Billy Jarrell, like most athletes who played for the legendary coach Holden, had this to say about his former head football coach.
"I owe my whole life to Dobie Holden," said Jarrell. "He was a master coach and a master psychologist. He affected my life in so many ways."            Jarrell, a Picayune native, played two seasons for Holden (1949-50). The Wildcats were 16-4-1 during that time, including a state championship and Memorial Bowl appearance in 1949. Not bad for a 145-pound halfback-defensive back, who helped Picayune High School win a state championship in 1948.
"I played halfback and defensive back at first. Then about three or four games into my freshman season, Coach Holden says, ‘I’m going to try you at quarterback,’ of which I knew absolutely nothing. I told him ‘Whatever you say coach.’
"That started a complete change in my life because my career would have ended my sophomore year if I had stayed as a defensive back. It took a while to make the adjustment, but once it did ... We spent five or six days a week together in the teaching phase of things."
During his time at PRCC, the Wildcats beat Jones, Gulf Coast, East Central and Co-lin twice. His sophomore team scored 20 or more points in eight of 10 games, 30 or more in four of those.