Six Named to Join NCHSAA Hall of Fame
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NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION BULLETIN VOL. 59, NO. 2 WINTER 2007 Six Named To Join NCHSAA Hall of Fame CHAPEL HILL—Six more outstanding names in the annals A graduate of Atlantic Christian College, Gainey began his of state prep athletics have been selected for induction into the career at Lee Woodard High in Wilson County and then moved North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame. to Pamlico County for a four-year stint. His overall record at Al Black of Spring Lake, the late Pat Gainey of Taylorsville Pamlico was an incredible 93-6, and he went from there to and later Pamlico; Charlie Gregory of Randleman, Tommy Hunt Taylorsville, where he coached form 1955-64. His women’s bas- of Durham, Joan Riggs of Swansboro and Don Saine of ketball teams won Western North Carolina High School Gastonia have been chosen as the 20th group of inductees to Activities Association titles five times and at one point recorded join the prestigious hall. That brings to 102 the number 54 consecutive wins and a whopping 140 straight conference enshrined. victories. His overall women’s basketball mark was 358-57, The new inductees were honored during special halftime including 226-37 at Taylorsville, where his teams never lost a ceremonies at a football game at Kenan Stadium in October home game. when North Carolina played South Florida. The University of He also taught at Forest Hills and North Iredell. The North Carolina designated the day as the 22nd annual NCHSAA Taylorsville gym was named in his honor and he coached the Day. The new class will officially be inducted at the special Hall West in the 1959 North Carolina Coaches’ Association East- of Fame banquet next spring in Chapel Hill. West women’s all-star basketball game. The NCHSAA Hall of Fame is supported by a special grant from GlaxoSmithKline. Coca-Cola Bottling Company Charlie Gregory Consolidated is also a major corporate partner for the program. Charlie Gregory compiled an impressive coaching record in “These individuals joining the Association Hall of Fame this a number of sports at Randleman High School. year have certainly had a tremendous impact on high school Gregory is probably best known for developing Randleman athletics across North Carolina,” says NCHSAA associate exec- into a football powerhouse. He coached that sport 28 years, utive director Rick Strunk, who coordinates the Hall for the winning over 200 games, and earned three consecutive NCH- Association. “Their records are certainly impressive, but the SAA state 2-A football titles, from 1981 through ‘83. He served character they exemplified and the lives they touched are really as Randleman’s athletic director for 18 years but also coached representative of what the NCHSAA stands for. Their selection basketball, track and golf during his stint there. maintains the high standards of excellence established by pre- He coached in the North Carolina Coaches’ Association vious inductees, and we are proud to honor these deserving East-West football all-star game in 1974 and the Randleman individuals.” High football stadium is named in his honor A graduate of High Point College, Gregory was a three-sport Al Black star at Trinity High School and played on the 1949 state bas- Al Black’s involvement in high school athletics in North ketball championship team. He is also a charter member of the Carolina came in five different decades and at a number of Randleman Civitan Club. schools. A graduate of Lillington High School, Black went on to Tommy Hunt Campbell College and then graduated from Wake Forest in Tommy Hunt has made tremendous contributions in high 1951. His high school coaching career included stops at school athletics as a game official. Anderson Creek (1954-59), Boone Trail (1959-75), Coats (1977- Currently the coordinator of football officials for the Atlantic 80), Topsail (1980-84) and Western Harnett (1990-93). At Boone Coast Conference, Hunt officiated approximately 240 NCAA Trail his teams won 20 conference championships in four dif- Division I football games, including 10 bowls, during his distin- ferent sports as he compiled an 84-50 mark in football a 264- guished career. He also officiated football on the high school 77 slate in men’s basketball and a 263-90 baseball record in level for 18 years, including working the 1969 Shrine Bowl as addition to serving as athletic director. well as the North Carolinas Coaches Association East-West A former member of the NCHSAA Board of Directors, Black game. He is a former supervisor of high school football officials coached in the amazing game that went 13 overtimes, still a for the Triangle Officials’ Association and earned the 2001 Joe national record. Eblen Officials/Booking Agent award from the NCHSAA. Black also had a couple of stints as an assistant basketball A native of Durham, Hunt was an outstanding athlete at and baseball coach at Campbell. Durham High and graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill. He has been very active in civic and community affairs. Hunt has Pat Gainey served on both the Durham County Board of Education and the The late Pat Gainey, a native of Dunn, recorded a phenom- Durham County Commissioners and is a past president of the enal record in women’s basketball at a couple of different stops Durham Sports Club. during his coaching career and was a real supporter of women’s athletics. Continued on next page RECORD BREAKERS? Don’t forget, if you have any potential state or national listings for the record book, there is a form in the current edition of the FormsBook to send that information for consideration. Help us to make our state and national books as inclusive and complete as pos- 2 sible! Any questions call Rick Strunk at (919) 962-7786. And don’t forget to check the latest ver- NCHSAA BULLETIN sion of the state record book on line! Hall of Fame—Continued from previous page Joan Riggs Don Saine Joan Riggs enjoyed a career as one of the most successful Don Saine has made enormous contributions to high school volleyball coaches ever in North Carolina. athletics in a number of different capacities, including coach, A graduate of Swansboro High and UNC-Wilmington, she administrator and game official. returned to her high school alma mater and helped it become a Saine earned 11 varsity letters as an outstanding athlete at state powerhouse in volleyball. Her Swansboro teams posted a Cherryville High and then went on to UNC-Chapel Hill, where collective record of 363-65 from 1974 through 1995, winning he lettered three years in baseball five state championships within a 10-year span and finishing as He was highly successful as a coach at Dallas High and then runners-up on three occasions. at Hunter Huss in Gaston County. At Huss Saine won three Riggs guided her teams to 14 conference championships league football crowns and coached in both the NCCA’s East- and was her league’s coach of the year 10 different times. She West all-star game and the North-South game, and he also also coached women’s basketball, softball and track during her earned six conference crowns as a head baseball coach. In addi- career. tion, he guided Cherryville to a state American Legion baseball Active in her church, Riggs helped lead the Fellowship of title and for 22 years worked as a basketball game official. Christian Athletes chapter at her school, where she was also For 20 years he served as the athletic director of the Gaston voted Teacher of the Year in 1990. The town of Swansboro hon- County schools. He is a member of the Cherryville Sports Hall ored her with a Joan Riggs Day in 1995. of Fame and the North Carolina Athletic Directors Hall of Fame. The NCHSAA Hall of Fame Class of 1987 Class of 1993 Class of 1999 Class of 2004 (Charter Members) Frank Barger, Hickory* Charles “Babe” Howell, Mike Brown, Wilmington Bob Jamieson, Greensboro Donald Bonner, Lumberton Webster John Clougherty, Raleigh Leon Brogden, Wilmington George Whitfield, Hamlet Paul Jones, Kinston James “Rabbit” Fulghum, Dave Harris, Charlotte Jerry McGee, Elizabeth City Snow Hill Class of 1994 Jim Mills, Garner Ed Peeler, Shelby Class of 1988 George “Buck” Hardee, Joe Mills, Raleigh Ned Sampson, Pembroke Tony Simeon, High Point Wilmington Donna Norman, High Point Dave Smith, Washington Wilburn C. Clary, Winston- Doris Howard, Fayetteville Robert Paroli, Fayetteville Kathy Stefanou, Raleigh Salem Bruce Peterson, Asheville Carroll Wright, Clyde L.J. “Hap” Perry, Chapel Hill Homer Thompson, Winston- Class of 2000 Salem Marion Kirby, Greensboro Class of 2005 Class of 1989 Don Patrick, Newton Tim Brayboy, Cary Russell Blunt, Durham Class of 1995 Hilda Worthington, Greenville Jim Burch, Cary Lee Stone, Asheboro Willie Bradshaw, Durham Charles England, Lexington* Dick Knox, Chapel Hill Robert P. Colvin, Robbinsville Tom McQuaid, Beaufort* Class of 1990 Joe Paul Eblen, Asheville Class of 2001 Mike Raybon, Jamestown Bill Eutsler, Rockingham Augustus B. “Gus” Purcell, Jack Groce, Boone Harvey Reid, Wilson Charlotte Tom Northington, Greensboro Class of 2006 Jay Robinson, Chapel Hill George W. Wingfield, Reidsville* Walter Rogers, Roxboro Al Black, Spring Lake Simon Terrell, Chapel Hill Wally Shelton, Mount Airy Pat Gainey, Taylorsville* Class of 1996 John Swofford, Greensboro Class of 1991 Charlie Gregory, Randleman Paul Gay, Sanford Morris Walker, West Jefferson Tommy Hunt, Durham Thell Overman, Wallace John W. “Honey” Johnson, Herb Young, Cary Frank Mock, Kinston* Joan Riggs, Swansboro Elizabeth City* Don Saine, Gastonia Raymond Rhodes, Raleigh* Glenn Nixon, Clayton Class of 2002 Richard “Bud” Phillips, Robert R. Sawyer, Greensboro Cliff Brookshire, Brevard Greenville Andrea Cozart, High Point *posthumous induction Class of 1997 Bill Friday, Chapel Hill Class of 1992 Dr.