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Jim Poston
Inducted 1998
Teacher/Coach 41 Years (1957 - 1998)
Sewanee Military Academy (1957 – 1959)
Montgomery Bell Academy (1959 – 1968) (1971 – 1998)
Tennis (Head 24 Years, Assistant 12 Years)
Record: 375 – 61
24 District Titles
24 Region Titles
2 TSSAA State Championships
7 TSSAA State Runners-Up
Pine Crest School—Ft. Lauderdale, FL (1968 – 1971)
Coach Poston has served as Tennis Tournament Director at the District, Region, and State levels
Nominated 4 times for National High School Coaches Association Coach of the Year Award (1979, 1984, 1987, 1997)
Awarded National High School Coaches Association Coach of the Year in 1997
Tennessee Coach of the Year 3 Times
Coordinator for tennis at TSSAA Coaches’ Clinic
Director of tennis tournaments in Nashville for city organizations, the Southern Tennis Association, and the United States Tennis Association (ASTA)
Coach Poston’s tennis teams were in the Final Four each year after the state format change in 1988
Prior to 1988, his team was in the top 4 every year except 1985, when they finished in 5th place
Teams won 4 NIL Championships
Elected to Tennessee Teachers Hall of Fame in 1998
Received B. A. in 1955 from Belmont College, and his M. A. from Peabody College in 1960
Other 1998 Inductees
Charles Anderson
1998
Bill Bailey
1998
John Hooper
1998
Dale Kelley
1998
Bill Melton
1998
Tommy Owen
1998
Richard Ross
1998
Dick Sobel
1998
William Stanfield
1998
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