The mascot is the Bearcats, with the school colors being red, white, and gray.[citation needed] Black students were first admitted in 1970.[citation needed] Ruston High School also serves as a memorial to the survivors of the Gulf War.[5]
Ruston High School 1968
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Ruston High Athletics competes in the LHSAA. The Bearcats compete in the highest classification in Louisiana (5A) and participates in District 2-5A.
LHSAA Hall of Fame Head Coach Jimmy Childress (1932-2015) was head coach at Ruston High School for eleven seasons (1979 to 1990).[8] He led his alma mater to a 131–27 (.829) record and four state championships in 1982, 1986, 1988, and 1990.[8] His 1990 team also won a national championship.[8] As a player, he was on the 1947 state championship football team.[8] He was an assistant football coach at Neville High School in Monroe from 1958 to 1972 helping the school to win four state championships and was later head coach at Carroll High School in Monroe in 1973 and at the private Cedar Creek School in Ruston from 1976 to 1978.[8] He also coached at the college level at Northeastern Louisiana University from 1974 to 1976.[8] In 2001, he was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.[8]
The school owns a radio station, KBNF-LP (101.3 FM, "Bearcat Radio"), founded in 2014, which broadcasts to the Ruston area with a 80s classic hits format. The broadcast license is held by the Lincoln Parish School Board.[10] Ruston High School is one of two high schools in the state of Louisiana with a student radio program broadcasting to the Ruston area.
Notable alumni
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Rob Shadoin (Class of 1971) -- member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 10 in Lincoln and Union parishes since 2012
Ruston High School 1965Michael Brooks (Class of 1982) (born October 2, 1964, in Ruston, Louisiana) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. He played for Ruston High School, college ball at Louisiana State University (LSU), then professionally with the Denver Broncos, the New York Giants, and the Detroit Lions.
Kyle Williams (Class of 2002) (born June 10, 1983, in Ruston, Louisiana) is a retired American football defensive tackle of the Buffalo Bills in the National Football League. He was drafted in the fifth-round of the 2006 NFL Draft and played his entire 13-year career with the Bills. He served as defensive coordinator for the Bearcats from 2020-2024. He is currently the Interior Defensive Line Coach for the LSU Tigers.
Jack Ramsaur II (attended in the 1970s) Maj. Gen. Jack W. Ramsaur II is the mobilization assistant to the Commander, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.
