Frank Okam coaching Rice Owls football
Former Wildcat standout Franklin Okam – known as Big Frank while he played at Lake Highlands High – is reportedly headed to Waco to become Baylor football’s defensive line coach. Okam coached the D-line for Rice University in 2016 and 2017 and is finishing a master’s degree there.
Okam graduated in the top 5 percent of his LHHS class in 2004 and was a starter for the 2005 Longhorn team that won the national championship. He was drafted by the Houston Texans in 2008 and later played for the Seahawks and Bucs.
Congratulations Big Frank, and Sic ‘em!
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Blogger CAROL TOLER and her husband, Toby, are the parents of four LHHS graduates. She has an MBA from SMU and is the proud recipient of the Exchange Club of LH's Unsung Hero Award and Councilman McGough's Blake Anderson Public Service Award. She received LHHS PTA's Extended Service Award, FMJH PTA's Charger Award and a Life Membership from the LHFC PTA. She has moderated candidate debates for Dallas Mayor, Dallas City Council and RISD Trustee races and taught seminars on garnering publicity for nonprofits. She completed training with Dallas Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation and Inside RISD, and she's a sustaining member of LH Women's League. She has served on the boards of After8 to Educate, Dallas Free Press, Healing Hands Ministries and Camp Sweeney and chaired fundraisers for multiple Dallas nonprofits. Email ctoler@advocatemag.com.
