Sugar Bowl

Dobee Plaisance, the head coach of the Loyola University women's basketball team, was selected as the Allstate Sugar Bowl’s Collegiate Coach of the Year for Louisiana for 2008. The Greater New Orleans Sports Awards Committee, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, selects annual award winners in a variety of categories; it also selects Amateur Athletes of the Month and each year’s Hall of Fame class.

Plaisance directed the Wolf Pack to a school-record for victories with a 28-7 overall record, including a 17-1 mark in conference play. Loyola won the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference regular season championships and also posted a pair of wins in the NAIA National Tournament.

The Allstate Sugar Bowl has established itself as one of the premier college football bowl games, having hosted 28 national champions, 102 Hall of Fame players, 52 Hall of Fame coaches and 21 Heisman Trophy winners in its 89-year history. The 90th Allstate Sugar Bowl Football Classic, which will double as a College Football Playoff Semifinal, is scheduled to be played on January 1, 2024. In addition to football, the Sugar Bowl Committee annually invests over $1 million into the community through the hosting and sponsorship of sporting events, awards, scholarships and clinics. Through these efforts, the organization supports and honors thousands of student-athletes each year, while injecting nearly $2.4 billion into the local economy in the last decade.

-AllstateSugarBowl.org-