Free Business Leaders Luncheon
Speaker will be Coach Wilbert Ellis. Following his mentor, Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones, both the Grambling State University president and the head baseball coach from 1936 to 1977, Ellis led the Grambling Tigers[1] to three SWAC Championships. He also guided the Tigers to three NCAA Tournament appearances en route to a 737-463-1 career record. Coach has worn several hats over the course of his career. While at Grambling State University, Coach Ellis served
as Head Baseball Coach along with stint as Athletic Director and Asst. AD. Ellis is also active during the NCAA Baseball Championships having served as Tournament Director for both the Regional and Super Regional tournaments. He also hosts a youth clinic annually in Omaha, Nebraska during the College Baseball Word Series. In addition to serving as Chairman of the Friends of the Eddie Robinson Museum Commission.