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 Memorial had
6 Head basketball coaches
during it existence. (1) Coach Tolbert
Sandlin was the first coach, and Coach
Ledford was his assistant. Under Coach
Sandlin the Mustang won the district
tournament in 1952. (2) Next Was Coach
E.B.Cunningham, (3) Doyle McGuffey
was hired and his assistants were Shannon Hatter and Albert Wall (for
one Year 1963-64)..
(4.) Coach Monfred Singleton coach part
of a season in 1959-60 and Shannon
Hatter was his assistant. Coach
Singleton became ill during the
season and was replaced by Doyle
McGuffey. While Doyle
was coach (1956-1965) the Mustangs won
the district 2 time and were district
Runner Up 4 times. Doyle's replacement
was (5) Jim Reynolds , a former player
of the first Memorial team and Shannon
Hatter was his assistant. (6). Roger
Meek replaced Jim was and coach from
1970 to 1974 and Shannon Hatter was also
his assistant. During the 4 years that
Roger was coach, MHS won the district
in 1971 and was Runner up in 1972.
During the 23 years period from
1951-1974, MHS was in the district
finals 9 times, with 4 championships and
5 runner up titles.
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