Early Years, Education, Military
Kilpatrick was born in tiny Eros in Jackson Parish. He first attended the University of Louisiana at Monroe (Ouachita Parish), formerly known as Northeast Louisiana Junior College. He later earned his bachelor's degree from Northwestern State. Kilpatrick received his master's degree and Ed.D. from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He served in the U.S. Air Force (then the Army Air Force) during World War II.
In 1946, he launched his educational career as a teacher and coach at Jonesboro-Hodge High School in Jackson Parish. He built a successful basketball program at the school. The team won the Class A state championship in 1951, when it achieved forty-five victories, a school record.
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