Coal Creek High School—Lake City, TN (1927 – 1930)
Jefferson City High School (1930 - 1935)
Boys’ Basketball Coach
5 District Titles
4th TSSAA Basketball State Tournament—1931
Knoxville High School (1935 - 1951)
Boys’ Basketball Coach
3 TSSAA Basketball State Champions—1939, 1941, 1951
TSSAA Basketball State Tournament Runners-Up—1938, 1950
Knoxville East High School (1951 - 1961)
Principal 7 Years (1960 – 1967)
Knoxville East High School
President Retired Teachers Association
Coached fellow TSSAA Hall of Fame member James “Doc” Simpson
Taught Mathematics at the University of Tennessee
Tennessee Academy of Science Distinguished Teacher Award—1961
Carson-Newman College honorary doctorate degree (his alma mater)
Lobbyist for teachers at the state legislature
Inducted into the Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame in 1983
At the Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Coach Bible was quoted as saying, “the players are the key to any success the coach obtains. I had some outstanding athletes, dedicated boys, who were willing to pay the price.” (Knoxville News-Sentinel—June 4, 1983)
Coach Bible’s career spanned more than 800 games
The Buford Bible Award was established and presented annually at the Bearden’s Super 16 Tournament—a boys and girls championship event held annually during the Christmas holidays; Mr. Bible was the first recipient of this award in 1988