HAMMOND -- Southeastern Louisiana University’s new head football coach Hal Mumme will be the guest speaker at the College of Business and Technology’s “Business Breakfast” scheduled for October 4 at Southeastern’s Twelve Oaks. 
      The breakfast, the third in a new series initiated by the college last fall, will begin at 7:30 a.m. Tickets are $10 and seating is limited to 200. 
      Mumme is the Lions’ first football coach since the program was discontinued due to budget cuts following the 1985 season. He most recently coached Southeastern Conference member Kentucky, where he led the Wildcats to back-to-back bowl games in 1998 and '99 -- a feat accomplished only twice previously in the 109-year history of the program.
      A native of San Antonio, Texas, Mumme, who has collected eight collegiate coaching honors during his career, was twice named the GTE Region II Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association and was named the 1999 South/Southwest Coach of the Year by Football News.
      Prior to elevating the Kentucky football program to its most competitive level in 20 years, Mumme did much the same for Division II Valdosta State University where he was head coach from 1992-96, when he guided the school to its only NCAA Division II playoff appearances in 1994 and 1996. The five consecutive winning seasons earned top-20 national rankings in his tenure including a No. 1 ranking at one point during the 1996 campaign.
      Mumme entered the collegiate head coaching ranks at Iowa Wesleyan where he coached from 1989-91. He led the squad to a combined 25-10 record and advanced to postseason appearances in each of his three seasons. Mumme also served as assistant coach at West Texas State from 1980-81 and was the offensive coordinator at Texas-El Paso from 1982-85. 
      Checks for breakfast tickets should be made payable to Southeastern Louisiana University and brought to the College of Business and Technology or mailed to SLU 10813, Hammond, LA 70402. 
      For additional information, contact John Leonard, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research, 985-549-2856.