Don Porter (2015) - Red Devil Hall of Fame - Lower Columbia College Athletics

Red Devil Hall of Fame

Don Porter

Class
Induction

2015
Sport(s)

Mens Basketball

Don Porter is one of the men most responsible for taking LCC basketball and Red Devil athletics to a different level, after establishing the LCC Booster Club. A decorated high school coach in Portland, Porter took the LCC job and recruited some of the most memorable players in school history like Terry Jones and Don Lincoln. Porter was the first coach and AD to go out in the community to gather sponsors and support through the Booster Club. Porter brought the 1970 NWAC championship to Longview and then coached the team to the memorable championship game, an overtime loss to Peninsula. Following his days at LCC, Porter returned to his home town and became a successful businessman and the mayor of McMinnville. Porter was inducted into the Linfield College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2000.