James Duncan wouldn’t be a Bobcat if it weren’t for Vernon McDonald.
Duncan was a senior football and basketball player at Ganado High School in 1968, deciding where he would go after graduation. He had an offer to play quarterback for Southwest Texas State from head football coach Bill Miller, though it was only a half-scholarship.
Ganado’s head basketball coach, Connie Miller, turned to McDonald, who he used to play for at the university. Miller vouched for Duncan. Without seeing Duncan play in person or watching any film on him, McDonald offered the senior the other half-scholarship to join the Bobcat basketball team. Duncan jumped at the chance.
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