(From the AHSAA Website) AHSAA
Associate Executive Director Tony Stallworth was inducted into the
Huntingdon College Athletic Hall of Fame Saturday during one of the
highlight events of the school's annual homecoming activities.
The
1978 graduate, a member of the basketball teams for two years, averaged
13 points and four assists as a junior with many memorable moments in
key conference games. He was best known for his leadership and ability
to adapt. After an injury prevented him from playing his senior year, he
remained a team leader from the bench and was praised by Coach Neal
Posey and his teammates for his attitude and spirit.
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Participating in the
induction ceremony were Huntingdon College President J. Cameron West,
Coach Buzz Phillips and Anthony Leith, Vice-President for College and
Alumni Relations.
A
Monroe County native who graduated from J.F. Shields High School in
Beatrice in 1974, played on the 1972 state basketball championship team,
then attended Lomax-Hannon Junior College in Greenville for two years
on basketball scholarship before completing his undergraduate degree at
Huntingdon College. He earned his Masters in Physical Education at
Alabama State University, earned a Certificate of Administration at
Auburn University-Montgomery and his Class AA in Educational
Administration from Alabama State.
Stallworth
began his coaching career as an assistant basketball coach at
Lomax-Hannon from 1978-83 while working as Supervisor of Parks and
Recreation for the Dunbar Center in Greenville. He moved to Monroe
Senior High School in 1983 where he served as assistant basketball and
head track coach for five years.
He moved to Brantley High School in 1988 where he compiled a
48-0 record as head junior high coach and assistant boys varsity
basketball coach for two years. He served as Brantley head boys
basketball coach from 1990-2005, compiling a 298-47 record with three
state championships – the Class 1A crown in 1993 and 1994 and the 2A
state title in 1995. He was named Class 1A Coach of the Year in 1993 and
1994 and Class 2A Coach of the Year in 1995.
Stallworth also served as assistant principal from 1997-2005, became
principal from 2006-08 and moved to the Crenshaw County Board of
Education in 2008.
He
joined the AHSAA staff November 1, 2011. His duties include coordination of
the AHSAA’s Coaches Education program, the school audit program, the
Reclassification Committee, Middle School/Junior High professional
development work with all championship events.
Congratulations Coach Stallworth! We are most proud of you.
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