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[[Greg Hilburn]], staff writer for ''The Monroe News-Star,'' recalled that Shows "took over a moribund West Monroe football program in 1989. The school had been to the playoffs only twice in forty years before his arrival as head coach."<ref name=mns/> In a previous interview with ''The News-Star,'' Shows said that upon his arrival the West Monroe program was "at a point in time where it was going to fold up ... or it was going to turn around. Personally, I don't think anybody really cared one way or the other, because they didn't think you could win here."<ref name=mns/>

[[Greg Hilburn]], staff writer for ''The Monroe News-Star,'' recalled that Shows "took over a moribund West Monroe football program in 1989. The school had been to the playoffs only twice in forty years before his arrival as head coach."<ref name=mns/> In a previous interview with ''The News-Star,'' Shows said that upon his arrival the West Monroe program was "at a point in time where it was going to fold up ... or it was going to turn around. Personally, I don't think anybody really cared one way or the other, because they didn't think you could win here."<ref name=mns/>

Mayor Dave Norris noted that the West Monroe High School football program "lagged until Don came along. And the success of the football program has clearly bled into other segments of our city. It's a point of pride in our city and a reason for us to come together ..."<ref name=mns/>

Mayor [[Dave Norris]] noted that the West Monroe High School football program "lagged until Don came along. And the success of the football program has clearly bled into other segments of our city. It's a point of pride in our city and a reason for us to come together ..."<ref name=mns/>

Shows' state championships were in 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2009, and 2011. The 2009 championship came with the defeat of Archbishop Rummel High School in Metairie in Jefferson Parish, 30-0, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in downtown New Orleans. Shows was runner-up once at Jonesboro-Hodge and at West Monroe in 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, and 2010.<ref name=ttt/><ref name="rup10"/> On December 11, 2010, Shows' West Monroe Rebels lost 21-14 to the Acadiana High School Rams of Lafayette Parish in the Class 5-A title game, also at the Superdome.<ref name="rup10">"Acadiana downs West Monroe in Class 5-A title game, 21-14," ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' December 13, 2010.</ref>

Shows' state championships were in 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2009, and 2011. The 2009 championship came with the defeat of Archbishop Rummel High School in Metairie in Jefferson Parish, 30-0, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in downtown New Orleans. Shows was runner-up once at Jonesboro-Hodge and at West Monroe in 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, and 2010.<ref name=ttt/><ref name="rup10"/> On December 11, 2010, Shows' West Monroe Rebels lost 21-14 to the Acadiana High School Rams of Lafayette Parish in the Class 5-A title game, also at the Superdome.<ref name="rup10">"Acadiana downs West Monroe in Class 5-A title game, 21-14," ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' December 13, 2010.</ref>