NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION BULLETIN Volume 67, Number 2 Winter 2015 Seven Named For Induction To NCHSAA Hall of Fame CHAPEL HILL—Seven more outstanding individuals in the annals of state prep athletics have been selected for induction into the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame. The late Jack Holley of Teachey, Ralph Holloway of Morehead City, the late Joe Miller of Wilmington, Chris Norman of Shelby, Moyer Smith of Chapel Hill, Rick Strunk of Carrboro and Jerry Winterton of Cary have been named as the 28th group of inductees to join the prestigious hall. That brings to 163 the (NCHSAA photo by John Bell) number enshrined. The new inductees were honored during NCHSAA Hall of Fame recipients on field at Kenan Stadium—Pepper Hines of special halftime ceremonies at a football game NCHSAA staff at left with Hall of Famers: Judy Holley, representing the late Jack at Kenan Stadium in October when North Holley; Ralph Holloway; Phyllis Miller, representing the late Joe Miller; Chris Norman, Carolina played Georgia Tech. The University Moyer Smith, Rick Strunk and Jerry Winterton. of North Carolina designated the day as the 30th annual NCHSAA Day. The new class will officially be inducted at the special Hall of Jack Holley Ralph Holloway Fame banquet next spring in Chapel Hill. The late Jack Holley won more high school Ralph Holloway has compiled an impres- The NCHSAA Hall of Fame is supported in football games as a head coach than any other sive slate as a high school coach as well as an part by a special grant from GlaxoSmithKline. coach in North Carolina history. administrator. “These individuals joining the Association He was born in Ashton, NC, and then was Hollloway grew up in South Carolina and Hall of Fame this year have had a tremendous an outstanding athlete at New Hanover High then attended Elizabeth City State University, impact on high school athletics across North School in Wilmington, where he played on graduating in 1975, with a master’s from East Carolina,” said NCHSAA commissioner Davis state championship teams in several different Carolina. Whitfield. “Their accomplishments are impres- sports, before going to Guilford College and He embarked on an outstanding teach- sive, but the character they exemplify and the graduating in 1963. ing and coaching career, with stints at the lives they touched are truly representative of Holley coached for 46 years at a variety of high school level at Burlington Cummings what the NCHSAA stands for. Their selection stops, including Tabor City, Wallace-Rose Hill, from 1983 to ’89 and then at Kinston from maintains the standards of excellence estab- Hallsboro, West Columbus, South Columbus 1989 to ’98. He was defensive coordinator at lished by our previous inductees, and we are and Harrells Christian Academy. He had two Cummings when it won the ’87 NCHSAA proud to honor these deserving individuals.” major stints at Wallace-Rose Hill, from 1982- football crown and guided the women’s track 92 and then from 1997-2008. During his ten- team to a couple of state championships there. ure, his teams won an amazing 412 games He left Cummings to serve as head football INSIDE THIS BULLETIN against 96 losses and nine ties, including nu- coach and athletic director at Kinston. merous conference championships, which Holloway then went to West Carteret as • Regional Meeting Awards has put him in the top ten of football coaches athletic director and assistant principal for nationally. Holley also coached in both the three years, followed by 10 years as principal • Scholar-Athlete Winners North Carolina Coaches Association East- at East Carteret. He served as president of the • Championship Review West all-star games and the Shrine Bowl of the Board of Directors of the NCHSAA and also Carolinas. on the Board of the North Carolina Athletic And much more! He has been inducted into both the Directors Association. Greater Wilmington Sports Hall of Fame and He is in the Palmetto (SC) High School the Guilford College Sports Hall of Fame. Continued on page 2 Hall of Fame continued from page 1 Hall of Fame as an athlete, the Cummings as well as coaching men’s and women’s track National Merit Scholarship. High School Hall of Fame as a coach, and in and field for several years during his tenure. He was sports editor of the daily Observer- the North Carolina Athletic Directors Hall of Norman was the president of the North News-Enterprise in Newton, sports direc- Fame. He also helped to chair the NCHSAA’s Carolina Coaches Association in 2011-12 and tor of WNNC Radio there and also did eight recent Centennial Celebration. served four-year terms on both the NCCA years of radio and television broadcasting. He Board of Directors and the NCHSAA Board served at Lenoir-Rhyne College and at Furman Joe Miller of Directors. He coached in both the North University as sports information director and The late Joe Miller, who died unexpectedly Carolina Coaches Association East-West won 16 national awards for excellence in pub- earlier in the year, was an outstanding coach all-star games and the Shrine Bowl and has lications. and athletic administrator, with his time in worked with the Shrine Bowl combines in the Strunk has been on the NCHSAA staff North Carolina at New Hanover High School last few years. since 1986, helping initiate such programs as and in the New Hanover County central office. NCHSAA Scholar-Athlete, Hall of Fame, the Born in Sewickley, Pa., Miller graduated Moyer Smith NCHSAA Record Book and its intern pro- from Western Carolina University and began Moyer Smith had a stellar career as an ath- gram. He served eight years as the chairman his coaching career in Georgia and Florida lete, coach, athletic administrator and fund- of the National Records Committee and twice before a couple years as an assistant foot- raiser, with his involvement in the NCHSAA was master of ceremonies for the National ball coach at Kansas State. He arrived at New primarily involving sponsorship and the High School Hall of Fame induction ceremo- Hanover High in Wilmington in 1974 and was Endowment. ny. He has designed, written and edited many head football coach there for 20 years, compil- Smith was a standout athlete at Lexington NCHSAA publications and serves as media ing a brilliant 186-56-1 mark with nine con- High School and played in the Shrine Bowl be- liaison. ference championships. He also coached New fore going to the University of North Carolina, Strunk has received Distinguished Service Hanover to slow pitch softball state champion- where he played football and ran track. Awards from the NCHSAA, the N.C. Athletic ships in 1975 and ’76. Following graduation, he was a head football Directors Association and the NIAAA, and he He moved to the central office in New coach at Albemarle and Lexington before earned the National Federation Citation award Hanover, serving as county athletic director moving to the college ranks as an assistant at in 2013. from 1994 to 2011. He was a member of the Florida State and then at North Carolina. Board of Directors of the NCHSAA as well He moved from coaching into athletic ad- Jerry Winterton as the Board of the North Carolina Coaches ministration at UNC and then later was the Jerry Winterton compiled an amazing re- Association and also served a term as presi- president of the UNC Educational Foundation cord as a wrestling coach that has drawn both dent of the N.C. Athletic Directors Association from 1986 until 2002. After his retirement statewide and national attention. (NCADA) Board. from UNC, he volunteered to work with the A 1973 graduate of Brockport State in New He is a member of the NCADA Hall of NCHSAA as a consultant and fund raiser for York, Winterton’s record as the head wres- Fame and the Greater Wilmington Sports Hall a period of seven years. He helped raise over tling coach at Cary from 1981 to 2010 is un- of Fame. half a million dollars in a number of different matched, although he also coached four years initiatives with special Endowment programs at East Wake and was an assistant at N.C. State Chris Norman connected to specific awards as well as corpo- University from 1975-77. He also worked as an Chris Norman was an outstanding head rate support. assistant football coach at Cary for 14 seasons coach in football as well as a well-respected He was inducted into the Davidson and head tennis coach for four. athletic administrator. County Sports Hall of Fame in 2010 and was Winterton’s Cary grapplers won 11 North Born in Shelby, Norman attended Shelby the first Lifetime Achievement Award winner Carolina High School Athletic Association High School and then graduated from given by the National Association of Athletic state tournament titles and eight dual team Gardner-Webb College in 1984. After three Development Directors (NAADD). championships. His teams also finished as run- years as an assistant coach at East Rutherford, ners-up in those two events on 13 occasions. Norman went to Shelby where he was a suc- Rick Strunk His overall record during his stint at Cary was cessful assistant coach before taking over as Rick Strunk has been involved with high an astounding 621-16, with 28 consecutive head coach from 1998 to 2010. school athletics for almost 40 years, with his conference championships and 138 consecu- His career coaching mark was a stellar entire professional career involved with the tive victories at one point. 147-39-1, with three state NCHSAA champi- media.