Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ( who was famously mistaken for a " recent American immigrant " by French President Nicolas Sarkozy ), said " descendants of slaves did not get much of a head start, and I think you continue to see some of the effects of that.

Former Browns QB Otto Graham ( left, with head coach Paul Brown ), who led the Browns to 4 AAFC and 3 NFL Championships, and is a Pro Football Hall of Fame member. While the championship losses sowed bitterness among Cleveland fans who had grown accustomed to winning, the team continued to make progress.

Former head of Greek intelligence service Leonidas Vasilikopoulos said they had received information from their agents in Turkey that Turkish agents or others were involved in the forest fires on Greek islands.

* Jerry Glanville, Former head coach of the Houston Oilers and Atlanta Falcons ; former head coach, Portland State University

* Steve Mariucci, Former head coach of Detroit Lions, San Francisco 49ers, and University of California

Former first deputy chairman of the Supreme Soviet Anatoliy Luk ' yanov became chairman of the Supreme Soviet, but for the first time in the history of the USSR this position was stripped of powers of the head of state.

Image: Calvin Coolidge photo portrait head and shoulders. jpg | Former President Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts

Image: Joseph France, photo portrait head and shoulders. jpg | Former Senator Joseph I. France of Maryland

* Marc Lièvremont, Former rugby player and former head coach of the France national rugby union team

Former Attorney General John Mitchell, who at the time was the head of the Nixon re-election campaign ( CRP ), denied any involvement with the Watergate break-in or knowledge of the five burglars.

Former UN Commissioner N ° 2 and now UN Special Representative Martti Ahtisaari arrived in Windhoek in April 1989 to head the UN Transition Assistance Group's ( UNTAG ) mission.

Former Los Angeles Lakers championship coach Paul Westhead was named head coach of the Phoenix Mercury on October 11, 2005, bringing his up-tempo style of play to the WNBA.

Former Chief Justice Gerard Brennan stated that " so long as we retain the existing system our head of state is determined for us essentially by the parliament at Westminster.

Former college coach and veteran NBA assistant Dick Harter was also hired, becoming the team's first head coach.

Former head coach Mike Brown ( basketball, born 1970 ) | Mike Brown, who was NBA Coach of the Year for 2008 – 09, and was the head coach of the Eastern Conference for the 2009 NBA All Star Game | 2009 All Star Game.

Former NBA coach Paul Westhead became the Mercury's head coach prior to the 2006 season and brought his up-tempo style to Phoenix.

Former University of Arkansas quarterback Barry Lunney, Jr. was a junior high student at Beebe while his father, Barry Lunney, Sr., was head football coach at Beebe High School ( 1987 – 1988 ).

* Bobby Bowden, Former FSU football coach, first head coaching job was with the football team at South Georgia College.

Former College Basketball player and assistant coach for the Kentucky Wildcats, and former Minnesota Timberwolves head coach

Former Louisiana State Representative Tony Perkins resided in Baker until he relocated to Washington, D. C., to head the Family Research Council.

* Bobby Petrino — Former head football coach of the University of Arkansas Razorbacks and NFL's Atlanta Falcons.

Former head of United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Bill Cowher is a native of Crafton and attended Carlynton High School.

* 1944 – Jerry Sandusky, Former Penn State football coach ; convicted child-sex offender

* Lloyd Carr, Former Head football coach, University of Michigan

* Michael Moore ( American football ) Former NFL Player

* Former Clemson and New York Jets football player, Bill Mathis.

* Former Washington Redskins football player Brian Keith Mitchell played football at Plaquemine High School.

* Garland Jean-Batiste, Former NFL football player.

Former U. S. Secretary of State and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Colin Powell was the speaker for Damascus High School's Class of 2000 commencement ceremony at the high school's football stadium.

* Former Chicago Bears defensive lineman and former Central Michigan University football player Dan Bazuin is from McBain.

Former University of Montana Grizzly basketball coach Don Holst is a PHS graduate as is former University of Montana assistant football coach Kraig Paulson.

Former professional football player Jeff Kinney is a 1968 graduate of McCook High School.

* Richard Huntley, Former professional American football running back in the National Football League

* Doug Datish ( Former Ohio State and current Tennessee Titans football player )

* Butch Davis, Head football coach, University of North Carolina ( 2007 – 2011 ), Former Head Coach, University of Miami ( 1995 – 2000 )

* Troy Drayton, Former NFL and Penn State football player

Former head coach of the University of Kansas football team

* Phillip Fulmer, Former University of Tennessee football coach

Jackson was also the home of singers Carl Perkins and Luther Ingram ; game show host Wink Martindale ; football players Ed " Too Tall " Jones, Al Wilson, Trey Teague, and Jabari Greer ; pianist Joe Hunter ( one of the Funk Brothers studio band who played on many Motown hits in the 1960s ) the rock band Full Devil Jacket, American soul singer, songwriter and actress Lauren Pritchard, originating and playing the role of the 15-year-old runaway " Ilse " in the hit Broadway show Spring Awakening for two years, Former Miss Tennessee Allison Leigh Alderson DeMarcus, and American country music artist Whitney Duncan.

* Junior Coffey Former NFL football player.

Former football star Dick Todd set long-standing records as a running back for Texas A & M University.

Dennis Ericson -- Former head football coach for Arizona State University