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==Education and work history==

==Education and work history==

Like his brothers, Long was educated in the Winn Parish public schools. In 1962, he graduated from[Winnfield Senior High School and entered [[Northwestern State University]] in Natchitoches on an [[football]] scholarship. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in education in 1966, the year that his father died. For the next four years, Long (1) taught at Houma Junior High School in Houma in Terrebonne Parish in south Louisiana and (2) taught and coached at Leesville High School in Leesville in Vernon Parish in western Louisiana.<ref name=academy>"Claiborne Academy: High School seniors earn top honors," Claiborne Academy ''Guardian-Journal,'' May 8, 2008 no longer accessible on-line.</ref>

Like his brothers, Long was educated in the Winn Parish public schools. In 1962, he graduated from Winnfield Senior High School and entered [[Northwestern State University]] in Natchitoches on an [[football]] scholarship. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in education in 1966, the year that his father died. For the next four years, Long (1) taught at Houma Junior High School in Houma in Terrebonne Parish in south Louisiana and (2) taught and coached at Leesville High School in Leesville in Vernon Parish in western Louisiana.<ref name=academy>"Claiborne Academy: High School seniors earn top honors," Claiborne Academy ''Guardian-Journal,'' May 8, 2008 no longer accessible on-line.</ref>

Long left teaching to become an [[insurance]] agent, a representative of the State Farm Company. He is a lifetime member of the President’s Club, which is earned by fewer than 2 percent of insurance agents nationally. While in the insurance business, Long was for nine years a volunteer for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes at Northwestern State University. FCA, a national organization devoted to college, high school and junior-high students, attempts to instill moral and spiritual values in young people to prepare them for their future. In July 1999, Long retired from business to serve full-time as the FCA representative for Rapides, Grant, Winn, Natchitoches, Sabine, and five other parishes.<ref name=academy/>

Long left teaching to become an [[insurance]] agent, a representative of the State Farm Company. He is a lifetime member of the President’s Club, which is earned by fewer than 2 percent of insurance agents nationally. While in the insurance business, Long was for nine years a volunteer for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes at Northwestern State University. FCA, a national organization devoted to college, high school and junior-high students, attempts to instill moral and spiritual values in young people to prepare them for their future. In July 1999, Long retired from business to serve full-time as the FCA representative for Rapides, Grant, Winn, Natchitoches, Sabine, and five other parishes.<ref name=academy/>