List of Louisiana Tech University alumni
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This is a list of people who attended Louisiana Tech University.
- Trace Adkins - Country music singer
- Robert R. Adley - Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate from Bossier City
- Rodney Alexander (did not graduate)- United States Representative from Louisiana (2003- )
- Leon Barmore - Former Lady Techsters basketball coach, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
- Cecil R. Blair - farmer/businessman, member of Louisiana House of Representatives (1952-1956) and Louisiana State Senate (1960-1964, 1966-1976) from Rapides Parish (D)
- William R. "Billy" Boles, Sr. - Monroe attorney and former member of the Louisiana State Senate (D)
- Terry Bradshaw - Retired American football Hall of Fame quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL. Led Pittsburgh to four Super Bowl championships in six seasons, winning Super Bowl MVP honors in consecutive games XIII, XIV. Donated all four of his Super Bowl rings to Louisiana Tech's athletic Hall of Fame.
- Larry C. Brewer (1948-2003), Tech football star in latter 1960s
- Kix Brooks - country music singer
- Joshua M. Brown - recipient, world's first bachelor of science in Nanosystems Engineering Degree, May 2007.
- P.J. Brown - professional basketball player with the Boston Celtics of the NBA
- Barbara Colley -- Romance and mystery novelist in New Orleans; transferred from Tech to Nicholls State University in Thibodaux
- Ken Coon - Psychologist, Arkansas Republican Party state chairman, former Arkansas Jaycee president, Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1974
- Fred Dean - Retired American football defensive end for the National Football League's San Diego Chargers and San Francisco 49ers; member of two Super Bowl championship teams with San Francisco
- Mickie DeMoss - former women's basketball coach at the University of Kentucky
- James L. Dennis - Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (D)
- George Doherty (1920-1987) - Player for Buffalo Bills in 1947; high school football coach, defensive coach at Louisiana Tech from 1957-1966; head coach at Northwestern State University from 1972-1974.
- Matt Dunigan - former quarterback, coach, and executive in the Canadian Football League, currently a CFL sportscaster for Canadian sports television channel TSN
- R. Harmon Drew, Sr. - former state representative from Webster Parish and Minden city judge (D)
- Noble Ellington - Class of 1964; cotton merchant in Winnsboro and member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature since 1988 (D)
- Chris Elrod, Christian comedian and writer [1]
- Troy Edwards - Former American football wide receiver of the NFL, currently plays for the Grand Rapids Rampage of the Arena Football League
- Tim Floyd - Current basketball coach at the University of Southern California
- Cheryl Ford - Professional basketball player in the WNBA
- Kim Gandy - President of the National Organization for Women
- John Sidney Garrett (1921-2005) - Former state representative from Claiborne Parish and Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1968-1972 (D)
- Terry W. Gee - Former Louisiana state representative from Jefferson Parish (R)
- Richard E. Hearne - retired brigadier general, U.S. Air Force; Vietnam War veteran
- Phil Hiatt - retired Major League Baseball player
- Keith Hightower - Mayor of Shreveport, 1998-2006 (D)
- Wiley W. Hilburn - Head of the Louisiana Tech Journalism Department and Shreveport Times columnist
- Johnathan Holland - Professional football wide receiver for the Oakland Raiders
- Ken Hollis - State senator from Jefferson Parish since 1982 (R)
- Louise B. Johnson (1924-2002) - Former Louisiana state representative from Union Parish (D)
- Doug "Tank" Landry (1982-85) - Professional Football Player, CFL (87-90) 2 time First Team American Kodak, AFL(91-93)
- David Lee - Punter for the Baltimore Colts from 1966-1978
- Betty Lennox - Professional basketball player in the WNBA
- Karl Malone - Retired professional basketball player (most notably with the Utah Jazz) in the NBA
- Luke McCown - American football quarterback with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL
- Jim McCrery - Louisiana's Fourth District congressman (R)
- W. Fox McKeithen (1946-2005)- Five-term Louisiana secretary of state (R)
- Paul Millsap - Professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the NBA
- Ryan Moats - American football running back with the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL
- Jackie Moreland (1938-1971) - All-American basketball player with the Bulldogs, Detroit Pistons and former New Orleans Buccaneers
- Kim Mulkey - women's basketball coach, Baylor University
- Brian Myrow - Major League Baseball player in the Los Angeles Dodgers system
- Frank T. Norman -- Mayor of Minden from 1958-1966 (D)
- Rickey L. "Rick" Nowlin -- Engineer (1971 graduate) and businessman who in 2008 became the first Republican state representative from Natchitoches and Winn parishes since Reconstruction
- Ennis Telfair "Rebel" Oakes - Former Major League Baseball player (1892-1915). First Louisiana Tech athlete to play a professional sport.
- Nody Parker (1943-2007) - Semiprofessional baseball player and coach; educator; school administrator in Louisiana and Texas
- Pat "Gravy" Patterson (1934-2007) - Tech alumnus and Tech baseball coach from 1968-1990; most successful college baseball coach in Louisiana sports history
- Jack Ramsaur II - USAFR Major General
- Tim Rattay - American football quarterback with the Arizona Cardinals. Formerly with the Tennessee Titans, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and San Francisco 49ers of the NFL
- Norman L. Richardson (Class of 1957) -- Journalist known for coverage of hurricanes
- Willie Roaf - Retired Offensive tackle with the Kansas City Chiefs and New Orleans Saints of the NFL
- Johnny Robinson-Retired Defensive End with the [[Los Angeles Raiders/Oakland Raiders] of the NFL - Member of Super Bowl XVIII with Championship team Los Angeles Raiders
- Victor Saracini (Class of 1982) - Captain of United Airlines Flight 175
- Josh Scobee - American football kicker with the Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL
- David Segui - Retired Major League Baseball player
- Eddy Shell (1937-2008) -- Speech professor at Bossier Parish Community College; member of Bossier Parish Police Jury, 1992-his death (R)
- Dennis Shockley, Ph.D. - Executive Director, Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency
- Joe Smith - Canadian football running back with the BC Lions of the CFL
- Tommy Spinks (1948-2007) -- Tech football wide receiver from 1966-1969; businessman in Arlington, Texas
- Matt Stover - American football kicker with the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL
- Stanley R. Tiner -- Executive editor of The Sun Herald in Biloxi-Gulfport, Mississippi, who with his staff won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in journalism for Hurrican Katrina coverage; former Shreveport Journal editor, defeated congressional candidate in 1988 (D)
- Joe Waggonner (1918-2007) - Fourth District congressman from Bossier Parish (D)
- John Clint Williamson (Class of 1983) - U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues
- James H. "Jimmy" Wilson (1931-1986) - former state representative from Caddo Parish and mayor of Vivian (R)
- Will Wright - American computer game designer, co-founder of the game development company Maxis, and creator of the Sim City computer game series.
- Teresa Weatherspoon- Retired WNBA player (New York Liberty 1997-2003-LA Sparks 2004)
- William Leslie McNease - Was a member of the first aviation class taught at La Tech in September, 1967. He was Vice President of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and a 4 year letterman on the tennis team. In 2007 he was elected to be the Chairman of the Aviation Department Alumni Advisory Board. He retired from the Federal Aviation Administration in 2007 and was awarded the Adm. Luis deFlorez award by the Flight Safety Foundation in October 2007.
