Graduated from North Carolina A & T University, Greensboro, N.
C. in 1974 with a degree in History
Coaching ‐ West Florence High School
Head Coach for Boys Varsity Soccer from 1977 ‐ 2022
Varsity Soccer team made the playoffs 40 of 45 years
Coached three All Star Soccer matches:
2011 North/South All Star Game
2009 Clash of the Carolinas All Star Games
2014 Clash of the Carolinas All Star Games
Awarded as the “Region Coach of the Year” 20 times: 1980,
1982, 1984,
1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1995,
1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005,
2010,
2013, 2015, 2017, and 2018
His overall coaching record is 620 wins; 280 losses; 15 ties
He ranks second in South Carolina High School Soccer history in wins
Inducted into the South Carolina High School Soccer Coaches
Hall of Fame in 2023
Coached Jonathan Coultas ‐ third in S. C. history with 123
career goals 1984‐88 and fifth in goals in one season with 53 in 1988
& Michael Kozak ‐ third in S. C. history with 57 goals
in one season ‐ 1999
Community
Worked with DSS in providing for underprivileged children
Worked with DRR in helping cards written by students to be sent to soldiers during
the Iraq War