http://www.southland.org/ViewArticle.dbml?temp_site=NO&DB_OEM_ID=18400&ATCLID=1360014
Former Southeastern La. Athletic Director And Football Coach Dennis Roland Loses Battle With Cancer
Courtesy: Southland.org
Release: 01/02/2008
HAMMOND, La. - Dennis Roland, who spent two seasons as head football coach at Southeastern Louisiana University and served as the school's interim Director of Athletics, died Tuesday morning after a nearly three-year battle with non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. He was 51.
Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday at 3 p.m. EST at First Baptist Church in Roland's hometown of Cochran, Ga. Visitation is set for Friday beginning at 6 p.m. EST at Fisher Funeral Home in Cochran.
Roland, who helped revive Southeastern's football program in 2003 as offensive line coach under Hal Mumme, passed away at Northside Hospital-Forsyth in Cumming, Ga. Roland, who returned to Southeastern in 2005 after spending one season as head coach at North Gwinnett (Ga.) High School spent the past season as head coach at Central Gwinnett High...