Impressive football and basketball prep career at Albemarle High School 

Continued football and basketball playing career at Lenoir Rhyne College College (1949-1953) on athletic scholarship

1st South Caldwell Football coach (1977-1987)

• Northwestern conference championship and 3A Western Regional championship (1977)

Previously coached Granite Falls High School with many post season runs including the 1956 state championship

• Coached in the North Carolina East-West Game (1968)

62-year Lions Club member and board member of the Granite Falls Recreation Center

Served several terms as Granite Falls Town Council member including 1 term as mayor pro tem