently renamed the Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks. In 1988, as offensive line coach, he helped to propel the Demons of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches to a conference championship. He coached several Division 1 college players, several of whom thereafter played at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=shows/>

In 1985, he was a 45-year-old graduate assistant at the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]], then known as Northeast Louisiana University, where he coached the linebackers for the Northeast Louisiana Indians, subsequently renamed the Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks. In 1988, as offensive line coach, he helped to propel the Demons of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches to a conference championship. He coached several Division 1 college players, several of whom thereafter played at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=shows/>