Felix “Zoo” James compiled a .670 winning percentage over 19 years as football coach at Gaudet and Landry High School. In 15 years as head coach at Landry, he led the team to two state championships, six city championships, and five district championships. He was named New Orleans Coach of the Year eight times and Louisiana Coach of the Year once. He also won three state track titles in 1951, 1954, and 1956. A 1937 graduate of McDonogh 35 High School and a 1941 graduate of Xavier University, James enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and served as a medic in Italy during World War II with the Tuskegee 332nd Fighter Group. After the war, he earned a master’s degree from Hampton Institute, now Hampton University. The allstate #SugarBowl is proud to recognize New Orleans Sports Hall of Famers to commemorate #BlackHistoryMonth!