STATE AWARD WINNERS TO BE HONORED AT 2009 NCHSAA ANNUAL MEETING
CHAPEL HILL -- Coaches, administrators and media representatives will be among those receiving awards on Thursday, May 7, when the North Carolina High School Athletic Association holds its 2009 Annual Meeting.
The event is scheduled for the Dean E, Smith Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the day after the spring meeting of the NCHSAA's Board of Directors has concluded.
The Association annually presents these statewide awards in several different categories, all based on those "who have done the most for high school athletics" rather than a single accomplishment or having an outstanding won-loss record. All state winners are previous regional award winners, and the regional awards are actually voted on by school administrators and coaches in the respective regions.
The awards are named in memory or in honor of outstanding individuals in each category, three of whom are current members of the NCHSAA Hall of Fame.
The state winners for 2009 include:
Doris Howard Female Coach of the Year: Darlene Joyner of Northwest Guilford graduated from Guilford College after attending Northwest Guilford. A two-sport standout in volleyball and basketball at Guilford, where she is in the Guilford Sports Hall of Fame, she has been a very successful head coach in volleyball, softball, cross country and women¹s basketball coach at her high school alma mater. Her teams have earned conference crowns in several different sports and her slow-pitch softball team won a state championship in 1996.
Harvey Reid Male Coach of the Year: Earl Smith of Wake Forest-Rolesville has been one of the state¹s top head football coaches during several stops in 32 years as a head coach, most recently from 2004 through ¹08 at Wake Forest-Rolesville, where his team won three straight conference titles. Prior to that he had been at Wilmington New Hanover and Raleigh Millbrook. On 11 occasions he earned conference coach of the Year honors and was selected as a head coach in the North Carolina Coaches Association East-West football game and an assistant in 1995 on the North Carolina Shrine Bowl staff.
Dave Harris Athletic Director of the Year: Roy Turner of Wilmington¹s Ashley High School took over as athletic director at the Wilmington school in 2006 after eight years at Southeast Guilford. Prior to that he served at Greensboro Dudley as both athletic director and head baseball coach. He is a past president of the North Carolina Athletic Directors Association and has also been a high school and collegiate basketball game official.
Bob Deaton Principal of the Year: Brooks Matthews of Triton is currently a member of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Board of Directors. He has a great background including a stint as a coach (women's basketball and tennis), athletic director as well as a principal. A Harnett County native and Campbell University graduate, Brooks has received several principal of the year honors and has been at Triton in some capacity since 1984 and has served as principal since 2001.
Bob McRae Superintendent of the Year: Tony Parker of Johnston County retired from service in North Carolina during a time where Tony was serving as an outstanding member of the NCHSAA Board of Directors. He has formerly been superintendent of Beaufort County schools and the Whiteville city schools, and prior to that served as principal at South View and Lumberton High Schools. Tony was a coach long before he became a noted school administrator. He coached football, basketball, wrestling, track and field and baseball at Massey Hill and Fayetteville Terry Sanford. He is currently superintendent of the Berkeley County schools in South Carolina.
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