Faulkner University has a major event each year with an outstanding speaker. This year the event will be held on October 3, 2024 and Coach Nick Saban will be the speaker. It was a sellout immediately.
Coach Gene Stallings was invited to introduce Coach Saban. Coach Stallings is now 90 years old and lives on his 600-acre ranch in Paris, Texas. He said he would accept the invitation, but someone would have to come out to Paris, Texas and film the introduction. Montgomery was too far away.
My good friend Tim Lee is a long-time friend of Coach Stallings. Tim played basketball at Faulkner. Tim invited a friend who had a plane to fly him and a film crew from Faulkner to Paris, Texas…