By Damarte Fisher
Dfisher@natchitochestimes.
com
Football legend Sam
Goodwin had a great run as a
head and assistant coach.
Goodwin retired this month
when he left Lakeview High
School where he was an assistant
coach for two years.
Goodwin, a Pineville native,
played his college ball at
Henderson State in
Arkadelphia, Ark. After four
years there, he earned his first
coaching job as a head track
and football coach at Forest
Heights Jr. High in Little
Rock, Ark. He then went to
Parkview High School where
he won five state titles.
Goodwin
moved to the collegiate
level by
joining the
S o u t h e r n
Arkansas staff.
While there, he
got a call from the
University of
Arkansas for a
coaching position
that he would
accept.
He was inducted into the
Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame
in 2007.
After spending two years at
University of Arkansas, he
went to Northwestern State
University. Goodwin won four
conference championships
and was number
two in the nation
at NSU.
He then went
back to his alma
mater, Henderson
State, as athletic
director.
He finished his
legendary career
at Lakeview High
School.
Goodwin coached
over 30 years and doesn’t seem
like he’s ready to let go. “It
has been a long and exciting
road. I have met so many great
people along the way and I
will forever have those memories,”
Goodwin said.