Born: March 17, 1942
Hometown: Bolton, MS
Year of Induction: 1995
College Career
Mississippi State University (1960-1964)
• Lettered in basketball (4 years), baseball and track (3 years)
• Fourth leading scorer on the 1961-1962 basketball team
• Member of the ‘61-’62 and ‘62-’63 basketball teams which won back-to-back SEC titles
• UPI Second Team Small All-American
• Captain of the ‘63-’64 basketball team
• Compiled a 5-0 baseball record with a 2.15 ERA (’63)
• Pitched 50 innings in 11 games, allowed 36 hits, 15 runs, 12 earned runs, walked 22, and struck out 38 batters (’63)
• All-SEC Western Division (baseball)
• Member of the SEC champion 440-yard relay team (’62)
Basketball Coaching Career
• Mississippi State freshman basketball team coach (’65)
• Hazlehurst High School, Basketball and Baseball Coach (1965-1967)
• Florence High School, Basketball coach (1967-1981)
- Led the girls’ Eagles basketball team to a state title in 1970
- Led the boys’ Eagles basketball team to a state title in 1977
• Clinton High School, coach baseball and basketball
• Coached the Arrows’ varsity basketball team to a third place finish in the state in 1987 and a South State appearance in 1988
• Baseball State Champions (’90)
• Second place baseball state tournament (’91, ‘ 93)
Did You Know?
Doug Hutton smashed the state basketball tournament semi-finals scoring record with 47 points in 1960. He broke his own record in the finals with 54 points.
