April 12, 2011 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, former North Carolina State Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Craig Phillips died in Wilmington at the age of 88. Phillips was a former school superintendent who is a member of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame.
STATESVILLE—West Iredell High School has named its new head football coach, according to various media reports including the Statesville Record and Landmark. Mike Natoli has been named the new head man at West Iredell, taking over for Mark Weycker, who resigned in March after 26 years of leading the West football program. According to reports,…
NCHSAA HALL OF FAME CEREMONIES SATURDAY CHAPEL HILL—An event that has become a highlight of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association year is scheduled for Saturday. The annual NCHSAA Hall of Fame banquet and induction ceremonies are set for the Friday Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill,…
Jeremy Thompson will be assuming the duties as athletic director at Middle Creek High School, according to a report in The Cary News. Thompson, who is currently the Middle Creek baseball coach and led his team to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A baseball championship in 2012, will take over for Lewis…
April 11, 2002 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Will Abee of East Burke recorded a 29 for nine holes at Silver Creek Plantation in a Northwestern 4-A Conference regular season men’s golf match. The course was set at par 36 for the nine, with 3045 yards on front nine and 6146 for…
Coaches Earn Homer Thompson Sportsmanship Awards From NCHSAA CHAPEL HILL— Eight “coaches who make a difference” by virtue of their exemplary sportsmanship will be honored by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association at the NCHSAA Annual Meeting. The coaches have been selected for the Homer Thompson Memorial Eight Who Make a Difference award. The…
CHARLOTTE—Former coach and athletic director Joe Coulter died at his home here last week at the age of 80. Coulter, a native of Catawba County, graduated from Oxford High School there and then Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory. He was the first athletic director and head basketball coach at Independence High School in Charlotte, but he…
Head football coach Blair Hardin, who led Porter Ridge High School in Union County to two consecutive North Carolina High School Athletic Association state football championship games, is making a move. The 30-year-old Hardin announced that he was leaving Porter Ridge to become head football coach at Freedom High School in Burke County, according to…
Tom Harper of Hickory High School has taken a new position just down the road, resigning after one year at the Red Tornado helm to become the new head football coach at Fred T. Foard in Catawba County, according to various media reports. Harper was head coach at Hickory for the 2013 season, replacing John…
MONROE—Brad Hoover, who was the starting fullback for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League for nine years, has a new position. According to the Charlotte Observer, the 36-year-old Hoover has been named as head football coach at Union Academy, which plays football in the NCHSAA in the 1-A classification. Hoover, a former star…
