One of the outstanding local high school coaches who also has 20 years coaching experience on the DI level…Assistant at Mississippi State, South Alabama, McNeese State and Hardin-Simmons…Coached NBA Hall of Famer Joe Dumars at McNeese and had standout players such as Junie Lewis and Jeff Hodge (nicknamed Peanut Butter and Jelly) at South Alabama and Jeff Malone at Mississippi State…Jon first crossed paths with Coach Wright when Jon did Play-by-Play for Cowboys in mid-80’s—Several peanut butter and jelly sandwiches ago for Jon…Denny was the regular half-time radio guest on McNeese broadcasts.  Was a silver-tongued devil back then…Now a silver-tongued, silver-haired Plaquemine Green Devil…Coach Wright, at McNeese, was part of, maybe, the most colorful staff in college basketball history, along with Head Coach Glenn Duhon and fellow assistant Billy Brown…Started on a couple of Top 20 teams at USL in early 70’s.  Cajuns got as high as # 2 in the nation in 72-73…He and Bo Lamar combined to average over 35 points a game (Bo had about 32 of those!)…’74 USL graduate…Somewhat redeemed himself by earning his masters at McNeese in ’77…In over a decade as a head coach at Plaquemine HS has won over 70% of his games, including 2 Top-28 appearances and 3 District championships… Former NFL special teams maven Brian Mitchell and DW share the Plaquemine HS and USL commonality.  And, now a third thing.  Mitchell has his own radio show in Washington...Has tried  (with fellow coaches Kenny Almond) to lead an LHSAA coup to overthrow Football as #1 sport in the state…From Danville, Illinois (about only person in Louisiana who pronounces Illinois with a soft s)…Son, Cord, is an assistant coach at Louisiana-Monroe…Has done a superior job in facilitating what could be a tricky situation with arch-rivals PHS and St. John sharing the microphone at Plaquemine Sports Weekly…Decorum displayed on radio does not always carry out with high school basketball referees!