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Walter Van Huss
Inducted 1983
Teacher/Coach 37 Years (1953 – 1990)
Elizabethton High School (1953 – 1954)
Hampton High School (1954 – 1967)
Kingsport Dobyns-Bennett High School (1967 – 1990)
Boys’ Basketball Coach
Record: 1,021 – 313
#1 in wins in State of Tennessee
Ranked in Top Ten Nationally for number of wins
17 Conference Championships
10 District Titles
12 Region Titles
1 State Championship (Hampton H. S. 1960)
Coach Van Huss did not begin coaching until he was 35 years old
Inducted into National High School Sports Hall of Fame 1990
National Coach of the Year 1985
Inducted into Pirate Hall of Fame at East Tennessee State University 1978
Northeast Tennessee Hall of Fame 1983
Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame 1983
Lincoln Memorial University Hall of Fame
District 3 National High School Athletic Coaches Association’s Coach of the Year 1973 and 1981
Total of 11 Coach of the Year Honors
Nominated and chosen for the Olympic Festival-South Team Coach in 1986
Received Distinguished Service Award National Foundation, University of Tennessee
Other 1983 Inductees
Cooper Dyer
1983
Jimmy Edwards
1983
Willie Hudson
1983
Bill Pack
1983
Webb Porter
1983
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