Valdosta State football coach Kerwin Bell, who starred at Lafayette High, will speak Monday night.

LIVE OAK — Former Lafayette High and University of Florida great Kerwin Bell will speak in Live Oak on Monday night.

Bell, now the head football coach at Valdosta State, is the featured speaker at the Live Oak Church of God’s “Iron Sharpens Iron” event. The 7 p.m. program is presented by the church’s Men’s Ministry.

The event is free and there is limited seating.

Bell led Lafayette to its first state championship and lone football state title in 1981 before becoming the Southeastern Conference Player of the Year at Florida after walking on.

He played professionally in the National Football League, Canadian Football League and the World League of American Football.

Following stints as the offensive coordinator for the Toronto Argonauts and the head coach at Trinity Catholic High School in Ocala, Bell took over the reigns at Jacksonville University, where he spent nine seasons. During that time, he led the non-scholarship Dolphin football program to three Pioneer Football League championships at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision level.

Bell has spent the past two seasons as the head coach of the Division II Blazers, leading VSU to a playoff berth in his first season.

Live Oak Church of God is located at 9828 U.S. Highway 129 South in Live Oak.