Born: September 23, 1929
Hometown: Amory, MS
Year Induction: 2004
Deceased : July 27, 2021
Amory High School, Amory, MS (1945-1947)
East Mississippi Jr. College (1947-1949)
Mississippi State University (1951-1952)
Head football coach, Ethel High School (1952-1953)
Head football coach, Lula-Rich High School (1953-1956)
Head football and track coach, Nettleton High School (1956-1959)
Tombigbee Conference Champions (’58, ‘59)
Head Football coach, Collierville (TN) High School (1959-1961)
Shelby County (TN) Champions (’60)
Head football and track coach, Murrah High School (1961-1971)
Athletic Director, and head football/track coach, Jackson Preparatory School (1971-1975)
Junior Varsity head football and track coach, Ole Miss (1975-1977)
Head football coach, East Tennessee State University (1978-1982)
Head football coach, Madison-Ridgeland Academy (1983-1994)
Assistant football coach, St. Joseph’s High School (1994)
Athletic Director, University Christian School (1995-1996)
Assistant coach, Jackson Preparatory School (1997)
Assistant coach, East Central CC (1998)
Simpson Academy (1999)
Assistant coach, Millsaps College (2000-2001)
Assistant coach, Mississippi College (2003)
Ten-time coach of the Year in football and in track
Collierville (TN) High School Hall of Fame (1975)
Mississippi Association of Coaches Hall of Fame (1989)
Jackson Prep Hall of Fame (1996)
East Mississippi Community College Athletic Hall of Fame (2003)
Mississippi Independent School Association Hall of Fame (2013)
Mississippi Community College Hall of Fame (2018)
Northeast Mississippi Coaches Hall of Fame (2019)
Madison-Ridgeland Academy Hall of Fame (2020)
A former manager of Jack Carlisle’s 1954 Lula-Rich High School team was “forced” to dress out for one game because the team only had 11 players. His name was Thomas Harris and he is the author of the international bestseller Silence of the Lambs.
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