Legends with Bob Ghetti

The home runs that he hit at Pete Taylor park are legendary! A fierce hitter and pitcher Fred Cooley blasted his way through Metro conference baseball, ending his career with 45 home runs and 191 RBIs. He was drafted by the Oakland A's and played for Oakland and Minnesota minor league teams before returning home to Laurel to establish an honored career in coaching and teaching. Fred Cooley is a legendary figure in Southern Miss baseball history! Enjoy his life story this week on Legends!

All American player at Southern Miss , selected for the Senior Bowl and East West Shrine Game after his senior year at USM. Randy Butler went on the be a highly successful college football coach , and was the Associate Head coach and right hand man to Jeff Bower during the greatest era in Southern Miss football history.Randy Butler relives some of the greatest moments in Southern Miss history and shares his eye witness account of one the darkest days in USM football history , the day the Jeff Bower era came to an end.Enjoy the remarkable story of Golden Eagle legend Randy Butler.

His life has been a journey. He was a member of the 1987 Southern Miss NIT championship basketball team. He won conference championships as a high school coach, a national junior college championship , and two D1 conference championships. He has juggled major health issues with the changing world of college basketball to lead his alma matter in the Sunbelt conference. Hear Jay Ladner like you have never heard him before on this weeks edition of Legends with Bob Ghetti

From Oak Grove High School to Southern Miss to pitching in iconic Yankee Stadium , Kirk McCarty has lived the dream of every kid who plays the game of baseball. Born and raised in Hattiesburg Kirk always had his eyes set on playing at "The Pete" at Southern Miss. , and after a stellar career at USM baseball took him around the country and around the world. Enjoy the story of Kirk McCarty this week on Legends.

This Southern Miss Hall of Famer rushed for over 2,600 yards in his Golden Eagle career , and scored the winning touchdown during " the drive" against Mississippi State in Jackson. His childhood saw him waking up every morning at 4.30 to do family chores before school and football, and Shelton used that work ethic throughout his playing career and coaching career in junior college and high school. Enjoy the inspiring story of Shelton Gandy this week on Legends