Born: August 20, 1920
Died: May 4, 2000
Hometown: Philadelphia, MS
Year of Induction: 1976
College Career
Ole Miss (1944-1947)
• Football: Times-Picayune All-American
• Basketball (1944-1945)
• Track (1944-1946)
Coaching Career
• Northwest Junior College (1948-1949)
• West Tallahatchie High School (1950-1956)
• Greenville High School (1956-1958)
• Pascagoula High School (1959)
• Mississippi College (1960 -1972)
Administrative
• Executive Director, Mississippi Association of Coaches (1963-1991)
• Assistant to the President, Mississippi College (!972-1976)
• National Director, Mississippi College Alumni Affairs (1976-1993)
Halls of Fame
• Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame (’01)
• Mississippi College Athletic Hall of Fame (’91)
• Mississippi Association of Coaches (’80)
Honors
• National High School Athletic Coaches Association Dwight Keith Award (’87)
• Mississippi College Order of the Golden Arrow (’91)
• Helped establish the State Games of Mississippi and the Mississippi-Alabama Football and Basketball games
Did You Know?
The Mississippi High School All-Star football game was named after Coach Blackwell in 1994.
