Dr. Michael Plaman
Operator
 

Dr Michael Plaman, operator of the Bossier City Battle Wings and former owner of the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs of the Central Hockey League. Under his guidance the Mudbugs became one of the most successful minor professional hockey clubs in history, winning three straight President's Cup championships in the Western  Professional Hockey League. By winning the three straight titles, the Mudbugs became just the fourth team in minor professional hockey to win three titles consecutively.

Dr. Plaman moved the Mudbugs hockey club to the Century Tel Center in November of 2000 after three seasons at the Hirsch Memorial Coliseum. The Bossier City Battle Wings kicked off at the beautiful new facility in April, 2001 and averaged more that 5,400 during their first season.

Dr. Plaman is also an active drag racer in the Super Stock and Super Gas classes, and is a director, officer and principal in the New Mexico Motor Speedway. He maintains homes in both Bossier-Shreveport and Albuquerque along with his wife Jill and sons Christopher and Collin.

David Dix
 Business Operations Manager
daviddix@battlewings.com

 Born in Kansas City, MO, David brings a huge amount of sports and sales knowledge to the Battle Wings front office. After graduating from Lamar University with a degrees in education and journalism, David spent three years as a high school coach and teacher. David has over 25 years experience in the newspaper business as a sports writer and sales executive, and has worked for several major newspapers including Dallas Morning News and the Houston Chronicle.

Brian Lambert
 Assistant General Manager
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Brian brings  a wealth of football and business knowledge to the Battle Wings front office. As a high school wide receiver and punter he was All-State and represented Florida in the prestigious Florida vs. Georgia All-Star game. He holds the Florida receiving record with a 99 yard touchdown catch.  In Junior College he was a 1st Team All-American and led the nation in punting average. As a punter for the Northeast Louisiana Indians football Team, Lambert broke all the schools punting records including the season average of 45.2 and career average of 42.6. After receiving his B.S. in psychology was  he signed as free-agent with the Kansas City Chiefs in 1995. He later  moved to Shreveport and had a short stint as owner/operator of Murrells Grill. Brian is married to Michelle Boudreaux Lambert with whom he has a two year old son Garrett and soon to be born Brock.

Linda Jackson
 Director of Sales
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This is Linda's second year with the Bossier City Battle Wings. The first year she was sales executive and this year she has handled many tasks in addition to her duties as Director of Sales.

Before entering the Battle Wings front office Linda was previously employed at Shreveport Times newspaper as an advertising executive and has attended Southern University Shreveport and Bossier Community College where she majored in business. 

Linda is also an Evangelist and member of  From Bondage to Freedom Outreach Ministry. In her spare time she enjoys instructional aerobics, listening to music, traveling and quiet  time.

Dedren Bailey
 Director of  Media Communications
 

This is Dedren's first season with the Battle Wings. Bailey is 1999 graduate of Louisiana State University in Alexandria  with an A.S. in Business and a 2002 graduate of Louisiana State University in Shreveport with a B.S. in Marketing.  Before entering the Wings front office Bailey was in the marketing department at the CenturyTel Center. Bailey previous experience includes computer sales, radio and video promotions.

Casey Bloxom
 Director of Game Operations
 

Casey MacIsaac Bloxom is continuing her 3rd season as the Game Operations Director for the Battle Wings. Casey is a 2002 Summa Cum Laude graduate of Louisiana State University in Shreveport with a B.S. in Marketing and a B.S. in Management. She will be attending the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center this fall to pursue her Juris Doctor degree. Originally from Minden, LA, Casey currently lives in Bossier City with her husband T.C.

Amber Cogswell
 Corporate Sales Executive
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Amber is in her second season with the Battle Wings as corporate advertising sales executive. She has over 7 years sales experience. In addition to her work with the Battle Wings , Amber is currently pursuing a modeling career. She is the mother of a 3 year old daughter Lexie and is engaged to be married to M.D. Steven Newman 

Susan Cottingham
 Booster Club President
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Susan is the Battle Wings #1 fan and president of Wing Nutz.  This is Susan's third year in the Wing Nutz and second year as president.  She served as the Special Events Coordinator her 1st year. Susan is the mother of the Battle Wings #2 fan  Brandon, who is also a member of the Wing Nutz. Susan works as a RN at a local hospital.

Terry Stembridge Jr.
 Broadcast Talent
 

Terry is the play by play voice of the Battle Wings. The Bossier City Battle Wings' play-by-play broadcaster is Terry Stembridge, Jr.  Stembridge began his broadcasting career as a student at Kilgore Junior College in Texas, calling football and men and women's basketball games.

In 1997, Stembridge was the play-by-play broadcaster at Arkansas State University.  Following his stint at Arkansas, Stembridge spent three years in pro basketball with the Idaho Stampede of the Continental Basketball Association and the New Mexico Slam of the International Basketball League.

Stembridge spent the 2001 season in the NFL as the Voice of the Minnesota Vikings. He has also called games in Arena League and the Regional Football League.

Terry and all Battle Wings games can be heard on Sports Radio AM 1130 The FAN.  Stembridge is single and lives in Kilgore, Texas.