Joseph Raymond Peace, Jr. (born June 5, 1945) is the former Louisiana Tech University

Louisiana Tech University

Louisiana Tech University, often referred to as Louisiana Tech, LA Tech, or Tech, is a coeducational public research university located in Ruston, Louisiana. Louisiana Tech is designated as a Tier 1 school in the national universities category by the 2012 U.S. News & World Report college rankings...

 head football

American football

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 coach of eight seasons from 1988-1995. He ushered the Tech football program into NCAA Division I-A football in 1989.

Peace is an alumnus of Louisiana Tech. Prior to becoming the Tech head coach in 1988, he had coached for the Northwestern State University

Northwestern State University

Northwestern State University, known as NSU, is a four-year public university primarily situated in Natchitoches, Louisiana, with a nursing campus in Shreveport and general campuses in Leesville/Fort Polk and Alexandria. It is a part of the University of Louisiana System.NSU was founded in 1884 as...

 Demons

Northwestern State Demons

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 in Natchitoches

Natchitoches, Louisiana

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.

His father, Joe Peace, Sr. (1920–1992), a native of Magnolia

Magnolia, Arkansas

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, Arkansas

Arkansas

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, was a successful high school

High school

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 football coach from 1948-1975 at Sicily Island

Sicily Island, Louisiana

Sicily Island is a village in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 453 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Sicily Island is located at ....

 in Catahoula Parish

Catahoula Parish, Louisiana

Catahoula Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Its seat is Harrisonburg, located on the Ouachita River, which forms the eastern boundary of the parish. In 2000, the population of the parish was 10,920.-Prehistory:...

. He used the since discarded Notre Dame Box

Notre Dame Box

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. Peace, Jr., graduated from Sicily Island High School and played football under his father. Peace's mother, the former Mary Sue Pipes (1925–2010), a native of Jena

Jena, Louisiana

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 in La Salle Parish

La Salle Parish, Louisiana

La Salle Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of 2000, the population was 14,282. The parish seat is Jena.-Geography:The parish has a total area of , of which is land and is water....

 and a graduate of the University of Louisiana at Monroe

University of Louisiana at Monroe

The University of Louisiana at Monroe is a coeducational public university in Monroe, Louisiana and part of the University of Louisiana System.-History:...

, taught at Sicily Island High School, where her husband was head coach. An active civic figure, Mrs. Peace in 2001 lost a race for Sicily Island alderman.

Peace, Jr., was first married to the former Pamela Franks, by whom he has two children, Michele Peace Gulotta (born 1968) of Plaquemine

Plaquemine, Louisiana

Plaquemine is a city in and the parish seat of Iberville Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 7,064 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area....

 and Jay Raymond Peace (born ca. 1971) of North Salt Lake

North Salt Lake, Utah

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, Utah

Utah

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. His second wife is the former Carolyn Ferguson (born 1949), formerly of Shreveport

Shreveport, Louisiana

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, a sister of former Buffalo Bills

Buffalo Bills

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 player Joe Ferguson

Joe Ferguson

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. Their two sons are Ray J. Peace (born ca. 1975) of Bossier City

Bossier City, Louisiana

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 and Robert Joseph Peace (born ca. 1980), who played football for the University of Tennessee Volunteers in Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

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, Tennessee

Tennessee

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. In 2008, Robert Peace married the former Courtney Fulmer, daughter of Phillip Fulmer

Phillip Fulmer

Phillip Fulmer is a TV college football analyst and the former head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers football team, who compiled a 152–52 record from 1992–2008 as head coach, but was fired during a 5–7 season in 2008...

, coach of the Tennessee Volunteers, and his wife, Victoria. After their wedding, the couple resided in Austin

Austin, Texas

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, Texas

Texas

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, where Robert Peace managed a lumber company. The couple has since returned to Knoxville and has two children.

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